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. …
AFTER years of being called a mere "dogooder" activity, recycling has turned into a profitable industry for cities across the US, according to the information provided by a new study. Only two years ago, one of the few good reasons cities could find for bearing the expense of recycling was …
PREVENTION, rather than cure could become the norm in the West if modern biotechnology has its way. Several big multinational drug firms such as Hoechst, Merck and Glaxo Wellcome are trying their best to manufacture drugs that keep cells from malfunctioning. This is done by blocking the signal that causes …
A GROUP of 270 fiery advocates forming the National Breast Cancer Coalition, has been persistently and successfully lobbying with the government to increase federal funds on cancer research. Fran Visco, a breast cancer survivor in the us leads this Coalition. The government was spending around us $90 million on breast …
AT LEAST partial eyesight to the blind may be restored, say researchers in the us in a recent study. An artificial vision system with tiny TV cameras in eyeglasses sending invisible laser-borne messages to a computer inside the eye would perform this magic. The computer, about the size of the …
BIOTECH firms'in the us are elated about a new government cliktat that would help them deal with the Food and Drug Administration's bureaucratic machinery faster than before. Once the rules are implemented, biotech companies will no longer have to file separate applications for new drugs and for the manufacturing facilities …
SRI International, the US contrad research organisation - former known as Stanford Reseai 2 tute - has devised a hardensi luggage container to mitigate ON effect of a terrorist bomb blast on aircraft. The 0.5 inches thick "blanket" is made of materials that can absoic bomb blast debris and fragment …
INSECTS, today make up the vast majority of living organisms. Although insects appeared almost 350 million years ago, they really began to diversify only after flowering plants came on the scene about 150 million years ago. The catalytic role played by flowering plants in the diversification of insects stems from …
WHEN the US Air flight 1016 crashed in 1994 in Charlotte, North Carolina, air traffic controllers knew more about the weather conditions than did the plane's crew. This has led the committee of National Research Council to conclude that air traffic controllers should exercise more caution about allowing aircrafts to …
It takes the right amount of venol from the snake to kill its p I go. Larger the prey, more the venom and vice versa. William Hayes of tho University of Wyoming, US, in a series of laboratory experiment-4 demonstrated that rattlesnakes indeed 'meter' the quantity of venom they inject …
High cotton prices in the US is proiNG beneficial for the Pakistani cotton growers as their cheaper cotton finds favour in Asian trade circles. with sizable amount earmarked for exports, Pakistani coarse Afzal cotton and a finer grade of cotton identified as I! is now being sold in huge balefuls …
The inevitable has happened. Budget wrangles between the Repubtican-led Congress and a steadfast Bill Clinton saw all important US government offices shut down for a week, one of the longest shutdowns ever in US political history. Some 80,000 workers who reported Ior work on the morning of November 14 had …
EDWARD A Neuwclt and his colleagues at the Oregon 1-iealth Sciences University in Portland have recorded success in transporting potentially therapeutic viruses into the grey matter of rats - a finding that has far reaching implications for the treatment of brain tumours. The shortcomings of surgery and chemotherapy especially highlight …
AN ARRESTING array of photographs released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on November 2 provides amazing insights into the wonders of the cosmos. Captured through the Hubble Space Telescope, the images - of events thousands of years old but reaching the Hubble only this April - are …
AS THE 50th anniversary of the United Nations (UN) culminated in late October, the organization struggled to overcome its worst ever financial crisis. If the situation does not improve soon, the world body and its programmes can suffer serious setbacks, senior UN Officials warn. The VN has weathered financial difficulties …
THE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the us is elated at unveiling the first scientifically satisfying map of the ocean floor. The map unveils 71 per cent of the earth that lies beneath the oceans, but was until now not as well mapped as the surface of Venus. Among …
A GENE test that predicts when one will die? This seemingly speculative theory bas now become a distinct reality, thanks to fresh research carried out at the Rockfeller University, us. Researchers at Rockfeller have identified the apolipoprotein-F, or apo-F gene as the first of a set that roughly determines normal …
The US based.Dow Chemical Co has been asked by a Reno judge to shell out US $41 million in punitive damages to a Nevada couple. According to the jury, Dow Chemical acted with .conscious disregard" of the safety of the plaintiff, Charlotte Mahhun. The couple has contended that Charlotte Mahlum's …
The campaign against the US tobacco industry is likely to gain momentum in view of a recent judgement in Californian Court. The jury awarded US $2 million as compensation to o 70-year-old 'man who alleged that he had got cancer (myso- tbehoma) from asbestos in Kent cigarette filters. The company, …
J C WILSON of the University of Denver has found that the first and only commercially run supersonic airliner - the Concorde - emits loads of sulphur particles in the atmosphere. He says that the discovery may compel engineers to alter the design of the engine and the fuels to …
RECENT news reports regarding the patenting of neem have left me completely baffled. It needs to be noted that the use of neem extract, seeds, leaves or any other part as pesticide cannot be patented, since such uses have been known for hundreds of years. Neem seed, being a product …
