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. …
When the International Space Station goes into orbit, it will have an atomic clock on board. However, it won't help the astronauts tell the time. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing a laser-cooled, caesium atomic clock that will use microgravity conditions to achieve accuracy "at least …
A cane with a magnetic guide for blind people is currently being patented by the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing company of St Paul in Minnesota, USA. The tip of the cane houses a sensor that measures the strength of a magnetic field along a guide track. The track is made …
by working out how aromas can be extracted from food, two scientists from California, usa , have solved one the most vexing environmental problems that is faced by many nations, the us included: cleaning up groundwater contaminated with a potentially carcinogenic (or, cancer-causing) additive. To improve the efficiency of combustion …
several environmental organisations in the us are expressing different opinions over how to deal with the effect of increased population on the environment. Particularly, they have not reached a consensus over the issue of immigration. Some of the environmentalists feel that the population pressure imposed by immigrants contribute to environmental …
The year 1997 was the warmest since temperature record-keeping started according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA's findings reveal that the annual average global temperature of 1997 stood at 16.91
Luis Nunez, laboratory chemist at the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, USA, has developed a simple, compact and cost-effective method of removing fine metal particles and radionuclides from industrial waste and streams. The method employs particles that are poured into a tank containing a process or waste solution, where the …
every expectant mother is given a mandatory ultrasound scan of her womb, the resulting image from which often looks more like a sandstorm than a growing baby. Although images obtained from magnetic resonance imaging (mri) and x-rays are much sharper, doctors still prefer good, old ultrasound to the these methods. …
they stand ready to zap, vaporise or otherwise transmogrify the "bad" chemicals into good ones and they are not a bunch of cartoon heroes. They are the National Science Foun-dation(nsf)-funded next generation of pollution fighters. Take plasma generators. At the University of Illinois, usa , engineer Mark Kushner and his …
researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (nasa) say that water flowed on Mars for a million years. The present findings support the theory that life existed on Mars. According to Wesley Huntress, nasa 's associate administrator for space science, recent photographs from the Mars Global Surveyor orbiting Mars …
An embryo kept frozen for seven years has developed into a healthy baby body. According to medical experts, the four-kilogramme infant was the world's oldest new-born. The child was delivered by caesarean section at Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Centre, California. The embryo was frozen in 1989 after the couple underwent treatments …
breeding pipless apples had been a challenge for researchers so far. But not any more. Ken Tobutt and his team at the Horticulture Research International in East Malling, usa , hope to harvest the first pipless apple by the year-end. The team has produced coreless hybrids by crossing old favourites …
two scientists in the us have questioned the credibility of Dolly. They say that the experiment must be repeated before its results are accepted. No other scientist has reported cloning a mammal form an adult cell. Citing reasons for their skepticism, Norton Zinder of Rockefeller University, New York, usa and …
American rivers, an environmental protection group based in Washington, DC, USA, has warned that farmers along the Minnesota river are severely damaging the river by their crop selection. Cultivation of crops such as corn and soya bean in an area prone to flooding is not only leading to crop losses …
researchers have recently discovered 92-million-year old fossilised ants. With this discovery, it has become clear that these omnipresent insects have been on the Earth for more than twice as long as what was previously thought. Entomologists at the American Museum of Natural History in New York found the ants in …
mexico City is going down. Literally. The city, in the last 100 years, has sunk more than nine metres. It is still sinking at the rate of 46 to 60 cm annually. This is happening because, as more and more water is being pumped out of the aquifer beneath the …
The California-based Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the formation of a study group to examine the need for national action following a series of reports in a Seattle newspaper about crop loss and health problems arising from the use of fertilisers containing recycled industrial wastes and radionuclides. The Washington …
planting ryegrasses (awned cereal grasses that resemble barley) accelerates the redemption of soil contaminated with polyaromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) and pentachlorophenol (pcp). This was established by a year-long greenhouse study conducted by Phytokinetics Inc, a company based in Logan, Utah, usa. The study was sponsored by the California-based Environment Pro-tection Agency. …
