The controversial Omai gold mine, which began operations after a six- month shut down, has drawn4p plans to increase its gold output by 24,000 ounces by the end of this year. Next year, its
The origin of magnetic fields associated with galaxies is still a matter of debate. One theory attributes it to a dynamo-like mechanism in rhe galaxies, while the other contends that the dynamo
Researchers at the National Institute of Traditional Medicine, Bhutan, have discovered a plant substitute for musk, originally obtained from the musk deer. Known as Delphinium brunonianumor,
The present generation of supercomputers has been using custombuilt processors which are very difficult to maintain. Now, if the Accelerated Strate~c Computing lnitiative, a US department
For the Bangladeshis it was yet another stormy encounter with the rain gods in the last week of March. Rain storms With wind speeds of nearly 70 km an hour struck Dhaka and four other neighbouring
Fermilab's observations of large numbers of hard and violent collisions in an accelerator brings the revered Standard Model of particle physics under re evaluation
Twin problems of war and drought has eaten into the Sri Lankan economy. However, the resilience of the economy to fight back during previous shocks has seen it past most major crises. This time
Astronomers on the lookout claim to be finally on target with their observation of what appears to be an old isolated neutron star. This discovery might serve to throw more light on the evolutionary processes of galaxies in general and neutron stars, in p
Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink! This could very soon turn into a global reality according to the UN. Some 80 countries and 40 per cent of the world's population are already in
While the conflicting theories and functions to explain the phenomenon of high temperature superconductivity point to scientists' continuing fascination with this field, IBM researchers zero in on the d wave function as a plausible enumeration
