Computers can control Intensive care Unit ventilators more successfully than doctors, an expert in computerised medicine has told the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A computer
Whether genetically engineered food crops will ever be grown in Europe has become a very real question for the biotechnology industry. For instance, there is an indefinite delay on the registration
European agriculture ministers will be told today that an agreement is close with the US on a "veterinary equivalency" deal aimed at easing EU-US trade friction over meat. A final deal could be
China is starting to feel the heat of Asia's financial crisis - and the chilli farmers in the north-west of the country have been among the first to get burned. The province of Shaanxi, one of the
As part of the Golden jubilee celebration of Independence, the Forest Department plans to launch a massive tree planting campaign in the city. As many as two lakh saplings are to be planted in
expert : US National Academy of Sciences Home Secretary Peter Raven today called for international cooperation and collective wisdom for the conservation and multiplication of medicinal plants and
These should be good times for Kenya's tea farmers. World prices for their product are impressively high, the E1 Nino weather phenomenon has brought plenty of rain, and as long as there is no drought
This legendary town has been facing soil erosion and landslips in its enviorns for quite some time. These problems have been threatening not only the fragile slopes but also the stability of building
The International Finance Corporation , the largest private sector lender, has openly admitted its shortcomings on the environmental impact of projects and called for public comments on its policy
