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Potato shield for bamboo
9 May 2014 12:09 AM ISTRICH in amino acids, vitamins, minerals and dietary fibres, bamboo shoots are used to prepare delicacies in Assam. But after the harvest, the shoots...
The dengue trap
1 Nov 2012 3:04 AM ISTMalaria and dengue claim millions of lives each year. Insecticides are losing their edge in the fight against these diseases. The reason: a growing...
A green way to recycle paper
10 Oct 2012 3:07 AM ISTMillions of tonnes of waste paper is generated every year. Just a small fraction of that is recycled through deinking – detachment of ink particles...
Gulp with caution!
20 Sept 2012 3:24 AM ISTMillions in India and Bangladesh are at risk due to arsenic contaminated groundwater. Drinking such water can result in diseases like high blood...