To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
Scientists
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Quake causes rift among seismologists
Seismologists may not agree on what caused the earthquake, but their views have made the government take up better seismic monitoring and analysis.
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New light on water disinfection
With a simple modification, ordinary tubelights can be used to provide clean drinking water.
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Listening in on whales
IN BUT one example of the heady new world opening up to civilian scientists after the end of the Cold War, biologists used the US navy's formerly top secret underwater listening devices to track a
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Tubelights give more than light to labs
Used tubelights can now be recycled into laboratory apparatus that are cheap and as good as those available in the market.
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Hopes dashed
The successful completion of all launch preparations for the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) did much to dispel the shadow of gloom in the Indian space establishment, cast in July by the US
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Countdown to self reliance
Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites
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Russia's selfish volte face
By cancelling the cryogenic deal with India, Russia may end up being the actual loser
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Up, up and away
Each launch vehicle progressively developed by India is capable of placing bigger payloads into higher orbits. The country's hope of carving a niche in the space-launch market rests on the GSLV
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Satellite check ups
Two non-resident Indian scientists, Shibu Basuthakur and Supriya Roy, have proposed a project that will enable sick people in West Bengal to be examined by doctors in the US via satellite. The duo
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Pot bellies weigh heavy upon Indian hearts
Paunches are common among Indians and this makes them especially prone to heart disease