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Gem of a germ

THANKS to French researchers, farmers can do away with nitrogenous fertilisers which contribute to pollution of rivers and other reservoirs. Molecular biologists at the National

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Drying device

Now crops can be dried even during the night with the help of a solar dryer that can store heat in a special rock bed unit. The solar dryer consists of a solar collector, a rock bed heat storage

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At whose cost?

WHERE dams are concerned, the most ridiculous arguments are put forward by their proponents. The most expensive dam in the US history is proposed to be built on the American river in California.

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Solar foil

Soil solarisation offers a natural and eco friendly weapon to farmers for striking at the roots of pests and weeds

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A river polluted

ABOUT 157 villages in Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh are situated on the banks of the Sone river. But life for the villagers has become a constant struggle, as they are deprived of potable

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Slim chances

HERE is good news for all those trying to beat hunger pangs and stay on the slimmer side. Scientists from the institute of Health and Medical Sciences (INSERM), France, are a few steps away

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Wholesome

About 900 doctors from all over the country attended the seventh National Holistic Health Conference which opened here on June 17. The conference was held in Gyan Sarovar, one of the country's

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Electrical cure

Patients having heart diseases or those suffering from symptoms like recurrent rapid heart beat despite drug treatment, are now introduced to an electrical device -the defibrillator, manufactured

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Fending the frog

THE latest addition to the endangered species list is not an exotic animal or bird, but the humble frog, albeit with red legs. After a year-long legal battle, the Californian red-legged frog

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Test at home

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the first home screening test for the HIV virus, submitted recently to it by Elliot J Millenson, founder of University Hospital Laboratory of

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