Active signals
A new machine helps quadriplegics move through electric impulses
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Green transport
Low pollution cars which use less gasoline are the need of the hour
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Learning from lasagne
Porous layers of slurry, zapped with electricity, may revolutionise the treatment of contaminated clay soils
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Using electricity to draw out pollutants from soil
A cheap and environmentally benign technology has been developed to rid soils of contaminants
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Third eye
A new mapping technique can help quickly locate any site in a city
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THE MONEY MAKERS
• Investors have been flocking to timber-based businesses in Malaysia, where timber related stocks are being traded at high prices. This is a result of a combination of strong timber prices and
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In Court
Nigeria sues Tobacco company: The Nigerian government has filed a lawsuit in the High Court of Abuja against tobacco companies British-American Tobacco, Philip Morris International and
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Poverty as a posture?
<p><strong>The road to next climate negotiation turns hostile as some developing nations are upgraded.</strong><br />
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Hybrid buses: green steps in dark shadows
<p style="line-height: 22px; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>The pilot project on electric, hybrid buses for public transport
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Byte by byte
To increase disk drive capacity, both silicon chips and magnetic memory disks will have to get better
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MONEYMAKERS
benign cars: In an attempt to introduce eco-friendly vehicles, the world's third-largest car maker, Toyota Motor Corp, plans to launch a vehicle equipped with a new diesel engine which improves
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Where mind matters
Scientists establish that the mind plays a vital role in helping the body fight disease
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A problem of plenty
The increasing population of Antarctic fur seals threatens the ecology of the region
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MONEYMAKERS
FUIELLING SUCCESS: Ballard Power Systems of Canada has entered into big league by tying up with Daimler-Benz of Germany. The latter recently announced that it will invest US $290 million in
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Rickshaws to the rescue
WHEN the Delhi Rickshaw Chalak-Malik Sangharsh Morcha (rickshaw drivers and owners agitation committee) staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Municipal corporation of Delhi (MCD) on
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The best guide
Intuition appears to be more important than conscious reasoning to make shrewd decisions
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MONEYMAKERS
smokeless autos: Two low-emission cars recently rolled out of Honda Motor Co of Japan. The emission levels of the two models - Civic Ferio LEV and the Partner 1.6 LEV - are only one-tenth of those
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Third twin? ...not yet
The possibility of human cloning after a sheep has been cloned recently, seem hardly welcome as critics raise questions about humankind's propensity to breach ethics by abusing powerful technologies
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Moneymakers
CLEAN AND SAFE: Cashing in on the growing requirement for clean water, the Pune-based Thermax Ltd is setting up a joint venture company with Culligan Water Technologies Ltd of the US. The new venture
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Living with nature
Urban living ought to aim towards the sustainable symbiosis of nature and architecture