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Technologies to harvest uranium from sea 
Pachauri rubbishes government stand on melting glaciersA leading climate scientist recently accused India’s environment ministry of “arrogance” over a government report claiming there was no evidence that climate change has caused “abnormal” shrinkage of glaciers in the ... Nano device detects liquids in luggage instantly Restrictions on liquids in carry-on bags on commercial airliners could become a thing of the past thanks to a revolutionary nano-electric device which detects potentially hazardous liquids in luggage in a fraction of a second, according to a team ... How do elephant seals rest? Northern elephant seals are long-distance mariners, voyaging for two months to eight months at a time without making landfall. And when they are at sea, they spend up to 90 per cent of their time on underwater dives.The big ... SNAPSHOTS 
Calf’s legs amputated, fitted with prostheticsMeadow, a year-old calf, is shown with her prosthetic legs. A team of veterinarian surgeons amputated the calf’s legs after it suffered from frostbite. The procedure was the first of its kind. ... 
New insight into iPS cellsThe same genes that are chemically altered during normal cell differentiation, as well as when normal cells become cancer cells, are changed in stem cells that scientists derive from induced pluripotent stem cells. ... 
How climate change hits desert plant lifeAs the climate gets warmer, arid soils lose nitrogen as gas, reports a new study. That could lead to deserts with even less plant life than they sustain today. This is a way of damage to an ecosystem, not accounted for ... 
Cervical cancer cured, prevented in miceResearchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health have eliminated cervical cancer in mice with two FDA-approved drugs currently used to treat breast cancer and ... 
Researchers make ice cream healthy, tastierIce cream researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream tastier and healthier. Now, they are adding nutrients such as fibre, antioxidants and pro-biotics to premium ice ... Mitigation of climate change by glacial melt Large blooms of phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the rapid melting of glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula. As they die and sink to the sea-bed they can store carbon for millions of years. ...
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK Groundnut digger makes cumbersome work easier The machine costs Rs. 45,000 and consumes four litres of diesel per hour A butterfly predator on cotton mealy bugs Spalgis epius, commonly called as blue butterflies, feed on diverse unrelated foods such as plants, fungi, lichens, cycads, ferns, conifers, homopterans (mealybugs, scale insects, aphids, etc.) and larvae of ants. Among them, less than 5 ...
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