There were no cures for degenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease. A recent work in the UK offers a way out. A hormone, Interleukin-1 (IL-1), thought to benefit head injuries, is not
The total food grain production reached an all-time high of 186 million tonnes in 1994-95, says the annual report of the Union ministry of agriculture with unprecedented optimism. India's
FOLLOWING the Supreme Court's strict orders on the environ front, West Bengal's anti-pollution enforcement agencies are on red alert. Calcutta's cops are insisting that vehicle owners now have
THE Arctic Ocean could be another Chernobyl in the making, says Alexel Yablokov, head of Russia's Interagency Commission on Ecological Security, pointing a finger at Russia's environmental
A DEVICE called the "Instrument Pig" will soon be used to monitor the health of gas pipelines. Being developed by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),
"RESFARCH whaling" is malignantly alive in Japan. In mid-April, a Japanese factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, returned to Tokyo with 330 minke whales harpooned in the Antarctic during this year's
Close on the heels of a Supreme Court directive to relocate Delhi's most polluting industries comes a Gujarat High Court judgement ordering the closure of 70 industries in the Gujarat
The London High Court's recent intervention in a case could make the difference between life and death for an anorexic girl. In late April, she had won the right to be treated at a special
A new patent dispute - the New York-based Enzo Biochern Inc vs Calgene Inc - is expected to tie the US judiciary into knots. Calgene's technique for genetically altering its Flavr Savr
One of the most frustrating things about laptop computers is changing their batteries. Now, a London-based company, Radix Techno-logies, has developed a gizino that can circumvent the
