India

 Fallible Detective

Fingerprint identification may not be completely reliable

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Diagnostic Methods, Science, Technology, Research
Agriculture

 Spare the subject

Alternatives to keep animals away from scientific research labs

Publication Date: 
30/07/2002
Vibha Varshney, Mona Sharma
Down to Earth
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Tags:
Animal Cruelty, Medical Research, Science, Legislation
Natural Disasters

 Contending with Darwin

The man who chipped away at every presumption that defined evolutionary science

Publication Date: 
14/07/2002
Vidyanand Nanjundiah
Down to Earth
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20020715
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Tags:
Cancer, Science, Zoology, Education, Personalities
Climate Change

  Ministries play the blame game

JAGDISH BAHADUR, an expert on glaciers and former joint advisor, department of science and technology, and SYED IQBAL HASNAIN , who heads the Glacier Research Group at Jawaharlal Nehru University, criticise India s lack of a positive response to a rece

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
Down to Earth
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20020630
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Tags:
Himalaya, Glaciers, Global Warming, Science, Technology, FAO, UNEP, UNESCO, Bhutan, China, Nepal, Himachal Pradesh
India

 Glittering find

Diamond dust found in outer space

Publication Date: 
29/06/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Science, Astronomy, Technology, Space Technology, Research
Forests

 What a nerve!

Scientists turn skin cells into nerves and immune cells

Publication Date: 
30/05/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Science, Technology, Research, Scientists
India

 Rubbing up the right way!

Microscopic string like structures cause friction among surfaces

Publication Date: 
14/05/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Science, Technology, Research
India

 http://www.scidev.net

SciDev is a website supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperative Agency, International Development Research Centre and UK Department for International Development, and sponsored by

Publication Date: 
29/04/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Development, Science, Asia, India
India

 Light induced magnetisation

Scientists at Ohio State University, USA, have produced magnetisation in an organic material that is induced by light. The material called tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) was seen to have its magnetisation

Publication Date: 
30/03/2002
Down to Earth
Tags:
Science, Technology, Research, United States Of America (US)
India

 Manipulating research

Research is often like an iceberg. The public interest can just be the visible tip with the invisible bulk being the private interest

Publication Date: 
14/10/2001
Anil Agarwal
Down to Earth
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20011015
10
Tags:
Health Effects, CNG, Drug Industry, Finance, Public Sector, Private Sector, Science, Genetic Engineering, Research, Research Agencies, United States Of America (US), Delhi

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