DYE TEST: In order to upgrade 37 laboratories identified country-wide to test for azo dyes, the Planning Commission has released a sum of Rs 15 crore, while a Rs six crore grant has been
Chinese herbs are facing extinction due to increasing demand for herbal medicines. According to the natural medicine marketing report, prepared as part of a Sino-British project, the lucrative
New findings by scientists at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, US, and the University of GuizhouinChina, have indicated that a collection of fossils known as Peking Man, is
THE Mediterranean coastline has become a dumping ground for cement, asbestos and chemical companies in northern Lebanon, which release cancer- causing toxins into it. According to
Were the Neandertals our ancestors or a different species? Experts have unearthed intriguing aspects of the lives of these intelligent and compassionate creatures
LACK of proper knowledge about poisoning and the use of antidotes leads to a number of deaths in the sub-continent. Now the first National Poisons Information Centre has been set up at the All
Specialists at the Stanford Research Institute in California, US, have pioneered a remote surgery system for the US Army , which could mean that doctors will not longer have to work in
As per the directive of the Supreme Court, the first green bench in the judicial history of the country sat at the Calcutta High Court n June 3. The bench will deal exclusively with
A radar system on a microchip, costing less than $10.5 has been developed by American scientists. It is so sensitive that it can monitor the breathing of a baby to cut down cotdeaths, pinpoint
