FLUSHING excreta is not ecologically viable, says Uno Winblad, coordinator of a Rs 2.5-crore international research and development project "Sanres" (Sanitation and Recycle) which is funded by the

Russia continues to produce toxic chemicals even as its production and use has been banned in other countries

Consumers groups are up in arms at what they term unregulated import of hazardous chemicals into India from other developing countries and has asked the government to take stern action against those

Soon it will be pos sible to receive a call or dial a number anywhere, anytime, on your wristwatch

A radio alarm that can catch computer thieves in the act was launched last month in the UK. The device,

Naval ships have little time to defend against modern missiles that home in on targets at 32.18 km a minute at surface-low height. But scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, are

The delivery of a suspicious-looking parcel can cause enormous disruption in the working hours of any organisation, even if it eventually proves to be entirely harmless.

A group of researchers at a British firm, Owens Corning, have deve