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Usha Birta Water System, a water filtration and purification system developed in Nepal jointly with a German firm was unveiled early this month in Kathmandu. Golcha Industrial Group, a

In a politically correct world, it is indeed surprising that the male cells enjoy an unabashed superiority when it comes to mutation

A non-governmental organisation has proposed alternative sources of power and water that could be developed instead of the controversial Epupa hydroelectric scheme and the Okavango water

The amoebae s intriguing hunger call has the whole scientific community excited

An aids epidemic is just waiting to explode behind the locked doors of Brazil's prisons. And the situation is worsening every minute. Medical facilities are on the brink of a total breakdown, the

Who would have thought that the roundworm could ever shock the geneticists?

The United Nations (UN) Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling for support for efforts to raise the minimum recruitment age for children in the armed forces. A working group in Geneva is dealing with

Animal experiments could become obsolete with the development of

at a time when India's herb exports have tripled, several medicinal plants face extinction. The recent rediscovery of natural medicine has fuelled a sharp increase in commercial demand for

From ancient fish genes geneticists have reconstructed a stretch of