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Plastics and male babies
SCIENTISTS IN America have found the first evidence that common chemicals used in products as diverse as cosmetics, toys, cling film and plastic bags may harm the development of unborn baby boys. Researchers have long known that high levels of ...
Air pollution: role of nitrogen oxides emission from soil underestimated

Secure communication system developed
THE SOCIETY for Electronic Transactions and Security (SETS) has developed a point-to-point secure communication system for the bulk encryption unit (BEU). Essentially software and an algorithm embedded in a chip, the `Secrecy System Version 3,' ...
Serpentine leafminer attack in tomato
Cultural as well as chemical methods can check the pest.
Lawn care
Our lawn is susceptible to damage by insects. How to prevent the insects from damaging the lawn? Vinay Menon
Coonoor, Tamil Nadu You may contact the Head, Horticultural Research Station, Ooty, Phone: 0423-2442170, email:
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Birth of silicon's optical age
Photons of light may soon replace electrons as information carriers.

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FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Improved spinach variety for hilly regions
The improved variety yields more leaves than the old variety.

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