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NOBEL PRIZE - MEDICINE
How chromosomes are protected at their ends
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to three scientists who have solved a major problem in biology: how the chromosomes can be copied in a complete way during cell divisions and how they are protected against ...



NOBEL PRIZE - CHEMISTRY
Mapping the ribosome at the atomic level
The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded for the detailed mapping of the ribosome – the cell’s own protein factory. The ribosome translates the passive DNA information into form and function. The ribosome translates genetic ...


NOBEL PRIZE - PHYSICS
Inventions that tapped the potential of light
The optical fibre has been a prerequisite for the extremely rapid development in the field of communications, a development that Charles Kao predicted over 40 years ago. Just a few years later, Willard Boyle and George Smith radically ...
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FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
White flower cardamom blooms into a popular variety
A single tiller planted in the nursery gives rise to about 30 tillers

Rare weed, common bacteria: double trouble for Kuttanad
Just when things appeared to be moving smoothly for paddy farmers in Kuttanad who had ventured onto their fields for the second round of cultivation, a rarely seen weed and a common bacteria have joined hands to present a new ...

Farm Query
My three year old sapota tree bears a lot of flowers and before fruit setting all of them wither. Kindly advise some organic remedy for it. S. Suja Banu Nagerkoil, Tamil NaduYou can spray ...


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