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. …
the world's first base for launching satellites at sea is being constructed at Long Beach in California, us. Work began early in August on the first ships which would launch rockets safely and cheaply on the ocean. Long Beach will act as the headquarters and a base port from which …
unmanned helicopters and farm-harvesters will be the first automated vehicles to roll out from a new research centre in the us, which is trying to sell National Aeronautics and Space Administration's ( nasa ) technology to industries. nasa has given us $2.5 million to Carnegie Mellon University (cmu), Pennsylvania, to …
One of the things which is striking about Mayan archaeological sites in Latin America is the blue colour used on pottery. Till recently, the origin of this unique colour and its resistance to biocorrosion were mysteries. Now, scientists from Mexico have carried out high resolution electron microscopy alongwith X-ray microanalysis …
Chips n' bytes channel Computer users in the UK will soon have a satellite TV channel of their own. The Sky Computer Channel will begin broadcasts on November 1 and transmit programmes every night. The four hours of nightly programming will consist of four regular slots: Family Guide is aimed …
startling expressions of possible environmental degradation have been found in Minnesota, us . Deformed frogs have been seen in more than 100 sites in 54 of Minnesota's counties. At a recent conference of scientists convened by the Environmental Protection Agency ( epa ) in Duluth, Minnesota, the recurring thought was …
playing to environmentalists, President Clinton declared 6,885,00 ha of Utah desert and red rock canyons a national monument, shielding them from future development. In another appeal for the
To most Indians, turmeric or haldi is a part of growing up, a magic cure-all for the excesses of childhood. A classic "grandmother's remedy", the virulent yellow powder or paste has been applied to the scrapes and cuts of generations of children. But in the US, two scientists were granted …
a rather innocuous looking sponge could actually pack a lot of arsenal against cancer cells proliferating in human body, researchers have found. A deep water sponge, Discodermia dissoluta , has been discovered by a group of scientists at the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Florida, us , to contain a …
in a study published in the Proceedings of the us National Academy of Sciences , researchers from the University of Georgia report that they have developed a plant capable of absorbing highly toxic mercury ions from a growth medium and reducing them to less toxic and relatively inert metallic mercury. …
there seems to be some good news regarding the most imperilled marshlands on earth, the Florida Everglades. The South Florida Water Management District, which undertook studies of the delicate eco-system, reports that farmers have achieved a 68 per cent reduction in the amount of phosphorus fertiliser discharged from their fields. …
a prototype aircraft that flies by itself at five times the speed of sound has recently been unveiled in the us . Its futuristic shape has led to the speculation that a secret full-size version of the plane could be responsible for ufo (unidentified flying object) sightings. The wedge-shaped LoFlyte's …
researchers in the us have shown that a technology called extreme ultraviolet light ( euv ) lithography may illuminate the path to the next generation of semiconductor chips. Chips manufactured with euv technology are likely to be 10 times faster than today's chips and will be able to store 1,000 …
In a significant ruling for Internet buffs, a US court recently ruled that putting a site on the World Wide Web doesn't make a person liable to be sued anywhere in the US. They gave the judgement on a lawsuit filed in New York by the operator of a city-based …
at long last, the Pentagon has acknowledged the presence of the Gulf war syndrome, a result of exposure to chemical agents like nerve gas and other poisons. At a press conference, held recently, Pentagon officials, after denying the existence of the syndrome for years, admitted that they were wrong and …
a new study conducted on 212 children in Michigan, us , has revealed that exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls ( pcb ), a common pollutant, while in their mothers' womb has led to a modest lowering of their intelligence quotient ( iq ) level. Most of these 11-year-old children in the …
Heavy metals and organic chemicals that stick to particles of soil could get released into the groundwater. A new procedure developed by Paul Bertsch of the University of Georgia, US, aims at removing these contaminants from the soil. His technique is based on the conventional method of
following a widespread ban on the production of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons ( cfc s), researchers in the us are now attempting to turn massive stockpiles of these substances into useful or at least benign materials. Chlorine atoms from cfc s are known to destroy stratospheric ozone, thereby causing exposure to harmful …
chocolate could actually be a drug in disguise. Scientists at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego, a privately supported, non-profit laboratory in the us, report that chocolate contains three chemicals which could mimic the actions of marijuana. This could be the reason behind the well-being expressed by people who have …
