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Toxic tides

Phytoplankton are wrecking marine ecology as scientists struggle to find a way to stop further attacks

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Bare facts

Alang, Gujarat. This is where ships from across the world are sent to be wrecked. A shipbreaking industry has emerged as a consequence, which is spelling doom for the ecology of the region

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Russia ravaged

tuberculosis has devastated Russia's population. Tatyana Dmitrieva, Russian health minister, says that the incidence of tuberculosis had more than doubled since 1991, reaching 68 cases per

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Against the wind

Government policies and land prices are preventing companies from setting up wind mills in Nagercoil

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Sweating

The year 1997 was the warmest since temperature record-keeping started according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis

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Why Alang?

Good tides and weak enforcement favour the shipbreaking industry

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Hidden remains

scientists have discovered new evidence of a prehistoric civilisation and remnants of ancient temples in Angkor, Cambodia. For this purpose, they have used highly detailed maps produced with

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Bloody crisis

Awareness about the various techniques and voluntary blood donors can reduce the shortage of blood supply in Delhil

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Magnetic Cleanup

Luis Nunez, laboratory chemist at the Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, USA, has developed a simple, compact and cost-effective method of removing fine metal particles and radionuclides from

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Death before birth?

A pregnant woman's exposure to chemicals and possibly to alcohol may make the baby prone to leukaemia, reports a new study. Mel Graves and his team from the Institute of Cancer Research, USA,

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