Interest in metals rekindled
Scientists have found a metallic mix that allows superconductivity at higher temperatures than before
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Budget 2005-2006: the missing audit
The discussions on the Union budget 2005 2006 reflect the media s middle class obsession. The finance minister s proposal for a fringe tax on perquisites and other benefits of the salariat was
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Business nonsense
The Globe is getting warmer. But the only contribution of US businesses is an advertising blitz and political arm twisting to discredit climate science
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MONEYMAKERS
NATURAL FIBRE:A new method to extract fibres from wild species of banana trees of Mizoram hills has been identified by Botanical Survey of India ( bsi ). Locally called Chang-El or wild
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Clear as mud
World Bank develops cold feet in Baglihar project dispute
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The super cars are coming
With aerospace technologies set to revolutionise engine and body design, today's cars could become as obsolete as dinosaurs.
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Are Off-Grid Solutions Really More Expensive for the Rural Poor?
<p>A number you likely know: 400 million. That’s how many people live without electricity in India. And not coincidentally, most of these people are poorest of the poor and live in rural villages
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Ultrafast healing
Ultrasound therapy can quicken the healing of lingering fractures
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Molecular games
First there was the buckminster fullerene molecule, shaped like a football. Now, scientists have produced a tennis ball look alike
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Just shifting the issue
As the authorities dither and bicker over how to combat pollution in the Capital, industrial units proliferate and entrench themselves virtually unchecked
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Thrice dammed
Three dams could bailout Delhi if plans flow right...
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More reasons for efficiency
Resource efficiency improves the quality of life. We can see better with efficient lighting systems, keep food fresher in efficient refrigerators, produce better goods in efficient factories,
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Blow your horn and cough up
A look at how community land is used as a bargaining tool for development projects and even for peace and quiet.
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THE MONEY MAKERS
• Nicolas Hayek, chairperson of SMH AG, is looking for a partner to introduce the automotive equivalent of the Swatch watch he made famous in the 1980s. Hayek's inexpensive, stylish and
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Coal, diamonds and fullerenes
Indian scientists can now produce fullerenes, a newly discovered form of carbon that has potential as a superconductor and catalyst.
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Steel manufacturer in the dock
Prompted by protests, the Maharashtra government is considering action against a steel manufacturing unit for causing water pollution.
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Building against odds
Despite a host of reasons against its constuction, Pakistan decides to go ahead with building the Diamer dam
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MONEYMAKERS
• Western mining companies are rushing towards a new eldorado: Cuba. This year, Joutel Resources of Canada became the first western firm to sign an exploration agreement with the Cuban mining
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DDA strikes again
Target: the Yamuna riverbedWeapon: Zonal Development Plan
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MONEYMAKERS
HYBRID VEHICLE: Nissan Motor Company Limited of Tokyo said that it aimed to start sales of gasoline-electric hybrid cars in Japan at the beginning of the year 2000. The company's first hybrid