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Thanks to a treatment developed by UK-based firm IBS Viridian, sewage plants can now smell sweeter. The treatment cuts the smell of hydrogen sulphide, the characteristic stench of rotten eggs which

The National Human Rights Com-mission (NHRC) has asked the Andhra Pradesh government to submit a report regarding mass suicides by cotton farmers in the state. Recently, P Pullarao, a resident of

Can microcircuits grow by themselves? In a few years, they just might

the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) has published a study on management of municipal solid waste. The two year study was based on field surveys carried out in different towns and cities

US scientists have developed a device that eliminates all carcinogenic additives from groundwater reserves

only biological breakthroughs would be able to help meet adequate food supplies in the next century, according to Jeff McNeely, chief scientist at the iucn, the World Conservation Union.

Ever wonder what a nuclear explosion looks like from the inside?

Surf's up There are many obvious parallels between the Internet and the oceans. You can surf on both, a lot of people are scared by both, and the deeper you go into them the more horrible are the

green signal: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has granted permission to Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited for launching anti-ulcer drug "Ranitidine' in the US. The company is expected to file

There is a lot of hydrogen on the moon, possibly in the form of water ice, which could fuel rockets and is fuelling fantasies about colonisation