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A software with a glad eye for colour makes image retrieval simpler

CUBA's plans to rehabilitate its hiv patients within the community rather than locking them up in hospitals has not met with much success. "Uptill now, only 170 people have joined the

Vasectomy may not be all it's cut out to be

THE ministry of environment and forests has undertaken 'carrying capacity' studies in several environmentally sensitive areas like the Doon valley, the national capital region of Delhi, the

Fourteen tonnes of UK's nuclear waste lands at an earthquake vulnerable site in Japan

THE World Bank (WR) has admitted that its assessment of the Sardar Sarovar Project did not adhere to many of its own guidelines. In an internal memo prepared by the Operations Evaluations

A major pipeline explosion exposes the danger posed by Russia's 140,000 km long high pressure gaslines

Physicists at the University of California, Los Angeles, have built a device that uses a novel method of producing short tunable pulses of radiation. Working much like the musical accordion,

BIOTECH: Yet another drug company in the US has linked its lot with a biotech firm in a bid to expand its product line. Schering Plough Corp has forged a deal with COR Therapeutics Inc,

Is the state healthcare system a health hazard?