In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking the start of a permanent decline in fossil generation. 2024 both clarified and consolidated the shape of the global …
calling trouble: As per a study of Sweden-based Karolinska Institutet, 10 or more years of mobile phone use increases the risk of acoustic neuroma, a tumour on the auditory nerve. no more allergic: Researchers from the University College London, UK, have found that by inactivating a molecule called p110delta, effects …
Tell us about the science and technology priorities of your government Our resources are meagre, so we consider it prudent to concentrate on a few critical areas: microelectronics, capital goods, biotechnology, biodiesel and pharmaceuticals. Currently, we spend less than 1 per cent of our gross domestic product (gdp) on science …
Thousands of slave labourers in Brazil have something to rejoice about. The Brazilian Congress recently passed a constitutional amendment that is crucial to the eradication of the inhuman practice in the country. The amendment states that any rural or urban property found using slave labour would be confiscated and used …
brazil's National Health Council has approved revised regulations on the ethics of research. The rules, which came in force from August 9, 2004, are aimed at protecting the rights of individuals over the genetic information they provide for research about human genetic variation and gene-related diseases. Under the rules, formulated …
Major countries producing and consuming tropical timber have failed to arrive at an agreement to ensure the wood traded came from sustainably managed forests. Before it could even broach the issue, the July 26-30, 2004 meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, got caught in a logjam over the very scope of the …
scientists in Brazil have decoded the complete genome of coffee, throwing open the possibilities to improve the quality and productivity of the popular tropical bean. Brazil accounts for one-third of the world's coffee production. The genome was sequenced during a two-year-long project jointly carried out by Brazil's agricultural research agency …
Brazil Science communication is changing in Brazil. Newspapers are handling financial crunch by sacking science reporters, but public and private organisations are creating new positions to popularise science, says the Science Development Network. "The Brazilian press is in crisis and the market for science journalism continues to decrease in our …
All of the 204 million hectares of the Brazilian Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna, might disappear by 2030. And this disappearing act will be more tragic than magic. According to this startling revelation, in a study by Conservation International (ci), around 57 per cent of the area has already been …
countries wanting to escape their obligation of combating climate change have always projected the Amazon rainforests of Latin America as the key absorbers (sinks) of polluting greenhouse gases. But this notion may be disingenuous, indicate scientific discussions held during a recent international meet. During the mega-event a controversy raged about …
A NEW phenomenon has unfolded in the World Trade Organization. The world trade body no longer remains the exclusive playing-ground of the US and the European Union (EU). The G-20 group comprising Brazil, China, India and others remains the driving force. At the same time, many other developing countries are …
function table() { var popurl="html/20040815_negotiation.htm" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=500,height=500,scrollbars=yes") } On August 15 last year, the eu and the us put forward a proposal as the basis for negotiations on agriculture at Cancun. It did not accommodate developing country concerns. So Brazil and India got together to work out an alternative one. Argentina …
There's good news for coffee-lovers. A naturally decaffeinated coffee plant has been discovered. Researchers in Brazil studied 3,000 coffee plants from Ethiopia and found three with almost no caffeine. The plants apparently lack the enzyme needed to make caffeine. Paulo Mazzafera, who led the team of researchers, revealed: "This is …
In the wake of strong protests by activists and pressure groups, fast food giant McDonald's has decided to source only non-genetically modified (gm) feed for its chicken products in New Zealand. Earlier, the protestors launched a four-week public campaign targeting McDonald's stores throughout the country. Now, Inghams (the supplier of …
progressiveness, flexibility, neutrality and proportionality. These are the key words in a recent proposal floated by g-20, the developing country grouping in the World Trade Organization (wto), to enable wto members to fulfil their three-year-old commitment of reducing import duties on agricultural products. Since negotiators of wto members in Geneva, …
Brazil wants the International Monetary Fund (imf) to consider money utilised for science as infrastructure investment rather than current expenditure. If the imf buys this argument, Brazil could substantially increase its allocation for science-related matters. The country's science minister, Eduardo Campos, has even appealed to the United Nations Educational, Scientific …
Brazil's parliament is debating a wide-ranging bioethics bill, covering subjects from human cloning to genetically modified (gm) crops. The new legislation proposes the creation of a National Council of Biosafety. It will be directly linked to the President's office, and remain responsible for formulating and implementing the country's national biosafety …
only mother's son: Japanese and Korean scientists have created a mouse without using a sperm. The feat is akin to the birth of Dolly, the world's first cloned mammal. Bees, ants, aphids, some fish and reptiles reproduce without having sex in a process called parthenogenesis. But creating a living mammal …
history will be made on June 18, when the World Trade Organization (wto) is expected to officially declare that the subsidies given by the us to its cotton farmers are illegal. It will be the first time that a developing country
