Scientists make a sexually reproducing plant go asexual asexual reproduction does have certain advantages over sexual reproduction when it comes to plants. It is faster, easier and requires less energy. Production is higher too. Seeds produced asexually are clones of the mother plant and have exactly the same traits. This takes away the need for constant cross-breeding needed to retain
It might be possible to cure allergy, not just suppress it researchers are nowadays taking a different approach to treating allergies. They are focusing on the interplay between the body
A dye molecule shows how light can transfer information THE world of today cannot do without transistors. Used to switch and amplify signals in the integrated circuits, they are essential for any electronic device to work efficiently. As of now silicon is the principal component of a transistor. Its electrons, which have conducting properties, allow for fast transmission of information. It
Swiss citizens can now do away with tiny letter boxes in their houses. The Swiss Postal Service has tied up with an IT company that will scan the envelopes of all letters and e-mail them to clients for a fee. The clients can select the letters they want to read, and have them opened, scanned and e-mailed to them. They can also archive their scanned letters or ask for unopened letters to be
The mobile phone company Nokia is being hit by a growing economic boycott in Iran. Consumers sympathetic to the post-election protest movement are targeting companies deemed to be collaborating with the regime. Wholesale vendors in Tehran report that demand for Nokia handsets has fallen by as much as half in the wake of calls to boycott Nokia. nsn, Nokia
In 1994, thousands of people from the Tutsi community were slaughtered by their Hutu neighbours across Rwanda. Nine years later the killers came home from prison to live side by side again with their victims. The complexities of this homecoming are explored in director Anne Aghion
