Eloor had been named a "toxic hot spot" and ranked No. 35 in the world's worst polluted places in a 2003 study conducted by Greenpeace International in collaboration with Occupational Health and

A father-son scientist duo have shown that plants have the potential to replace microchips in computers. Their discovery may revolutionise the electronics industry. The significance is summed up by

Global warming and army activities are taking their toll on the fragile environment of the Siachen glacier and one of the world's largest sources of water is shrinking. To make matters worse, the

Millions of diabetics begin their day with an insulin injection. If scientists at Bangalore's University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) have their way, it may be possible to just chew your way to

Even as tuberculosis attacks with great ferocity than ever before, there is hope as a range of new drugs, diagnostic tools and vaccines infuses zeal into the war against this highly infectious

The island breeding ground of the migratory flamingo in the Rannn of Kutch has turned into a mass grave for the bird as the salinity of water in the region has destroyed the planktons it survives

An ambitious cooperative healthcare scheme for the poor launched by the Karnataka Government allows its members to avail of major medical treatment free of cost at 83 hospitals in the

Aurangabad is the epicentre of Maharashtra's torrid zone. Here tgemperatures soar to a scorching 45 degree Celsisus, turning the earth into a dust bowl. Barren acres become lush oases as an shows an

A genetic study of Indian wolves challenges some traditional scientific beliefs: wolves evolved in India, not North America. And dogs, their close cousins, are migrants to the

Almonds seem to be the latest diet fad. A study in the International Journal of Obesity showed that in two groups eating two different diets containing the same number of calories over six months,