THE French- controlled us drug company, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer (RPR) has initiated a novel concept in selling its cancer drugs in the UK. Their sales representatives have an interesting message to
Spirulina, a species of microscopic blue green algae commonly found in fresh water ponds, is fast emerging as a source of multicrore business opportunities in India. Ballarpur Industries
The loss of a single gene turns a normal mouse into a sexual offender and murderer! Solomon Snyder and his team at the John Hopkins University and Massachusetts General Hospital in the US
INSURANCE companies have turned green eyes on their policies. Forty-three of the world's leading insurance companies recently backed a 'Statement of Environmental Commitment' which encompasses a
The sudden decision of the World Bank (WB) to revoke the decision to shift the tribals inside the core areas of the Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR), recently put the district administration and the
Scientists from the Laboratory of Marine Hydrology, Montpellier University in France have discovered the smallest algal species in the Than Lake, near the Mediterranean Sea (Technical News, No
THERE is apparently more to lightning than mere white flashes of light. Excited scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Marshall Space Centre in Huntsville, Alaska and
IT is now clear that concern for environment is last on the agenda of the Hyderabad-based Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC). Brushing aside the advice of three successive expert committees, NFC has
