A project on "Ground water Studies for Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh" was launched in Dhaka on Tuesday aimed at conducting study on general assesssment of arsenic in the country, reports
The bacteria found in plaque can cause blood platelets to clump up - the first stage toward a blood clot that could cause a heart attack or stroke, University of Minnesota researchers
India has to have its legislations in place to protect its plant varieties and genetic materials to prevent situations such as the patenting of basmati by the US company Rice Tec, according to Dr.
The United States will send directive to all diplomatic posts abroad instructing them not to promote American tobacco products. Until now , the paper said American diplomats and trade officials
By creating a separate directorate of sericulture in the textiles ministry, the Maharashtra government has given a boost to the silk industry in the state. Officials here believed that with just one
Scientists and researchers who attended an international symposium, at Kochi, have called for setting up a ministry exclusively to look after fisheries development, change in fishing techniques and
The Scottish scientist who cloned Dolly the sheep, said he may have made a mistake and will try the task again with other kinds of animals, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported on Tuesday."There
Women with two to five alcoholic drinks every day have a 41 per cent higher risk for breast cancer than women who drink no alcohol, says the Journal of the American Medical Association. And women who
A South and South-East Asian workshop on access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge would be held at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) between February 22 and 25. The
