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The technique used to establish a child's paternity -- DNA fingerprinting -- will soon be applied in wildlife conservation. The technology will be used to analyse the breeding structure of wild
Civil war in Rwanda has claimed 500,000 lives, but it has spared 60 rare gorillas in the Virunga mountains, a big draw for tourists in the past 15 years. A recent census has accounted for all but 2
A comprehensive groundwater quality map for irrigation is being prepared, for the first time, under the auspices of the All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP). A draft map has already been
Indian scientists at the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) in Lucknow, have identified and isolated a gene from the black eyed cowpea (Vigna unguicalata) which codes for a protein that
Cheetos, the crispy American cheese puffs, have come to China minus the cheese. Residents of Guangdong province of China, where the $1 million venture has been launched, have reportedly turned up
The Punjab government's proposal to increase the height of the 531-metre Thein dam on the Ravi river by 9 m has created considerable consternation in the Jammu and Kashmir township of Basoli.
Trees in the cities of the UK are feeling the cutting edge of the latest communications boom. Tree roots are being severed as cable companies dig trenches along an estimated 80 km of streets a day to
