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. …
some people are born lucky. Take the case of a minute segment of humanity belonging to the white people of European ancestry. New research reveals that a small fraction of this community is genetically free from falling prey to the aidsvirus. Two separate teams of researchers - one led by …
water in the us will now flow with a guarantee. President Bill Clinton recently signed a bill designed to upgrade municipal water systems in view of the deteriorating water standards. The new law also lays the onus on local water agencies to inform the public annually on the chemical contents …
For those who toss and turn in bed hoping for at least a wink of sleep, here is some good news. Scientists from the Scripps Research Institution at La Jolla, California, US, have just synthesised certain new chemicals that would coax the human brain into slumber. Conventional sleeping pills that …
with the growing realisation that regular physical activity is vital for good health, more and more women are taking to strenuous physical exercises. But exercise regimens are governed by guidelines on how far the body can be pushed. Such recommendations are based on three considerations: • potential health benefits • …
Stuttering and the reasons behind it have perplexed scientists for long now. Some assign the trouble to the deficiencies in hearing, others to the peculiarities in the areas of the brain that govern the motor functions of speech, and still others to the undeveloped left side of the brain which …
Naval ships have little time to defend against modern missiles that home in on targets at 32.18 km a minute at surface-low height. But scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, are working on a new radar system that promises to detect such threats faster. It could also improve the …
Superconducting technology is being used in the US to improve noise performance and voice quality of cellular phones. A US-based company, Ameritech Cellular Services, has reported excellent results from the use of a cellular system radio-frequency filter that incorporates superconducting devices. The use of the filter at the cell site …
for aerial fire-fighters, exchanging information over vast expanses of flaming wilderness is fraught with high risk and exigency . In an effort to improve the safety and efficiency of aerial fire-fighting, four us-based agencies, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (nasa), the Bureau of Land Management, the United States Department …
Medical workers in the US have filed lawsuits in nearly 30 state and federal courts against the makers of latex gloves. They are claiming that the companies should be held accountable for the allergic reactions caused by the latex gloves the wearing of which had become an absolute precaution after …
the days of boardrooms darkened for projecting documents via an overhead projector during meetings are now on their way out. No more hamhanded presenters fumbling with transparencies while the audience expectantly waits in gloom. Polycom Inc of San Jose, California, have come up with ShowStation unit, a unique device that …
speculating on life in space has suddenly become everybody's favourite pastime. If it was Mars which hogged the headlines some days ago, it is now the Jovian planet that is having the benefit of astronomists' deliberations. Scientists have for sometime now, thought of Jupiter's satellite - Europa - as a …
Why do some people suffering from hypertension get strokes while others do not? Researchers, for the first time, have obtained direct evidence of the existence of genes connected to strokes. Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, US, have identified the approximate location of three stroke-related genes in a …
ecological interests seem to have prevailed in a row involving the Yellowstone National Park, one of the best-known us sanctuaries and also a tourist attraction. The area was in the centre of a dispute when plans to start a gold mine - New World mine - just three km north-east …
Researchers from the Southampton Oceanography Centre in the US have recently developed a measuring device which could enhance the efficiency of clean up operations following an oil spill. Traditionally, oil spills have been detected by radar. But once oil and water emulsify, the radar cannot be used to track the …
Ninety per cent of the world's most important food crops are threatened because human behaviour is pushing pollinators towards extinction. American entomologists Stephen Buchmann and Gary Nabhan argue in their recently published book, The forgotten Pollinators , that "The world is facing an impending global pollination crisis that may have …
in the us, the region in and around Los Angeles has always suffered the country's worst air pollution. Previously, air quality management plans (aqmps) had followed the command-and-control policy implemented by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (scaqmd), the environmental agency responsible for air pollution control in the Los …
