Development of a low cost kiln for baking pottery in rural areas comes as a boon to those dependent on this ancient craft for a living. At the same time, it reduces pollution considerably

THE hunt for a commercially valuable wild plant in the Khasi and Jaintia hills of Meghalaya may virtually lead to their extinction. The fern-like creeper which is locally known as Tmain

To prevent a recurrence of the devastating fire 1hat broke out in west Delhi on June 6 last year, the Delhi High Court said in a recent ruling that the ban on trade in poly vinyl chloride

Computers have played second fiddle to analogue techniques in safety critical systems and though airlines are switching to fly by wire technology, an unknown safety record is their major worry

A new method for detecting fingerprints at the scene of crime is sure to give criminals some second thoughts

A new software which is less expensive, swift and easily adaptable will soon be used in computer assisted clinical trials

NEXT time when you are going to drink a glass of milk, think twice. It might be a concoction of refined oil, caustic soda, urea and detergent. Scientists of the *National Dairy Research Institute

THE villagers of Chinchugeria in West Bengal are threatened by silica and gypsum dust released by two different factories. Even as they reel under the shock of the recent loss of 20 lives to

Open secret With memories of the Cold War fading away, the Department of Energy (DoE) of the US government is planning to post an Internet web page for people hungry for nuclear secrets.