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Genetic diversity of Indian population studied 
Sinking Indian deltas put millions at riskTwenty-four of the thirty-three deltas in the world are sinking, and many of these are in India. This alarming finding comes from a study of the world’s deltas using satellite data. The results were published online in the journal ... Bangladesh aquifers have high arsenic levels There is potentially bad news involving arsenic and Bangladesh, where contaminated groundwater has affected millions of people. Wells that have been dug into relatively shallow aquifers produce drinking water with levels of arsenic far ... 
Infertile farm land new habitat for Iberian lynxOlive groves with low production close to Sierra de Cardeña y Montoro, in Córdoba – which is the only place, along with Doñana, where the Iberian lynx, at risk of extinction, lives – have been identified to restore ... 
New, temporary belt of radiation near SaturnScientists using the Cassini spacecraft’s Magnetospheric Imaging instrument have found a new, temporary radiation belt at Saturn, located around the orbit of its moon Dione at 377,000 km from the centre of the ... 
Assembling coatings for blood gene studiesA vacuum chamber where engineers assemble coatings that could “read” changes in gene activity in blood for the pre-symptom test is seen at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy at Duke University, ... U.S. forests 200-400 years from today U.S.’ forests may be quite different 200 to 400 years from now. A study found that temperature and photosynthetic active radiation were important in predicting what forests may look like in the future. ... 
Basic building blocks of new kind of electronicsA crop of silicon nanowires growing under a transmission electron microscope. The grey columns are the wires, and the black, liquid droplet on top of each catalyzes the growth. ...
More on Sanjeevani – the plant that resurrects speaking of science A couple of studies have found plants that have the ability to play dead for months and come alive when water is sprinkled on them
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK Hand operated device to obviate power supply problems The machine seems to be a good alternative for small farmers FARM QUERY Curing swelling in animals Very often I notice that the ears of my jersey cow breeds are swollen. Though I have administered medicines as per the advice of a local veterinarian the swellings keep appearing. Can you kindly help me? Ramakrisna Rau ...
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