http://www.thehindu.com/seta/ The internet edition of The Hindu, India's national newspaper en-us Copyright 2009 The Hindu Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/hindux.gif http://www.thehindu.com/seta/ 468 50 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650301400.htm Several farmers are following this practice and getting benefited Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650311400.htm Ginger is a subtropical shade loving plant. The economic part of the plant namely the underground rhizome is often attacked by scale insect, Aspidiella hartii, both in field and in storage condition. The minute ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650321400.htm I face a regular problem in disposing rotten eggs from my poultry unit. Can you suggest some method wherein the rotten eggs can be used as manure or bio pest repellent for my fields? P. Venkateswaran Namakal, Tamil ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650111300.htm Several hospitals do not participate in the virtually free audit programme Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650071300.htm The NEXUS card, with an imbedded radio frequency identification chip allows expedited processing through dedicated traffic lanes between the U.S. and Canada, as well as airports and marine locations. ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650101300.htm In a protein molecule, form is function. A protein has been designed to bind and transport O2 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650081300.htm From March 31 to July 14, a six-man international crew called an isolation chamber in Moscow their home. The crew, composed of four Russians and two Europeans, simulated a 105-day Mars mission full of experiments and realistic mission scenarios, ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650021300.htm Vaccines against swine flu have already been developed in laboratories around the world, but will not be readily available until at least October and perhaps as late as December, according to one manufacturer. Around the world ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650011300.htm Effective glazing of windowpanes may reduce the growing reliance on energy-gobbling airconditioners, says a researcher at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). John Bell, professor at the QUT Institute of Sustainable Resources, has ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650131300.htm Increased rate of tremors may indicate that stress is accumulating more rapidly than in the past along a segment of the San Andreas fault, California, which is at risk of breaking. ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650121300.htm GE Healthcare has formed a biotech partnership to develop products based on human embryonic stem cells in hope that their use will replace lab rats in drug development and toxic drug ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650061300.htm A male silkmoth is strapped into a vehicle so that its legs can move across a free-spinning ball. The insect is motivated to steer the vehicle left or right using female odour, in an experiment to create insect-machine hybrids. ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650051300.htm The swine-origin H1N1 influenza viruses responsible for the recently declared pandemic cause more lung damage than a seasonal influenza strain in animal models, but are still sensitive to antiviral drugs, finds a ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650091300.htm This photo shows a giant Palouse earthworm, Driloleirus americanus. Fans of the worm are once again seeking federal protection for the rare, sweet smelling species that spits at predators. ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650241400.htm Why is sound produced when the train moves over the track? Why is this sound not continuous but in a particular rhythm? RAMESH KRISHNAN S. Kottayam, Kerala The rails (permanent way) are of standard ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 http://www.thehindu.com/seta/2009/07/16/stories/2009071650151400.htm Both computers and mobile phone have ‘shutdown’ option. But why do mobile phones not have ‘restart’ option like in computers? K. Hari Krishnan, Tuticorin, Tamil ... Thu, 16 Jul 2009