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For farmer's sake, give Bt Brinjal a fair chance
A controversy has been raging for a while in India over Bt Brinjal, a genetically engineered variety of brinjal introduced by the Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco.) Bt Brinjal contains a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis, a common soil-dwelling bacterium, that helps... 475 views | 22 recommendations | 4 comments
Important breakthrough in nuclear fusion technology
THE QUEST for developing a nuclear fusion reactor has received a boost. In a crucial breakthrough, scientists in a joint project of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Columbia University in the United States successfully tested a novel way of confining plasma at... The geology behind the Haiti earthquake
On 12th January 2010, Haiti experienced one of the most devastating earthquakes known to mankind. The death toll, according to initial estimates, may be anywhere between 100,000 to 200,000. As of now, the main... 2092 views | 26 recommendations | 5 comments
Low cost solar energy: thanks to organic solar cells
Cost has been the main factor inhibiting large scale use of solar energy, an abundant and clean form of energy. A large portion of this cost goes for solar panels that contain photovoltaic cells necessary for converting the sun’s energy into a usable form... 869 views | 14 recommendations | 4 comments
Playing video games may help sharpen your vision
Watching TV and playing video games for too long is considered bad for your vision. But according to a team of researchers, spending time playing video games might actually sharpen your vision. Contrast is that property of human vision that allows an individual to distinguish... 211 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Lower atmospheric dust content behind Atlantic temperature rise?
A study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison suggests that the recent increase in surface temperature in the Atlantic Ocean has more to do with temporary variations in aerosol content in the atmosphere than due to climate change. Climate scientists... Climate change: weather linked to increased West Nile virus cases
Climate scientists have all along warned that increasing global temperatures caused due to the current phase of climatic change can lead to increased incidence of infectious disease. A study by a group of American scientists has added to the scientific evidence for this. The... Cold fusion is back: scientists report evidence
Scientists at the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) in San Diego, California, reported scientific evidence supporting the existence of cold fusion at a meeting of the American Chemical Society at Salt Lake City in Utah, United States, on Monday.The... Intelligence has strong genetic basis: study
Is intelligence determined by genes or by the environment? This is one of the most important debates in Psychology. A study by a team of scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has led credence to the theory that intelligence has a strong genetic basis.... 1119 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
