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Hitting rock bottom

Certain rocks, discovered literally in the pits of the earth, could substantially change the prevailing tectonic theory

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Trouble underground

HEAVY flow of water has rendered the country's only underground salt mine at Gumma in Himachal Pradesh unsafe. Some of the salt from the rocks gets dissolved due to the heavy flow of water which,

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Hydrogen power

Engines that use hydrogen as fuel are environmentally the most suitable, but a sufficient supply of fuel is the only impediment to the mass production of such engines. Metal- lurgical engineers

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Return of fungal wheat

THE agriculture ministry will look into the reported presence of the Karnal bunt infection in one of the consignments of Indian wheat to Turkey. The Turkish agriculture ministry had rejected the

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Collecting smog

Tokyo, like all other major cities has heavy vehicular traffic, and a lot of smog as a result. KojiTakeuchi, a chemical engineer at the National Institute for Resources and Environment in

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Care on wheels

MORE than 15 per cent of the deaths caused by heart attacks are due to delayed medical treatment. Now, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, has launched 'Mission Save Heart'

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Brainy tyres

Goodyear, the US tyre giant, is developing sensitive truck tyres, which will provide information on the pressure, temperature and mileage oftyres. Goodyear is Currently checking the reliability

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TAKEN TO TASK

The Supreme Court of India came down heavily on the government for its failure to stop the import of hazardous chemicals. Passing strict orders on the environment ministry on May 10, the court

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His master's

Research on guns that recognise the owner's voice, touch and even fingerprints is expected to revolutionise sharpshooting by the US police

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UNFAIR DEAL

After Japanese, American haemophiliacs have followed suit. They have turned down aUS $640 million settlement offer made by four major drug companies. An estimated 10,000 haemophiliacs in the US

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