To Mars with a mission Scientists plan to bring back rocks - and perhaps even life - from Mars. This $8bn project would need funding and expertise from Nasa, the European Space Agency and other national space agencies.
More for less Growing paddy with less water is possible through the System of Rice Intensification, an innovation thats fast catching up. T M Radha reports.
Himalaya-UAS joint research Bangalore-based Himalaya Drug Company, which has pioneered the contemporization of Ayurveda through the use of scientific research, recently signed an MoU with the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (UAS, B) to facilitate collaborative research on medicinal herbs and plants with a view to discovering new therapeutic drugs, building a corpus of knowledge on herbs and preserving endangered herbs and plants.
Odour map Brain senses smell, the way it recognises musical notes. The fragrance of almonds is closer to that of roses than of bananas. Scientists from Weizmann Institute, Israel, have, for the first time ever, mapped odours and determined the distance between them. This helped them distinguish one odour from another.
