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If you want to look at the world's smallest microscope, using your own eyes may not be enough: you would need another microscope to do that. This microscopic microscope has been developed by

ANOTHER power project has caught the eye of the greens. This time, it is the us power giant Cogentrix's plans to set up a 1,000 mw plant in the forests of the Western Ghats near Mangalore

THE men in uniform have found a n& vocation: that of taking care of the environment. The army unit stationed at Madras - in their bid to green the city - is setting up a 'zodiacal park' at the

Science's search for the Holy Grail finally comes to an end with the uncovering of the 5th state of matter

Japan's trashbins give it back half the paper it uses and reuses

It's no more going to be science for science's sake in China anymore as the nation plans for megabuck

Scientists are striving to develop a vaccine against hookworm that is rampant in the Third World

A new regional treaty to usher in dams on the Mekong river has drawn flak from environmental groups

THE World Bank (WB) has devised a new strategy to improve the lot of the "poorest of the poor". Inspired by the success of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, which lends small amounts mostly

Even India has a living tradition of recycling its paper and banking on non wood fibre sources