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Health effects of using mobile phones
RESEARCHERS FROM the King's College London studied 60 `sensitive' people who claimed that they get headache-like symptoms within 20 minutes of using a mobile phone and 60 `control' participants who did not report such symptoms. They found no ...


Video, data, voice: a triple-play service on broadband
  • IPTV provides TV channels over telephone line using Internet Protocol
  • Other services include high speed interactive browsing and voice calls
  • Each subscriber requires a minimum bandwidth of 18 Mbps to support these services
    Technology to curb building violation
  • Singapore has alternative system for checking building code compliance
  • Drawings can be checked for non-compliance even prior to the approval stage
  • The status of the application and approval can be tracked online
  • Building information models extract information for analysis
    Speaking Of Science

    Sniffing dogs and sighting bees
    It was found that bees had learnt to distinguish one human face from another

    Agriculture

    Low cost rice for semi-dry cultivation
    The rice variety can be grown by applying only organic manures
    Quality control in oil palm
    OIL PALM (Elaeis guineensis) is the highest oil yielding perennial crop in the world. The fruits of oil palm are highly perishable due to the presence of the enzyme lipase. Since oil development in the fruits hastens during final ...
    Banana infestation
    The banana plants in my field (rasthali variety in Tamil) have been affected by wilt infestations. How can the spread of this infestation be controlled? V. Krishnan
    Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu Spraying copper oxychloride or ...
    Power tiller
    You may contact Professor and Head, Agricultural Engineering college and research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641003, phone: 0422-5511352 for your ...

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