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India’s TB treatment strategy stands vindicated
There is little difference in failure or relapse between daily and intermittent schedules


NW Pacific convection’s role in monsoon
The South West monsoon has large variability in three important aspects — onset of the monsoon over the Kerala coast (MOK), different phases of monsoon activity within the lifecycle of the monsoon (active, weak and break in monsoon ...

Heat waves could hit northern India
As a result of climate change, much of the Indo-Gangetic plain and parts of northwest India could see increasing temperatures and worsening heat-waves from the middle to the end of this century, say researchers in the U.S. A global warming ...

Treating coma using brain’s alert status
An ‘alert status’ area in the brain potentially opens up new ways of treating insomnia, excessive sleepiness, reversible coma or loss of consciousness, says a new study.Hebrew University professor of pain research Marshall ...

‘Freaky’ space events common
It may sound like something straight out of a science fiction movie, but astronomers have claimed that freakish space events such as black holes or time warps, could be happening regularly. Traditional belief Traditionally ...

Antarctic ice cap formed due to reduced CO2
The link between the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and Antarctic ice sheets has been established in yet another study. The latest study published online in the journal Nature has found the formation of ice sheets was ...

Ancient oceans were close to suffocation
Some 119 million years ago large portions of the world ocean were close to suffocation. The reason: acute lack of oxygen. This is documented by geological findings around the ...

Some fatty foods make brain increase appetite
A new study says that fat from certain foods makes its way to the brain. The fat molecules cause the brain to send messages to the body's cells, to ignore appetitesuppressing signals from weight regulating ...

Are tigers ‘brainier’ than lions, leopards?
A wide-ranging study of big cat skulls, led by Oxford University scientists, has shown that tigers have bigger brains, relative to their body size, than lions, leopards or jaguars. The volume inside the cat’s cranium is ...

New 2-minute system tests water in orbit
To ensure drinking water in the International Space Station (ISS) is properly disinfected, University of Utah chemists developed a 2-minute water quality monitoring method that just started 6 months of tests aboard the ...

Prince William curious about natural history
Britain's Prince William (R) is pictured during a visit to The Darwin Centre part of The Natural History Museum in London. The Prince is curious about preservation of the natural world and climate ...

Artificial nose that can sniff out toxic gases
This image shows an artificial nose that is capable of “sniffing” out poisonous gases or deadly toxins for the general detection of toxic industrial chemicals. It is simple, fast and inexpensive and works by visualizing odours. ...
Agriculture


FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Innate curiosity helps a farmer come out of poverty
The machine’s portability makes it suitable for ‘on farm’ processing

Crash course in journalism for Govt. agriculturural officials
It is to improve communication skills


FARM QUERY
New method vermicompost
Apart from the usual shed, circular pit or tree shade methods is there no other new way to manufacture vermicompost? P.V.Rau KarnatakaMr. P.P Sanalkumar of Kerala has developed a new method of ...


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