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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Sterling enzyme
WHAT IS common between Rajasthan's deserts and quality paper? The National Chemical Laboratory has isolated an enzyme from a micro-organism found in the Haldighat region of the state. This chemical
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Government policy wrong, says scientist
The government is on the wrong track and it's infected blood, not sexual intercourse, which transmits AIDS in the country
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Clearing the clouds
<p>THIS was one storm that the meteorologists couldn't predict. When Vasant Gowariker, scientific adviser to the Prime Minister, and a team of meteorologists from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), announced in early April that the coming monsoon will be on the lower side of normal, the prediction drew a great deal of flak. <br /> <br />
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Environet
This column will bring you an update on various groups and individuals working in fields related to environment, development and the sciences. This time some information on interesting and useful publications and networks
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Superior silkworms
THE Indian silkworm is likely to become rather superior - once scientists at the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore are successful in their application of a method developed recently by
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What is El Nino?
EL Nino refers to the warm current that flows southward along the coasts of Ecuador and Peru, between January and March, which marks the end of the local fishing season when the
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A leg for a tail
A trick that Nature rarely performs is homeosis - the substitution of one body part by another. A team of zoologists at Utkal University, led by Prof Priyambada Mohanty-Hejmadi, became part of one
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Taking an 'all round attitude' to science
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi takes a keen interest in the development of her country's science and technology. Here, she talks to Anil Agarwal
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Now, blade to cut power consumption- ISM scientists fibre fan saves around 15 per cent energy in mining
Dhanbad, Jan. 20: An Indian School of Mines (ISM) scientist has developed a
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He made the Budda smile at Pokhran
Sethna helped India conduct its first nuclear test way back in 1974 Srinivas Laxman | TNN Mumbai: Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India