Scientists from the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Calcutta, have discovered a phenomenon which could lead to a reliable method for predicting earthquakes. They have reported that the rate
Now people can have the comfort of a fireplace in their homes without having to worry about air pollution, Superior Fireplace Co of California, US, has designed a natural-gas fireplace which
the government of Assam, in an attempt to gain further control over the natural resources of the state, has proposed the introduction of a bill that aims to bring natural gas and gas plants under
A natural gas pipeline which is expected to wind its way through a forest area in western Thailand could jeopardise 14 protected areas and the world s smallest known mammal
The much-touted Yadana gas pipeline project in Burma has run into trouble. Burmese political exiles have filed a lawsuit in a US district court against the California-based Unocal Corp, asking
QUITE A SAVING: Those suffering from skin cancer will now have to dish out less money for their medical bills. Scientists from the Cancer Research Campaign in Britain have invented a light
Ken Saro Wiwa died because he had dared to assert the Ogonis'claims to their In Nigeria, the giant wheels of progress have been leaving a veritable wasteland behi them in the course of their ingress into the home turf of the Ogonis denuding fores