SCIENTISTS from Britain and six other countries have 4 together in unprecedented venture to um the mysteries a world's past dim They will sail os world's largest and most techmi cally

What does it take for a lay athlete to take on a Serge! Bubka or a Carl Lewis? Good,powerful lungs, say scientists

A GENE test that predicts when one will die? This seemingly speculative theory bas now become a distinct reality, thanks to fresh research carried out at the Rockfeller University,

No more ugly patches or scars from injuries, promises a newly developed gel

THERE may finally be an answer to disposing off the scourge of environment: plastics. Researchers at the National institute of Bioscience and Human Technology in Japan have homed in

Would be mothers drinking themselves merry can cause serious birth clefects to the child in the womb

GREEN POWER: The greening of the Rs 300 crore Venkatesbwara Hatcheries (VH) has begun. The company's first windfarm with four 225 kw mills started whirring in power from September. This windfarm

A proposed injectable polio vaccine may cut down the risk of contracting the paralysing disease

China's rising income levels could literally go tip in smoke. A recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association maintains that lung cancer rates for the Chinese population was

THE Mexican government is outraged by us authorities' attempts to dump nuclear and toxic wastes in the predominantly Hispanic Texan town of Sierra Blanca. It has accused the us government of