Health care might become a major plank of the World Bank's list of projects. This year, the Bank will lend at least US $60 million for "micro-nutrient projects" in various countries to combat vitamin
Smitten by the computer bug, S Sridharan, a Lok Sabha member from Madras, has emerged as the driving force behind a smuggling network that was bringing in the latest in computer hard disks and
A recent study conducted by ocean scientists from Florida State University, USA, provides evidence of the greater role of atmospheric nitrogen, rather than of ground sources, in controlling the
After almost a year of wrangling over finances, 19 European nations have agreed to build the Large Hadron Collider (IHC). Unbelievable though it may sound, the us $1.6 billion research machine, to be
A team of German physicists has discovered a new chemical element, atomic number 111, which is reported to have survived for less than 2,000th of a second. The research team, led by Siguard Hofman
The Great Pyramids of Giza -- one of the 7 wonders of the world -- are threatened by a Cairo ring road. Anxious to ensure the priceless structures' survival, the United Nations Educational,
An Indian scientist has produced a rice hybrid tolerant to saline conditions using a tissue culture-based method known as the "embryo rescue technique" (Current Science, Vol 67, Nos 9 and 10). K K
GATT seems to have done a lot of good to Glaxo. Consequent to changes in us patent laws, the company's patent for its renowned anti-ulcer drug Zantac has won an extension up to July 25, 1997. That
