The work begins NOW! The recent breakthrough in stem cell research allows scientists to watch the disease as it develops and potentially design drugs not just to treat it, but to prevent it.
Solar power, organic & cheap A Carbon Trust-backed project aims to develop solar cells that could produce energy more efficiently.
Making nanoparti Dr Arun M Isloor reports on a new method that uses cashewnut shell liquid as a vital stabiliser
in nano synthesis.
ENVIRONMENT
Red Riding Wood The project to clone redwoods gives reforestation efforts reliability and control not achieved with seedlings. The hope is that the near-mythical nature of the trees being cloned will fuel interest in the creation of new redwood forests around the world.
ENVIRONMENT
Roads: A boon or a bane? Roads can relieve poverty, allow access to education and health services and open up new markets. But, dont they, in the long run, lead to a substantial increase in greenhouse gas emissions?
David Milarch, head of Champion Tree Project International, at Roy's Redwoods, a park near San Geronimo, California, with material taken from the tops of old growth redwoods that will be used to clone new trees with the genetics of trees that are centuries old.
The Centre’s proposal to introduce one year compulsory rural service for doctors has drawn the ire of medical students. Are the doctors justified in their stand ? What should the government do to make rural posting attractive?
Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send their views. Most of them opine that compulsory rural services can be introduced after improving the infrastructure and facilities in villages.
