Green guitars
Sound from acoustic guitars may soon become more melodious for environmentalists. Hiroyuki Yano, Yuuzoh Furuta and Hiroyuki Nakagawa of the Kyoto Prefectural University in Japan have discovered a
Sound from acoustic guitars may soon become more melodious for environmentalists. Hiroyuki Yano, Yuuzoh Furuta and Hiroyuki Nakagawa of the Kyoto Prefectural University in Japan have discovered a
Bangkok has long been overwhelmed by the inevitable by-product of modern economic growth - waste. But now investors are swarming in to set up and operate what could be one of Southeast
Astronomers are using a supernova s light to explain the mysteriously expanding universe
a rs 5 crore plan has been submitted by the government of West Bengal to the Centre in order to fight the high levels of arsenic and fluoride contamination in the groundwater of the state. The
The great smog disasters of the past have made clear that air pollution can kill people in a matter of days: extremely high concentrations of air pollution building up under conditions of low wind speed and stable atmospheric conditions have been associated with excess deaths in the Meuse Valley, Belgium (1930); Donora, PA, United States (1948); and London, United Kingdom (1952).
Pharmaceutical companies are trying to develop drugs to combatfatal diseases by using the uptil now ignored part of DNWs structure
Even as dolphin parks are going out of vogue in the West, they are becoming a craze in South-east Asian countries, much to the dismay of conservationists. These countries are keen on boosting
Evidence indicts excess of iron in the body as reason for coronary diseases and the growth of latent cancers
The contentious issues of governance of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) was resolved at the resumed 19th session of the Governing Council which ended in the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi,
Researchers D A Redelmeier and R J Tibshirani of the University of Toronto, US, say that driving while talking on cellular phones is as dangerous as driving while slightly drunk. A perusal of the
Researchers have found the property of coherence in certain atoms which can be used as lasers
Speculation is rife that tea production in Nepal may decline as poor rainfall until this time of the year has resulted in the inadequate growth of tealeaves. Although tea estates located in the
when it comes to heavy metals pollution in central Europe, slovakia takes the top spot. A study of contaminated mosses has revealed that the toxic level of metals including cadmium and lead is much
Droughts in west Africa over the past 20 years may have been caused by the destruction of rainforests in countries such as Nigeria, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire, and further deforestation in the region
Ecologists reveal that trees are precise indicators of environmental health, as they show specific symptoms with an increase in air pollution
Plants help preserve the environment in various ways
alarmed by rising levels of smog in Paris, the French government recently announced new rules to improve air quality in the city. Air quality is determined by the amount of sulphur dioxide, ozone and
Those who have had fewer respiratory diseases when young are the ones who are more susceptible to asthma
The Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) held a series of meetings at the UN Environment Programme headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, from March 14-19, 1997.
Research on microorganisms is carried out in several stages comprised easy operations