Venting the spleen
A new drug will reduce the agony and the costs of treating thalassaemia, a hereditary blood disorder
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Diesel technology limitations
<font class='UCASE'>Jason Mark</font> and <font class='UCASE'>Candace Morey</font> , transportation analysts of UCS, have analysed various emission reduction technologies for diesel vehicles in their attempt to show that all of them have severe limitat
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Born dead
<i>I</i><i>n the story from the great Indian epic, </i> Mahabharat <i>, the legendary hero Arjun was once telling his wife Shubhadra how to penetrate the virtually unassailable ancient battle formation, </i> Chakravyuha <i>, destroy it and get out unscat
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Protein bodyguards
A protein found in almost all life forms not only offers protection against toxins but also preverits errant behaviour in other proteins
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Candid solution
Enzymes have been found that may prevent infections caused by a fungus
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A crisis overcome
The scourge of sickle cell anaernia buckles down to modern medicine as cytotoxins provide a possible cure
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A question of industry
The recent Supreme Court orders against polluting industries have merely kicked off an arduous process of cleaning up the Capital
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The Colour of GERMANY
For the first time in German history, the Green Party is part of the ruling coalition. The country is all set to embark upon new environmentally sound projects and even a series of new green taxes
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Premature Death
Tell your elected representatives that before pollution leads to your premature death you will ensure the premature deaths of their political careers <br>
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High talk
Unspeak has piled up mountains of words on sustainable development of the world's fragile peaks, and action courses seem to have been lost on the way downhill
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The muck stops here
Indian lakes are no longer serene waterbodies. Instead, they have become stinking cesspools, a result of continuous inflow of sewage and massive siltation. As the lakes die a premature death, the question that arises is who is responsible for this sorry s
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Not merely a numbers game
Although the recently held world population summit emphasised population control in the developing countries as the main block in the path to development, some delegates held the consumption patterns of the developed countries responsible for the problems
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Urban growth model needs reality check
Urban India is beginning to explode. The question is if our cities will be able to manage this growth or will they just burst at the seams? The reason I ask this is because we still don t have a clue
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THE INDUSTRIAL TOWNS
LUDHIANA Ludhiana"s problem is that of plenty. This industrial town has a per capita income of Rs 30,000, almost 30 times more the per capita income of the state of Bihar which is only Rs 1,067.
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The IMPACTS WORLD 2013
<p>The <span class="caps">IMPACTS</span> <span class="caps">WORLD</span> 2013 conference aims to develop a new vision for climate impacts research by laying the foundations for regular, community-driven syntheses of climate change impact analyses. It will bring together leading scientists and decision makers from local to international levels. <a>more</a></p>
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Poor regulators do not a rich country make
IN this past month, farmer associations in Haryana and Tamil Nadu have located and burnt field trials for genetically modified Bt rice. In Chhattisgarh the state government has stopped similar trials
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The price of Power
The powerful monopoly caucus that rules electricity supply industry a heavy-handed ragulatory -structure to protect the consumer interest
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Science of the Common people
A recent congress highlighted the relevance of people oriented science and technology such as the management of water, forests and agriculture.
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Cricket emission levels and smokescreens
A new study shows it is not just English cricketers who are manipulatin4data for their benefit - the ministry of environment, too, is playing a similar game.
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Will liberalisation destroy the environment?
Get eight economists to discuss an issue and you"ll get nine opinions. Down to Earth did precisely that. Eight noted economists were invited, along with a scientist-activist, an industrialist, a bureaucrat and two educationists, to analyse the impact