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More than a decade after the Bhopal gas disaster, the data collected from those exposed to the gas remains shrouded in mystery

Transmyocardial laser revascularisation (TMR), a new technique for creating channels in the left ventri

Liuminying, a small village south-west of Beijing, is an environmentalist's dreamland. It has emerged as a world-famous model of a perfect ecological village. The United Nations Environmental

The Alamatti dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joins the ranks of the nation s major wrangles over river waters

Ninety per cent of the world's most important food crops are threa

On July 4, 1997, planet Mars will see robots crawling about, seeking more evidence of life there, egged on by the extraordinary find of life in a Martian meteorite below which had landed on Earth 13,000 years ago. But for the moment, that find itsel

Denmark has for the first time introduced a law relating to the transfer of polluting technologies to other countries

Researchers from the Southampton Oceanography Centre in the US have recently developed a measuring device which could enhance the efficiency of clean up operations following an oil spill.

The predatory Nile perch, introduced with all good intentions into the Lake Victoria, is turning out to be the magnificent lake s nemesis

for the millions suffering from tuberculosis, especially in the Third World countries, the development of a new vaccine offers a glimmer of hope. Scientists at the Medical Research Council, uk, have