Sunpower is for free
A new plan to popularise solar photovoltaic products has recently been launched in India
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Tracing a path from the sun
Present day interest in solar power has arisen mainly because of rapidly dwindling energy resources. But the quest for tapping the sun's energy began in ancient times.
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saving species: UK-based Glaxo Well come will help save the endangered medicinal Leech from extinction. The blood sucking creature is used by doctors to prevent blood clotting. The pharmaceutical
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The best of Indian science
In this and the following issue, DOWN TO EARTH presents a review of India's ten best scientific research projects. The selection is based on the opinions of eminent scientists from reputed institutions. Unravelling the mysteries of the cosmos through stat
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Waste, by any other name...
An official of the state government was explaining, at a meeting, the progress made to set up sewage treatment plants, drains and diversionary sewers in pursuit of a Supreme Court order to clean up
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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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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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Integrate
The key lesson
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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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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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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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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
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Birlas, trade union block rayon mill closure
Ten persons were killed in March by toxic gas from untreated effluents discharged by Century Rayon's Thane plant. The state pollution control board wants to shut the plant down, but is encountering opposition from the management and the union.
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Takeover threat
STATE OF THE WORLD 2002 (US $15.95), VITAL SIGNS 2002 (US $14.95); ECO-ECONOMY: BUILDING AN ECONOMY FOR THE EARTH, 2001 (US $14.95) . Lester R Brown; THE EARTH POLICY READER . Lester R. Brown, Janet
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sunny prospects: In a bid to boost the sale of solar energy for residential purposes, Kyocera, the Japanese pro ducer of high-performance ceramics and electronic compo-nents, has split its solar