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. …
us researchers have fabricated a solar cell out of everyday plastic, hoping to meet the growing energy demand with a more affordable way to harness the Sun. Scientists at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California at Los Angeles (ucla), led by Yang Yang, hope …
Underneath the sleepy suburbs of Orange, New Jersey, usa, lies a unique site in the history of labour rights and the understanding of radioactive materials. For it was in a factory here in the 1920s that almost hundred young women were slowly poisoned to death with radium. The ensuing case …
us scientists have developed a chip smaller than a rupee one coin that can scan for thousands of disease-causing microbes in an air sample in just 24 hours. Called the dna Phylochip, it would be especially useful in the aftermath of disasters
infinite genomes: Scientists at the Institute for Genomic Research in the US claim researchers might never fully describe some bacteria and viruses because their genomes are infinite. Each strain of a species may yield significant new genes, conclude Herv
the recently concluded annual meeting of the World Bank (wb) and the International Monetary Fund (imf) in Washington agreed to implement the debt cancellation proposals of the g8 summit at Gleneagles, Scotland. The agreement to write off us$57.5 billion debt to ease the burden on impoverished nations will benefit 18 …
methoxychlor (mxc), a common pesticide used on food crops, may reduce fertility in women, claim researchers at the Yale School of Medicine, the us. They found mxc suppressed expression of Hoxa10
Oil storage tanks ruptured by hurricane Katrina are estimated to have dumped around 14 millions litres (ml) of crude oil into the Lower Mississippi river and surrounding wetlands in Louisiana, usa, threatening the region's environment. Some of this oil would also find its way into the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana …
Good news for olive oil users: the oil mimics the effect of ibuprofen, a painkiller, says a US study (Nature, Vol 437, No 7055, Sep 1, 2005). Researchers led by Paul Breslin of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania, USA) found 50 grammes or 4 tablespoons of good …
avian influenza viruses in Southeast Asia are developing resistance to drugs faster than the strains found in North America, says a study done at St Jude Children's Research Hospital in Tennessee, usa. The St Jude team analysed sequence data (refers to the makeup of gene responsible) of the m2 protein …
The Arctic climate is changing. Permafrost is warming, hydrological processes are changing and biological and social systems are also evolving in response to these changing conditions. Knowing how the structure and function of arctic terrestrial ecosystems are responding to recent and persistent climate change is paramount to understanding the future …
You are what you eat: nothing typifies the phrase more aptly than a fast food chomping urban denizen of a developed nation. The us, particularly, was overwhelmed by fast food culture after World War ii. The country's post-war prosperity was built on people working long hours; as a result, they …
Following widespread violent protests, on August 25, 2005, energy companies signed a deal with Ecuador's poor communities, promising to invest more money for the latter's benefit. In return, the agitationists, who attacked oil wells and other industry establishments in a weeklong protest, agreed to end their interventions. Ecuador is South …
A lawsuit demanding warning labels on packets of French fries and potato chips, believed to contain high amounts of the chemical acrylamide, has been filed in a Los Angeles Superior Court in the US. Acrylamide is a carcinogenic chemical created when foods high in starch are subjected to high temperatures. …
