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
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
Indian scientists, part of an international team of 300 from 14 countries, played a key role in cracking the genetic code of the tomato, as well as its wild ancestor, which should help tomato growers come
Interview with stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka. SHINYA YAMANAKA, the Japanese physician and renowned adult stem cell researcher, says, “Any new technology cannot escape from ethical issues. I think
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has proposed to constitute a committee to ascertain the veracity of allegations that the radiation emission from mobile phone towers are beyond the permissible limits and as to whether they are harmful or not. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Mahesh Bhagwati asked counsel for petitioner as also the state government and advocates appearing for respective telecom companies to assist the court by suggesting names of eminent scientists, experts and other persons who could be part of the committee.
Tokyo: A single blood test can now detect the deadly H5N1 bird flu infection in just two hours time. Scientists have for the first time developed the world’s most rapid and comprehensive diagnostic kit
There are ways to clean heavy-metal-polluted soil, according scientists that attended a two-day forum in Beijing that ended Thursday. A total of 300 soil scientists and ecology experts attended the
Sparrows are disappearing from many parts of the country, and specially in Assam where electro-magnetic radiation from communication towers, use of leaded petrol in vehicles and overuse of pesticides in agriculture have been cited as some causes by scientists. Chief scientist of the Regional Agriculture Research Centre in Lakhimpur, Prabal Saikia, said, "It is a fact that sparrows are becoming scarce throughout Assam - both house and tree sparrows."
A team of scientists from Mumbai will leave for Nagpur on Monday to investigate and study the impact of last Tuesday's large meteorite shower in the Katol region which damaged several houses, an official
URUMQI - Forestry scientists have released 800,000 wasps into Asia's largest wild fruit forest this summer, hoping they will kill many of the beetles threatening it. "It's the fourth time we have released
It is a well-known fact, that worldwide thousands of plant species are endangered and facing extinction with the current trend of their exploitation and destruction. In recent years, there is a growing
In the first study of its kind in Australasia, scientists have used 27 natural climate records to create the first large-scale temperature reconstruction for the region over the last 1000 years. The