First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Soot and diamonds
Alchemists have succeeded in fashioning the high-tech version of the Philosopher's Stone: they can now make diamond films out of soot and a gas named argon. Chemist Dieter M Gruen's magic recipe:
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Stress pass
Ayurvedic formulations have been found effective in countering the stresses of living in high altitudes
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Body balance
Two studies suggest that the brain and the nervous system are loaded in favour of symmetry
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Cutting cholesterol
A new drug for lowering blood cholesterol is a blessing for heart patients
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Humanising machines
Scientists have incorporated a facet of human logic into a computer programme to help in disease diagnosis
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Porcine prescription
Pancreatic cells from pigs could help treat diabetics
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Vehicles of radiation
Radioactivity should be added to the list of potential carcinogens in motor-vehicle exhausts, say scientists from the University of Bristol, UK. Denis Henshaw and colleagues have found raised
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Material light
Semiconductors have 2 energy bands -- valence band and conduction band. The valence band is filled with electrons; the conduction band has practically none. The electrical conductivity of a material
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Checking immunity
A team of researchers from the Delhi-based Centre for Biochemical Technology (CBT) has recently formulated an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (Elisa) -- an immune-based test kit -- for the early
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Green rules
Scientists discover why photovoltaic cells will never beat the green leaves