A rise in air pollution levels may provoke heart attacks, especially among smokers, according to a study released on Sunday at a cardiology conference in Orlando, Florida. Studies in France done in
Spreading an ultra-thin layer of organic molecules on the surface of reservoirs could prevent millions of cubic metres of precious water evaporating each year, according to a Canadial company that is
As fluorisis continues to claim an ever-increasing number of hapless victims, a former scientist of the Regional Research Laboratory in Jorhat, Sri Amal Chandra Phukan, has finally come up with
Before the Taj Corridor scandal broke out, the environmental issue that troubled the public most was the control of urban pollution. It was left to the SC to find a solution to the problem and the
Pure water from thin air, literally. Singapore has produced a seemingly magical device that turns air into water, and it has started rolling off the production lines. Orders are pouring in from
Green not as in colour but eco-friendliness. One of the biggest environmental headaches is vinyl chloride. Chemical firms around the world are under pressure to tackle aquifer pollution from this
Deep beneath the ice-sheathed Arctic Ocean, a 1,000-mile seam in the earth's rocky crust, long thought to be largely dormant, has been revealed as a simmering necklace of volcanoes and hot-water
After about 15 yearsof research, Dr C Venkateshwar Laxmaiah, today said that he had developed a chemical formula which separates water and dissolved solids from industrial effluents. Dr Venkateshwar,
In India, where 500 million people out of about 1,000 million depend on forests for their survival, any sweet talk about wood consumption is bound to elicit a strong reaction. A study suggesting India s forest cover has improved due to an increase in th
