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Thursday, December 13, 2001
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Science - Its endless moving frontier SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE is boundless and with increase in knowledge we become aware of our ignorance beyond its moving frontier. This has been the true story of human endeavour from Archimedes to Galileo and from Galileo to Einstein. The ... More IT TRENDS 
Does megahertz matter?With its latest series, the Athlon XP challenging Intel's Pentium 4 range, chipmaker AMD would like buyers to forget clock speeds _ and concentrate instead on overall performance. Anand Parthasarathy tries to separate fact from hype in this game of processor oneupmanship. More Hidden piece of influenza virus protein found The protein may kill immune system cells that fight the virus, thereby contributing to the virus's potency. More Cleaning uranium contamination GETTING PEOPLE to change their diets can be a challenge, but what about getting a species of microscopic bacteria to change? If one University of Missouri-Columbia researcher can get them to make the switch, bacteria known for creating rotten egg ... More Tiny pollution particles may control earth's water supply ACCORDING TO a United Nations Population Fund report released Nov. 7, water use has grown six-fold over the past 70 years. "Water may be the resource that defines the limits of sustainable development," the report notes. A new study undertaken ... More Protein and fat improve memory ALL TYPES of food energy, not just carbohydrates, appear to enhance memory performance in healthy older adults, says a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.`` The positive effects of carbohydrates on cognition ... More Chemical pollution, sewage could destroy corals YOU CAN forget global warming as the sole culprit. A combination of humansewage and shipyard discharge may be responsible for the development and spread of deadly black band disease in corals, researchers at the University of Illinois ... More Venus in a whole new light SCIENTISTS HAVE captured the first X-ray view of Venus using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The observations provide new information about the atmosphere of Venus and open a new window for examining Earth's sister planet. Venus in X-rays ... More New era in thermoelectrics DREAMING OF the potential of thermocouple devices? Well, perhaps not .but maybe you should. The science journal Nature says there has been a major breakthrough recently in the world of thermoelectric materials. Scientists funded by the ... More
THE ARTICLE "Early detection crucial to treat rheumatoid arthritis" published in these pages on October 18 has elicited a huge response from patients wanting to know more about the disease and the doctors treating it. We are hereby providing ... More
Short-duration groundnut for rainfed farmingAN EARLY groundnut variety with a high yield potential and other attractive features has been developed by ``J''-Farm at Kelambakkam about 35 km south of Chennai. ``This improved variety christened ''J``-20, is suited for both rainfed and ... More Applying pre-emergence herbicides HERBICIDES ARE used to control weeds. Pre-emergence herbicides are those which are sprayed on soil uniformly before emergence of weeds. All weeds take five days to germinate and so pre-emergence herbicides are applied on third day after sowing.. ... More
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