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FUZZY MOLECULES
Forming predictable distinct lattices
Both size of the colloidal particles and interparticle interactions are tunable. This provides the basis for manufacture of ordered structures with desired lattice spacings as well as mechanical, thermal and electrical properties. More
Pathogen-specific gene response in human immune cells

Chernobyl 15 years after

Secrets of Anthrax killer toxin revealed

IT TRENDS
Opening Windows on a new eXPerience
OVER 80 percent of half a billion PCs worldwide run on Intel chip and a Microsoft operating system. More
AGRICULTURE
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Vermi-compost to boost sugarcane productivity
VERMI-COMPOST HAS many salutary effects on sugarcane. It induces drought-tolerance in the crop and increases yield by about 50 tonnes a hectare says Mr. P. Seralathan, Cane Development Officer, Tiruttani Cooperative Sugar Mills, Tiruvelangadu, 75 km from Chennai. More
Cultivating shitake mushroom
SHITAKE MUSHROOM contains high percentage of crude protein (17.5), fat (4.9), carbohydrate (67.5%), ash 7 fibre (8) on wet weight basis (silver oak or eucalyptus) plus wheat bran 5-20 per cent supplemented with 5.0 per cent tapioca tippi powder. A specially designed plastic ring is wrapped at the top end of the bag to form a bottleneck holding a cotton plug inside. Dried sawdust is mixed with wheat bran and tapioca tippi at a proper ratio and adjusted to 60 per cent moisture content. More
Bed disinfectants for silkworm rearing

Rhinocerous beetle on coconut palms

PATHS OF INNOVATORS
Carl Jacobi: Leader in mathematical analysis
CARL GUSTAV Jacobi was born on December 10, 1804 (Potsdam, Germany), the son of a prosperous banker. He received education at home: his first teacher was one of his maternal uncles who prepared Jacobi to enter the local gymnasium in his twelfth year. He graduated in 1821 and entered University of Berlin, specialising in philogy and mathematics. More
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