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. …
Accusing the tobacco industry of stalling, Massachusetts has pulled out of negotiations between nine states and cigarette makers trying to reach an out-of-court national tobacco settlement.
A decade after the Behala adulterated oil tragedy which took the lives of 37 people, many who survived with stricken limbs are still awaiting justice. Memories of the tragedy in July 1988 prompted the state government (West Bengal) to take precaution as soon as word reached here of people dying …
It is the perfect way for athletes to cheat. No tests - urine, blood or even tissue biopsies - will detect its use. And a leading sports doctor has warned that this new-age development could be in place by the Sydney Olympics. The latest and greatest weapon in the sports …
Anaruj Shankar and his colleague from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland have found that feeding zinc or vitamin A to children seems to raise their immunity to malaria. In a 13 month trial that Dr Shankar conducted in New Guinea, which involved feeding almost 500 children vitamin A every …
The Prius, the world's first mass-produced hybrid vehicle, has been a sales success in Japan since its debut last December, leading its manufacturer, Toyota Motor Corp., to hope it can break through U.S. consumer's resistance to electric cars when it appears here in 2000. The Prius combines a gasoline engine …
The left handed molecules that led to the beginning of life on Earth may have been singled out for their eventual role in biology by a type of radiation that astronomers have discovered in a star-forming cloud about 1,500 light years away. A team of astronomers in Australia reported in …
The New South Wales Government has taken control of Sydney's water crisis after Sydney Water admitted it had hesitated before issuing health warnings. A panel of microbiology experts has been appointed to determine when the water supply is safe, while a separate inquiry will establish who, if anyone, is responsible. …
Karnataka is keen on resolving the contentious Cauvery waters dispute on the basis of 'pragmatism' trhough a negotiated settlement and its avowed stance is opposed to Tamil Nadu, which is "trying to settle it by politicising it", according to Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Mr. M.C. Nanaiah.
a battery-powered electronic cigarette holder, the first of its kind, is being tested in the us . The device eliminates smoke and ashes from the ends of cigarettes. Developed by us -based Philip Morris Cos, the
x-ray is an important diagnostic tool in medical science But researchers have been facing the problem of focusing these beams since ordinary lenses do not bend them. Now, J Golovchenko and C Liu at the Harvard University, usa , have used a curved wall of polished silicon to bend the …
Buckyballs are molecular spheres of carbon that are used in a variety of fields ranging from semiconductors to new chemicals. Now, researchers at the Washington University in St Louis, USA, have used them in a water soluble form to absorb certain nerve destroying chemicals in mice. Buckyballs helped slow down …
studies reveal that a comet crashed into the Earth 370 million years ago, blasting a huge crater into the sea floor. Charles Sandberg, a geologist emeritus with the us Geological Survey, says this triggered 304 m waves that resulted in the extinction of many species. He feels that the crash …
The time taken by the Earth to rotate fluctuates by milliseconds every day. Experts say that it might be due to atmospheric changes, high and low tides, and likely movements in the Earth's core that are constantly shifting the planet's mass. To keep track of the Earth's vagaries, scientists at …
diabetes patients may not require to take painful insulin injections to regulate their blood sugar levels. Researchers at Eli Lilly & Co, usa , have developed a method so that patients would merely have to breathe insulin for it to reach the targeted part of the body. The process involves …
Southeast Asia seems to have a permanent rendezvous with disasters. First it was the haze in Indonesia and now it is the oil spill in Singapore. About 25,000 tonnes of fuel oil spilled into the Singapore Strait on October 15 when the Cyprus-registered tanker Evoikos collided with the Thai-registered Orapin …
according to a report by the World Health Organization ( who ), "hot zones' for Tuberculosis ( tb ) are spreading worldwide, where the new drug-resistant strains could potentially lead to a "virtually incurable' tb . The study entitled, "Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the World' says that India is among …
a protein has been found in the body's main weight-regulating system that could be targeted to develop obesity drugs. Gregory Barsh and his colleagues at Standford University School of Medicine, California, usa, have named the protein as aguoti-related protein ( agrp ). In 1994, researchers had discovered leptin, a protein …
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) will introduce a scheme to bring about a common eco-labelling scheme for leather and leather products. At present, many developing countries have evolved and implemented their own eco-label schemes. But there is no uniformity in the standards. The programme co-ordinator for the regional …
Contrary to popular belief that red wine is more cardio-protective than white wine or beer, a study suggests that all of them have equal presumptive health benefits. Gary Friedman and his colleagues at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Centre, Oakland, USA, have reached the conclusion after studying 42,306 men and 39,519 …
A study shows that middle-aged people who have negative expectations about themselves and their future, run a high risk of accelerating hardening their arteries. Such symptoms, researchers say may prove fatal in longer run. Susan Everson and her colleagues at the California Public Health Foundation, Berkeley, USA believe that such …
