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A DEVICE called the "Instrument Pig" will soon be used to monitor the health of gas pipelines. Being developed by the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC),

One of the most frustrating things about laptop computers is changing their batteries. Now, a London-based company, Radix Techno-logies, has developed a gizino that can circumvent the

THE Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will be ardently serenaded by the rest of the world over the next 15 years. This much was predicted by the Paris-based International

Experiments in rainwater harvesting are recharging parched aquifers in Kutch

G V RAMAKRISHNA is a member of the Planning Commission, currently dealing with the energy sector. The former Indian Administrative Service officer was India's ambassador to Belgium from 1988 1990. He was appointed chairperson of t

Vaidya Balendu Prakash is presently carrying out research work on Rasayan Shastra metal therapy , based on ayurveda. He has been successfully treating patients suffering from multiple sclerosis and leukaemia. All the medicines used are derived from natur

Canada and the European Union silence their cannons in their face off over Atlantic fishing grounds

A GIANT question mark casts a shadow over Norway's whale census, Recent revelations in a confidential document from the Norwegian Computing Centre and the University of Oslo disclose errors

BELOW a few shimmering points of achievements, the underside of Indian science is a vast abyss of failure and frustration. The contours of the 7th largest pool of scientifically trained personnel in

MODERNITY meets tradition at the General Informations Service Terminal-National Informatics Centre (gistnic) -- a database on traditional science and technologies of India -- located at the National

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