Starting this summer, the Environment Agency in Japan will beef up its monitoring of water pollutants, including chemical compounds and metals contaminating lakes, rivers, oceans and ground water.

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. with Sanki Engineering Co. has developed simulation software for optimizing combinations of clean and commercial energy sources. The software was developed for

A high concentration of toxic chemicals found in whales and dolphins living in the sea of Japan suggests widespread pollution by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane

Nihon University researchers have developed a cement for reinforced concrete buildings that uses slag as its base material and produces less carbon dioxide during the prodcution process than

With the increasing use of barytes in the oil drilling, pains and paper industry, the Rajasthan government, of late, is waking up to raise its production in the state. Rajasthan is next to Andhra

Export of timber from Bihar will be severely hit this year as most of the seasum tree plantaitons have perished. Farmers and the state forest department were of the view that most of the plantations

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the ministry of finance (MoF) to resolve contentious issues on counter-guarantees being given to fast -track power projects to expedite their financial

The Indonesian paper giant Sinar Mas is planning to set up 100 per cent-owned trading subsidiary in India to take advantage of four per cent duty exemption of trading companies. The domestic paper

The fruits of perseverence may be sweet but for the horticulturists of Saurashtra and Kutch region in Gujarat. The orchardists who have been nursing their trees for more than half a century now see

Dozens of Victorian shearers may have been unknowingly poisoned by a chemical linked to the manufacture of nerve gas, unions say. The Australian Workers Union is contacting shearers who think they