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
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
Taxol, an effective anti cancer drug that was approved for use in the US last year, will soon be available in India at half the cost
A new study shows that the newborn babies of women afflicted with a severe form of AIDS could fall victim to the disease quicker
Growing awareness in industry about the potential of enzymes might lead to their synthetic production
IT SEEMS the war between antibiotics and bacteria is a never-ending one. Time and again these clever organisms have made the most potent drugs look like placebos. But researchers at the Washington
MINI radars are being used in warning systems for cars when they are being reversed and for cruise-control systems to maintain constant distances from other vehicles. Now, Thomas McEwan, an engineer
A recently developed cheap and environmentally benign iron compound helps dispose of polluting nitrogen oxides
A financially squeezed NASA has been forced to look for cheaper ways to explore the solar system
Removing stains from clothes is a quid pro quo affair -- for bleaching agents to work, the clothes have to be washed in warm water, which can ruin texture and colour. But now, researchers at Unilever
Washington's Wind River Experimental Forest will soon have an unusual inhabitant: a 90-metre-high steel-and-concrete monster. In a $1-million project, a giant crane will help scientists study life
A Japanese company, Hitachi, has developed the technology for making pocket-sized camcorders -- video cameras which are becoming essential family items (New Scientist, Vol 143, No 1945). The