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Plans are afoot to build the world's largest floating power station which will supply 450 MW of power to energy-starved Pakistan. The plant would cost US $402 million, 95 per cent of which would be

Research points to the existence of a developmentally regulated gene that does not encode any protein

Nepal has more than 5,200 AIDS patients and there may be between 5,000 to 10,000 HIV-positive cases. According to medical experts, by the end of the century, the country may have 22,000 to 50,000

Introns, which till recently were seen just as junk DNA, might be playing an important role in coding

By the end of the next century, the tiny island nation of Maldives could simply disappear under the sea. An expected increase of 50 cm

To facilitate development and training in rural areas, the Indian Space Research Organisation is starting the

Plagued by a financial crisis and mounting criticism about waste and mismanagement from the US, UN officials have launched a counter-attack by detailing concrete results achieved by the UN secretary

Coconut shells and ash could soon compete for becoming the new age building materials. A breakthrough by researchers from the Brazil-based Technological Research Insti

it could be a while before genetically engineered products gain worldwide acceptance. The Switzerland-based multinational Ciba-Geigy's bid to market its genetically engineered maize

The Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute's Naroda Centre in Gujarat has devised a new process to develop superior black pottery from common clay. Under a project sponsored by the Rural