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Concentrating sunlight

Solar thermal technologies produce electricity by using sunlight to heat liquid, which in turn drives a turbine.

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14/10/1993
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Putting colour into pelts

Scientists say a pair of genes are responsible for lending colour to animal furs.

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14/10/1993
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Buckled together in a free trade belt

Negotiators have paved the way for the ratification of NAFTA, which overshadows both the EC and the ASEAN in terms of economic clout

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29/09/1993
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Closing the door on a convention

By asserting the sovereignty of the right to control their tropical forests, more than 40 developing countries are gearing up to counter the North's attempts to regulate deforestation

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29/09/1993
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Waking up livers with foetal cells

Scientists say foetal liver cells injected into patients suffering from severe liver failure can regenerate the damaged organ

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29/09/1993
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Who cares for black bucks, we want tourists

A beach resort proposed to be situated within a protected area near Puri has drawn the wrath of environmentalists who contend it will ruin the natural habitat of such endangered species as the black buck

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29/09/1993
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Thirst for profits rises as disease spreads

Even as AIDS spreads throughout the world, Australians are determined to get their share of the profits from the use of a shrub that halts replication of HIV

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29/09/1993
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Taking a united stand

The Delhi Declaration on forest management, conservation and sustainable development, adopted at the first ministerial conference of the forestry forum of developing countries, calls upon the international community to:

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29/09/1993
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Bringing the cinema home won't be easy

Electronic companies worldwide, who are trying to develop a new generation of televisions, are finding the going tough

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29/09/1993
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Preserving a crumbling fragment of history

The king of Khurda started conservation work on the 750 year old Sun Temple in Konark in 1793, but the main porch is still in a dilapidated state

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