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Energy efficient desalination technology
In a major modification to distillation, the technology relies on a physical process known as mass diffusion to evaporate salt water using waste heat from power plants.
El Nino changes earth's shape
THE EARTH'S shape changes because the climate events shift where the mass of water is stored: in oceans, continents and the atmosphere. Significant changes in the shape of the earth in the past 28 years may be linked to climate events such as ...
Can gene therapy limit HIV impact?
THE DISCOVERY of a genetic difference between rhesus monkeys and humans may help find a way to stop HIV infection developing into Aids, researchers said few days ago. Crucial gene British scientists funded by ...
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The music of we primates: Nada Brahmam
WHICH IS the world's oldest musical instrument? The claims are many and contentious. One offers the honour to a drum, another to the veena, the third to the harp and several others to the flute. Scriptures, myths and legends do not help, since, ...

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Management of cocoa diseases
THE GOOD relative humidity and shade needed for a good crop of cocoa also make the trees susceptible to major pests and diseases. Scientists at the Central Plantation Crops Research Institute's (CPCRI's) Regional Station at Vittal, Karnataka, ...

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