Measurements and models show that enhanced aerosol concentrations can augment cloud albedo not only by increasing total droplet cross-sectional area, but also by reducing precipitation and thereby increasing cloud water content and cloud coverage. Aerosol pollution is expected to exert a net cooling influence on the global climate through these conventional mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate an opposite mechanism through which aerosols can reduce

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There are many in Kerala who just would not have anything to do with the obsolete official education system. They want change, and that, through people's active participation. They are the ones behind the innovative Vigyanotsavam

At a recent convention held in the Capital, the Bhartiya Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha took stock of the ways to popularise science among the common people

Meet Sheikh Jabbar: rickshawpuller and innovator extraordinary

A Pune teacher develops a calculator made out of cardboard for as little as Rs 15, which can even handle mindbending logarithms.

A recent congress highlighted the relevance of people oriented science and technology such as the management of water, forests and agriculture.

The Gloria Land farm in Pondicherry and another run by a couple in Karnataka, show natural inputs can effectively replace factory produced fertilisers and pesticides.

First, the government shook scientific institutions out of their lethargy by applying the brake on funds. Now, its asking them to tie up with industry and show profits in the global market.

Traditional medical and agricultural practices, usually dismissed as unscientific, are regaining favour, with some help from Honeybee a journal that documents rural wisdom.