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Super power

After all these years, science finally creates superconducting transistors

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Growth aid

the World Bank ( wb ) would provide us $196.8 million for the National Agri

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Careful picking

A mechanical harvester with nylon arms is being tested by the US-based orange growers. The machine gently shakes ripe fruit off the tree. The growers are using the technique originally developed for

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Debarred

The European Court of Justice has closed the door for individuals and public interest groups to defend environmental interests threatened or harmed by European Union (EU) institutions, such as the

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Fungus food saver

Scientists at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, have discovered a fungus that can save tomato plants from the attacks of nematode worm. The fungus Paecilomyces lilacinus

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IN FOCUS

India has few chances of getting the basmati patent cancelled, a leading Indian conservation scientist has said. P Pushpangadan, director of the Tropical Botanical Garden Research Institute in

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Soiled future

At a time when agricultural topsoil continues to be eroded, researchers make efforts to put an end to the crisis

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Hunt on for cataract gene

scientists at the Centre for Genetic Disorders have claimed to locate a new gene responsible for congenital eye cataract. The centre is being run by the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar,

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Research boon

in the South Wales Vale of Tory, uk ,

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The mess we are in

South Asia fares pathetically when it comes to basic education. The latest UNDP report has some solutions

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