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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Step closer to low energy cold fusion plant
CHENNAI: Scientists globally are a step closer to resolving the energy crisis after Italian scientists Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi recently developed a cold fusion device that is capable of producing 10 KW of power, said noted nuclear scientist M Srinivasan. Speaking at a tutorial school on the theme,
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Forest fires a trailblazer
Controlled burning of woodlands can be an effective tool for enriching the land and ecology. <b><i>Dipanjan Ghosh</i></b> looks at the possibilities
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Winds of changes
Indian industrialists and scientists want the country"s property rights to be "strengthened", but the powerful drugs industry wants to maintain the status quo
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Time for India to take stock
The new trade order ordained by GATT affects India's entire economy. Some consider it a new form of colonialism, but others see it as a bountiful opportunity.
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Conversing on conservation
Battles Over Nature: Science and the Politics of Conservation
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Primordial ripples confirm Big Bang
FOR the first time ever humans have grabbed a peep-hole into the birth of the universe about 15 billion years ago. Since the Big Bang theory was first mooted in 1964, scientists have found it
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Time for green gadgets
UNCED has thrown into sharp focus all matters environmental international industry, quick to Catch on to now trends, has started branding its technologies environment friendly and in some cases, started looking for less wasteful ways
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Scientists seek clues to properties of water
A molecular theory is being put forward to explain why water behaves the way it does, but proof still eludes the researchers.
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Monsoon drops in some areas, increases in others
Annual rainfall is declining in some parts of the country and increasing in others. While the overall effect may be negligible, such trends could result in significant changes locally.
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Drainage plan helps reclaim land
Scientists have evolved a subsurface drainage system that makes saline soils arable within three years