By depleting the soil's calcium stocks, acid rain is indirectly leading to defects in the eggs of a European bird

"GOING green" has turned out to be a risky proposition for paper producers in Europe, who have invested heavily in a pioneering technology that is totally chlorine free, in a bid to please their

The European Community has opposed injecting cows with the controversial hormone bovine somatrophin to boost milk production

European companies fear that the plethora of environmental protection laws may blunt their competitive edge

With Russia participating in the first unified space station project, international cooperation reaches new heights. But there are also doubts about the US led venture.

A journalist without the pretensions of a scientist that's how JOHN MADDOX, editor of Nature for 15 years, would like to see himself. On his recent tour of India, Maddox talked to SUMANTA PAL on what went wrong with science and scientific establishment

Indian fridge manufacturers are juggling their options for a substitute for ozone-depleting substances and some are looking at a revived technology that will no longer make them dependent on Western companies.

An Indian laboratory has produced a CFC substitute that only a few other multinationals have made.

Green fridges now make up around 20 per cent of the fridges sold in Germany and are also becoming popular in other parts of the world.

What the Indian refrigeration industry is looking at

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