Thick skinned policies
Dozens of families displaced from Gujarat villages in the vicinity of the Sardar Sarovar dam years back have returned to their original homes and refused to move back. What further evidence do the authorities want?
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Fatal exposure
Workers exposed to pesticides over a long period of time may run the risk of contracting cancer
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Yes Prime Minister
a b banerjee general secretary, Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata It is a coincidence that some of the people invited here are involved in the field of defence. Abdul Kalam is an
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Enemies turn friends
The weed Lantana camara is being used to make furniture and can give the economy a boost
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Bricks, pavers from construction debris
Construction waste recycled to make bricks and pavers
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Watering down concern
groundwater depletion and land degradation have be come an integral part of irrigated agriculture in India. While the command areas of canals suffer from waterlogging and soil salinity, the
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A small revolution
Refinement in the probe tip of the scanning tunnelling microscope would help in manipulating matter at the atomic level<br>
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Ominous indicators
Wildlife studies provide extensive evidence of immunosuppressive effects of pesticides
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Quaking mountains
The Himalayas are seismically an active mountain belt and require long term planning of townships and other long term measures to mitigate disasters
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Small wonder
Shake a few bits of silicon in a petri dish containing water and lo, you have a three dimensional structure!
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Combination of rays
For the first time, scientists have combined two complementary imaging techniques to peep inside the human body. Though still in the infant stage, the invention has exciting possibilities
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Flickering ray of hope for hill areas
Although small hydro electric schemes are considered ideal for remote hill villages, planners have overlooked crucial factors and not all villagers are happy
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Chernobyl impasse solved...
..but that is not the end of problems for Ukraine, as answers to important issues' like the future of workers and alternate energy and monetary resources are still to be found
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Mobile mayhem
Using that mobile phone might boost your business, but it might fry your brain
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Derailed
Tamil Nadu s initiative to promote wind energy
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Surprise rays from a comet
First ever X ray emission by a comet has excited several astrophysicists who are optimistic of bringing some more dark areas of the universe into light
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Fighting for survival
Shrinking habitat due to deforestation has forced elephants to enter human territory in Orissa's Keonjhar district
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We do not know which way to go
<font class=UCASE>Sheila Dikshit</font>, <b>chief minister of Delhi, told</b> <font class=UCASE>Lopamudra Banerjee</font><b> that CNG is not a tried and trusted technology. Excerpts</b>
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The US and us
Bush s position is immoral and contemptous, but so is our inability to tell him he is wrong <br>
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The s and d of it
While the conflicting theories and functions to explain the phenomenon of high temperature superconductivity point to scientists' continuing fascination with this field, IBM researchers zero in on the d wave function as a plausible enumeration