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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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Unlikely to be a public health control measure (22 October 12:00) |
| The results of the Phase III AIDS vaccine trial using a prime-boost (ALVAC and AIDSVAX) vaccine undertaken in Thailand, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), show that the... |
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This years rice crops hit by climate change (22 October 12:00) |
| Once-in-a-lifetime floods in the Philippines, India’s delayed monsoon, and drought in Australia are taking their toll on this year’s rice crops, due to the vulnerability of rice to extre... |
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Dinosaurs extinction tied to impact off India (22 October 12:00) |
| A submerged depression west of India that is mined for its oil could be the largest, multi-ringed impact crater in the world. A new study says the impact that caused it may have killed the ... |
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Precious minerals have their origins in space (22 October 12:00) |
| The extreme heat at which the Earth’s core formed 4 billion years ago must have stripped precious metals from the crust and deposited them in the core. What we mine from the rocks must ha... |
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Tree leaves are tools to monitor air quality (22 October 12:00) |
| Tree leaves may be powerful tools for monitoring air quality and planning biking routes and walking paths. Tiny particles of pollution such as iron oxides from diesel exhaust float through t... |
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Exercise aids memory after brain radiation (22 October 12:00) |
| Exercise improves memory after whole-brain radiation treatments in rodents. It was found that exercise after radiation prevented a decline in erasable memory in mice — analogous to humans ... |
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Project to protect all endangered plants (22 October 12:00) |
| A lab technician prepares to place seed ‘Musa Itinerans’ into cool storage. Botanists at Britain’s Kew Gardens have collected seeds from 10 per cent of the world’s wild plants, in a... |
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How safe is Madras Atomic Power Station (22 October 12:00) |
| Background radiation level at any place depends mainly on terrestrial radiation from natural radionuclides such as uranium, thorium and their decay products and potassium-40 present in soil ... |
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Indian scientist disproved US data on methane emission (22 October 12:00) |
| India’s leading agro-scientist A.P. Mitra had disproved the US government data on emission of methane gas from wet paddy cultivation in the country, Union Minister for Environment and Fore... |
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32 new planets discovered (22 October 12:00) |
| European astronomers have found 32 new planets outside the solar system, adding evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop. Scientists using the Euro... |
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Frog locomotion (22 October 12:00) |
| Frogs belong to the class "Amphibians". They are divided into three orders: Apoda - These do not have limbs. Urodela - These have limbs equal in size. Anura - These have short fore limb... |
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Enhancing plant growth using organic inputs (15 October 12:00) |
| The father used conventional methods while the son favoured organic practices |
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Mussel scale management in cassava (15 October 12:00) |
| Cassava often suffers from mussel scale insect attack which is a serious pest of stem in storage. The field infestation is severe during dry season. Leaves of infested plants become discolo... |
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Groundnut shells (15 October 12:00) |
| A farmer in Gambia called Awa Njie grows both rice and groundnut. She buries the shells into her field during ploughing the field and then plants her rice seedlings. After harvest she observ... |
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