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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
BY ITSELF, silicon is not an effective conductor. It does not leave its electrons free for smooth flow of information. To make it less rigid, impurities are introduced into a pure silicon chip. The impurities free an electron or two and make the element a better conductor. This is called …
AT ANY time, maize plants are in danger of being dismembered by the vicious western corn rootworm larvae. When under attack, the plants call the emergency service for help. This service is provided by beneficial nematode worms that are specialized in killing the enemy. The plant secretes a volatile compound …
OUR nomadic ancestors had to quickly cover long distances while hunting. A prey that ran faster had to be outrun. While running after the animal they constantly moved their arms; it reduced the effort and counterbalanced the body weight. People now run after buses, sprinters run to win a medal. …
World leaders pledged last week to step up efforts to reach a U.N. deal to fight climate change, but they will have to match rhetoric with rapid action to break a crippling deadlock before a December deadline. At a United Nations meeting on climate change in New York and a …
U.S. wavering on climate commitment could undermine action to save the planet, the director of Germany's Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research said on the sidelines of a conference on Monday. Preserving the Greenland ice cap was the defining action needed to prevent several meters of sea level rise and …
Mumbai: A seven-member delegation from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) of the United States conducted a week-long training session for 55 transport officials. Various aspects of transport, including transport planning, integrated fare system, security and environmental sustainability were discussed. The MMRDA is planning to set up National Transit Research and …
Venezuela has yet to develop a plan to explore or exploit its uranium deposits despite comments by a government official saying it was working with Iran to locate them, Venezuela's energy minister told Reuters. On Friday, Mining Minister Rodolfo Sanz said Iran and Venezuela were working together to find uranium, …
The European Union and the United States are holding talks on forging a pact with OECD countries and China to eliminate duties on green goods as part of incentives to Beijing in a potential global climate deal. EU diplomats told Reuters that under a plan being discussed by Brussels and …
Britain said on Monday it would host a meeting of major economies next month ahead of talks to reach a new U.N deal to fight climate change. The United States had asked Britain to hold the meeting of the 17-member Major Economies Forum (MEF) it set up earlier this year …
Buys US rights for Oscient Pharma's Antara. Pharmaceutical major Lupin has acquired the US rights for a cholesterol lowering drug, Antara (Fenofibrate capsules, 43 mg and 130 mg), from bankrupt US drug company Oscient Pharmaceuticals for close to $39 million (Rs 188 crore). The drug had $70 million (Rs 337.5 …
THE diplomatic process leading up to the climate-change conference in Copenhagen in December is gathering speed. Preparatory meetings are flashing by: the Major Economies Forum last week, the UN climate-change summit and the G20 this week, pre-Copenhagen negotiations in Bangkok next week. The people who run the world are burning …
EUROPEAN ministers warned that December's landmark UN climate talks could fail, as the EU Commission urged rich nations to stump up tens of billions of euros to help the developing world combat global warming. "The Copenhagen deal is hanging in the balance," British Foreign Secretary David Miliband told reporters. "It's …
President Obama will announce Friday that the once elite club of rich industrial nations known as the Group of 7 will be permanently replaced as a global forum for economic policy by the much broader Group of 20 that includes China, Brazil, India and other fast-growing developing countries, administration officials …
So, have you enjoyed the debate over health care reform? Have you been impressed by the civility of the discussion and the intellectual honesty of reform opponents? If so, you
Czech President Vaclav Klaus sharply criticized a U.N. meeting on climate change on Tuesday at which U.S. President Barack Obama was among the top speakers, describing it as propagandistic and undignified. "It was sad and it was frustrating," said Klaus, one of the world's most vocal skeptics on the topic …
California said it had approved the most aggressive energy efficiency plan among U.S. states on Thursday, earmarking $3.1 billion to retrofit homes and other programs that will cut power needs equivalent to three medium-sized power plants. Conservation and efficiency have become national buzzwords as the economy has failed, since such …
U.S. biofuel company Solazyme Inc said on Thursday it will be providing its algae-derived jet fuel to the U.S. Navy for testing and certification. Privately held Solazyme will sell 1,500 gallons of the green fuel to the U.S. Navy, which is buying fuel from the San Francisco-based company for the …
