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Groundnut digger makes cumbersome work easier (12 November 12:00) |
| The machine costs Rs. 45,000 and consumes four litres of diesel per hour |
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A butterfly predator on cotton mealy bugs (12 November 12:00) |
| 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, et... |
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Technologies to harvest uranium from sea (12 November 12:00) |
| There are 4.5 billion tonnes of uranium in sea water, a thousand times more than what is known to exist in uranium mines |
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Calfs legs amputated fitted with prosthetics (12 November 12:00) |
| Meadow, 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 k... |
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New insight into iPS cells (12 November 12:00) |
| The 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... |
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How climate change hits desert plant life (12 November 12:00) |
| As 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 ... |
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Cervical cancer cured prevented in mice (12 November 12:00) |
| Researchers 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 can... |
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Researchers make ice cream healthy tastier (12 November 12:00) |
| Ice 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 ... |
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Mitigation of climate change by glacial melt (12 November 12:00) |
| 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 ... |
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Pachauri rubbishes government stand on melting glaciers (12 November 12:00) |
| A 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 “abnor... |
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Nano device detects liquids in luggage instantly (12 November 12:00) |
| 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 i... |
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How do elephant seals rest (12 November 12:00) |
| 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... |
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Sticky feeling (12 November 12:00) |
| Why do we feel sticky when we press a finger on frozen ice in the freezer of a refrigerator? M. Thenmozhi Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu Answer 1: To understand this sticky phenomenon we should ... |
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Farm gate marketing (12 November 12:00) |
| I am growing vegetables and some traditional paddy varieties through natural farming in my 2 acre field near Chengalpet, Tamil Nadu. Is there any organisation or person who can buy it from m... |
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Mobile helps find right price for farmers produce (05 November 12:00) |
| About 3,000 farmers and 200 scientists are already using this facility now |
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Tackling squirrel menace (05 November 12:00) |
| Is there any simple method which can control squirrel menace in my guava orchard? P. Meenakshi Tamil Nadu Squirrel and bird menace is a big problem in fruit trees. You can try tying emp... |
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Measles two-dose regimen a must (05 November 12:00) |
| 15 per cent of children will be susceptible even when they are immunised with a single dose |
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Can geoengineering schemes fix climate change (05 November 12:00) |
| Whatever remedial measure that we undertake now will not affect the climate for the next 20-30 years but will influence the climate only after 2040. The most promising solutions that Prof J ... |
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Remotely driving a car by iPhone with wifi link (05 November 12:00) |
| An iPhone showing the interface to remotely drive the “Spirit of Berlin,” an autonomous car through a wifi link, at Templehof airport. The car is a project of Berlin’s Freie Universit... |
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Snows of Kilimanjaro may vanish in 20 years (05 November 12:00) |
| One of a growing number of isolated remnants of ice spires in the crater of Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa. The snows of Africa’s tallest peak are shrinking rapidly and could vanish altogethe... |
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New technology to improve street lighting (05 November 12:00) |
| Researchers demonstrated in multiple field tests that, by using a unified system of photometry, a street lighting system can be designed to reduce energy use while maintaining or improving v... |
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Humans monkeys have similar brain networks (05 November 12:00) |
| Using “resting state” functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) it was found that human and monkey brains have highly similar brain networks preserved across evolution. Patterns of co... |
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Link between land use changes surface heat (05 November 12:00) |
| Most land-use changes occurring in the U.S. reduce vegetative cover and raise regional surface temperatures. But conversion of any land to agricultural use results in cooling, even land tha... |
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How corals synchronise release of eggs sperm (05 November 12:00) |
| A study into how corals synchronize their release of eggs and sperm shows that corals spawn when regional wind fields are light. When it is calm the eggs and sperm have the chance to unite b... |
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High fissile fuel in nuclear submarine lasts long (05 November 12:00) |
| The protoype is serving as a training centre for the nuclear submarine crew |
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Drug with dual benefits for heart (05 November 12:00) |
| A study led by an Indian-origin researcher has found that a drug that raises levels of ‘good’ cholesterol can also help clear clogged arteries in heart patients who are already on standa... |
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Africa may split (05 November 12:00) |
| Volcanic activity may split the African continent in two owing to a recent geological crack in northeastern Ethiopia, researchers said.. The 60-kilometre split in the Afar region, which w... |
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Control of mealy bugs in tamarind (05 November 12:00) |
| Horticultural Research Station, Thadiyankudisai Perumparai, Dindigul District. Tamil Nadu |
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Rocket propulsion (05 November 12:00) |
| Rocket propulsion takes place due to a fundamental principle of physics which states that to every action of force there exists an equal and opposite reaction force. The reaction forces are ... |
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Sowing the seeds of success by innovation (29 October 12:00) |
| The farming sector has become a commercial hub for foreign companies |
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Farming with mobile phones (29 October 12:00) |
| Mobile phones are an important communication channel today. Be it personal or business, dependancy on the hand held instrument has become an absolute necessity. But with the onset of the te... |
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Sourcing inputs (29 October 12:00) |
| I am growing some vegetables through natural farming in my 2 ground plot near East Coast road near Chennai. I find it difficult to source organic inputs such as Panchagavya, vermiwash and ve... |
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Hwand - down but not out (29 October 12:00) |
| The disgraced South Korean stem cell researcher who escaped a prison sentence can continue his research on mammalian cloning |
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Advanced DVD players inspired by sea animal (29 October 12:00) |
| Mantis shrimp eyes convert linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light and vice versa across the whole visible spectrum. Manmade quarter-wave plates perform this function in DVD p... |
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Volcanoes pivotal role in mass extinction (29 October 12:00) |
| Volcanoes first caused global warming 450 million years ago by spewing huge amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. As they stopped erupting, Earth's climate was thrown off balance and the ice a... |
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Camera captures Mars miniature wind vortices (29 October 12:00) |
| This NASA image taken by a camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals twisting dark trails criss-crossing light-coloured terrain on the Martian surface. They are formed by minia... |
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A proteins role in lung condition identified (29 October 12:00) |
| Identifying a key protein that promotes development of pulmonary arterial hypertension in humans and mice may lead to future drug therapies that may extend the life of patients without the n... |
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Can low doses of radiation cause heart disease (29 October 12:00) |
| It is necessary to assess the epidemiological evidence of radiation effects other than cancer at low doses |
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Large tunnel spotted on moon (29 October 12:00) |
| Scientists have spotted a deep hole in the lunar surface that could provide shelter for future astronauts against the harsh radiation and surface temperatures on the moon. The tunnel goes ... |
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Fingerprint technology beats toughest tests (29 October 12:00) |
| A technology that can identify partial, distorted, scratched, smudged or warped fingerprints in just a few seconds has scored top marks in the world’s two toughest technical fingerprint te... |
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Body odour attracts mosquitoes (29 October 12:00) |
| A dominant odour given off by humans and birds tempts mosquitoes to prey on both, transmitting the West Nile virus and other lethal diseases, a new study has found. The study paves the way ... |
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Gene therapy helps get vision back (29 October 12:00) |
| U.S. researchers have helped nearly blind children and adults see again through an experimental gene therapy. Five children and seven adults who suffered a special form of congenital blind... |
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Researchers closer to liquefying methane gas (29 October 12:00) |
| Researchers have taken an important step in converting methane gas to a liquid, potentially making it more useful as a fuel and as a source for making other ... |
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Switchover to bio-fuel crops hikes carbon loss (29 October 12:00) |
| Carbon loss from displacement of food crops for bio-fuel crops may be twice as much as the CO2 emissions from land dedicated to biofuels production. Also, more nitrous oxide emissions will r... |
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Glittering effect (29 October 12:00) |
| Glitter is a collection of small objects made up of plastic chunks or sheets, metal foils and synthetic chemicals like titanium dioxide with surface area in the range of about one square mil... |
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Storing garlic bulbs (22 October 12:00) |
| Store the garlic bulbs along with ragi. It has been observed that when ragi and garlic are kept together garlic does not get spoilt ... |
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Benefits from poultry manure — no chicken feed (22 October 12:00) |
| About 3.56 million hectares of land can be fertilized annually |
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A trap for Indian food grain warehouses (22 October 12:00) |
| Monitoring insects in food grain stores (warehouses) with traps has, for the most part, been restricted to qualitative assessments or an early warning of the insects present. Most of the com... |
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Inducing resistance to seeds (22 October 12:00) |
| Is there any method to induce resistance from disease and infestations to paddy seeds before sowing? C. Srinivasa Reddy Nellore, Andhra Pradesh Dilute one litres of cow’s urine in abo... |
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Hopes of AIDS vaccine breakthrough dashed (22 October 12:00) |
| The vaccine did not protect those at high risk of HIV infection, such as sex workers and intravenous drug users |
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