A joint research team from Osaka University, the University of Shizuoka and Takenaka Corp. has developed a technology using a fungus that secretes a potent degradative enzyme. These can then be used
Chief executives of European car companies are under intense pressure to agree this week to a voluntary cut in carbon dioxide emissions, after indications that failure will lead to the imposition of
The National Institute of Infectious Diseases said it plans to begin testing a method using silkworms to mass produce a vaccine to H5N1, the virulent new strain of influenza virus that recently made
As more and more farmers grew coca instead of food, prices for coca leaf dropped and the cost of the food they had to buy soared. Washington's strategy in Colombia where about 80 percent of the
The power of negative thinking may have a stronger influence on well being than the power of positive thinking, a study by Ohio State University psychologists suggests. Researchers found that the
Deep in a freezer at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington are tiny vials. They contain submicroscopic shards of one of the most deadly viruses the world has ever known, the influenza
In a controversial decision, the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority has permitted P&O Ports to collect data relating to the environment and conduct an oceanography survey at Vadhawan in
In a bid to do their bit for the city, many companies and social organisaitons had volunteered to beautify traffic islands with plants and shrubs, adding nmuych needed greenery. But after the initial
