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NOBEL PRIZE: MEDICINE
Mysteries of the sense of smell unravelled
THE SMELL of the soil immediately after a rain is never confused with any other smell. Why, it can be recalled even years after it was first registered by us. A unique odour can trigger distinct memories from our childhood or from emotional ...

NOBEL PRIZE: PHYSICS
Understanding how the basic forces in nature work
THE DISCOVERY that is awarded this year's Nobel Prize is of decisive importance for our understanding of how the theory of one of Nature's fundamental forces works, the force that ties together the smallest pieces of matter — the quarks. ...
NOBEL PRIZE: CHEMISTRY
Cell regulation of unwanted proteins explained
A HUMAN cell contains some hundred thousand different proteins. These have numerous important functions: as accelerators of chemical reactions in the form of enzymes, as signal substances in the form of hormones, as important actors in the immune ...
Agriculture

Ethanol production from sugarbeet
SUGARBEET (BETA vulgaris) is a biennial sugar producing tuber crop, grown in temperate countries. It is a promising alternative energy crop for the production of ethanol. It has now emerged as a commercial field crop in Tamil Nadu ...
High yielding, disease-resistant wheat variety
SCIENTISTS AT the Division of Genetics at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, have developed a high-yielding and disease resistant wheat (Triticum aestivum) variety. The improved variety with good bread-making ...

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