Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Thursday, May 13, 2004
Published on Thursdays
Online edition of India's National Newspaper Thursday, May 13, 2004 |
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Accrediting labs for excellence Decoding a sulphate breathing bug SCIENTISTS HAVE sequenced the genome of a sulphate-breathing bacterium that can damage oil and natural gas pipelines and corrode oilfield equipment. The microbe, Desulfovibrio vulgaris, plays a role in a process called ... Global extent of plastic waste revealed HUMANS ARE smearing the oceans with plastic, according to British scientists who sifted shorelines to find microscopic fragments of stockings, yoghurt pots, rope, shopping bags and bleach bottles everywhere they looked. The spread of polymer ... Software corrects chip errors early MICROCHIP FEATURES which today measure less than 37 nanometres (about 1.5 millionths of an inch) in width are expected to shrink to 25 nanometres (about 1 millionth of an inch) by 2007. Microchip miniaturisation is making measurement of ... Ilya Prigogine: poet of thermodynamics Prigogine came out with his ideas on "Order out of Chaos" through his theories on non-equilibrium thermodynamics and dissipative structures. `Junk' DNA reveals vital role SCIENTISTS ARE puzzling over a collection of mystery DNA segments that seem to be essential to the survival of virtually all vertebrates. But their function is completely unknown. The segments, dubbed `ultra conserved elements', lie in the ...
Eyes and ears of the cyber ageRecent media coverage of prisoner abuse in Iraq, had its origins in tools we may soon take for granted — Internet, digital cameras and mobile phones. Anand Parthasarathy suggests why no government, in future, can ever hope to keep such things under wraps.
Managing rat attack in coconut DAMAGE CAUSED by rats in India to coconut is estimated to be 5 to 10 per cent of the total production. Common species in India are the house rat (Rattus rattus) and the burrowing rat (Bandicota bengalensis). House rats enter ... 
Novel technique to boost Amla yieldAMLA (PHYLLANTHUS emblica), is a prime constituent of thriphala and is known for its high medical value. The improved selection: varieties like Anand, Banarasi, BSR-1, Chakya, Kanchan, Krishna and NA7 bear attractive fruits and fetch good ... FARM QUERIES Papaya powder ANSWER: You may contact the Dean, College of Horticulture and Research Institute, TamilNadu Agricultural University (TANUVAS), Coimbatore 641 003. | ||||