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Revival of nerves

Some neurone functions restore on their own following a spinal cord or brain damage

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MORE POWER

The first private sector thermal power plant was commissioned recently in Colombo with the help of the government which added an additional 22.5 MW of power to Sri Lanka's national grid. Such efforts

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Change in the wind

Wind energy could soon become as cheap as other forms of energy

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VENEZUELA

Malaria cases in Venezuela are poised to jump by more than a third next year. Researchers studying statistics covering nearly half a century say that a steep rise in malaria cases always follows

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Fuel from fruit

Banana leaves can now be converted into an energy-rich fuel. Resear

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UNITED NATIONS

According to a report of the UN, the HIV epidemic is far worse than previously thought. The report released by the joint UN programme on HIV/AIDS paints a grim picture of the spread of the HIV

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Making waves

Artificial bays on the beach can effectively be used generate power from wave energy. Tom Denniss, an oceanographer in Australia, has developed a wave reflector that would produce energy at cheaper

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Satellite launches

for the first time ever, foreign satellites will be launched from India with the help of the country's space researchers. Two satellites, one each from Germany and Korea along with an Indian

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Hot option

Heliostats may now trap half the energy from sunlight and convert it into electrical and heat energy

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INDIA

• In an attempt to document lead levels in the blood of the people living in Delhi, the Central Pollution Control Board and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in collaboration with the

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