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Extracting more hydrogen from ethanol Many practical issues in hydrogen use as fuel have been addressed SPEAKING OF SCIENCE The era of induced stem cell therapy Henry Louis (‘Lou’) Gehrig was a giant among baseball players, with several records that remain yet unbeaten. His string of 23 grand slam home runs is yet to be bettered, as also his triple crown of highest batting average, home runs ... ‘Catch and tell’ molecules Blood grown in laboratory Finally, scientists grow blood in lab. Blood donations could one day be a thing of the past — thanks to scientists who have grown the first functional red blood cells in the laboratory from human embryonic stem cells (ESCs). ... 
Lighter, low-cost silicon wafersSilicon wafer furnaces at Green Energy Technology Inc.’s factory are seen. The Taiwan company will enter the thin-film market to benefit from rising global demand for the lighter, lower-cost technology. ... 
Largest Stone Age burial site in the SaharaArchaeologists work on a triple burial of a woman and two children at the Gobero site in Niger. This is the largest Stone Age graveyard found in the Sahara, an unparalleled record of life when the region was green. ... 
Housekeeping robots display their skillsA humanoid robot picks up a tee-shirt from a laundry basket to fold it during a housekeeping robot contest in Tokyo. 15 hand-made robots will be vying for the total prize money of 1 million yen. ... 
A major archaeological find in northern IsraelA coin from the time of Julia Domna, depicts the city at the time of a pagan temple. Archaeologists have found the ruins of the temple, dating back to Roman times, in the Galilee region of northern Israel. ... 
New bird species discovered in AfricaSmithsonian Institution scientists discovered this new bird species during a biodiversity study in Gabon, Africa. The newly found olive-backed forest robin was named for its distinctive olive back and rump. ... 
Alarming extinction of amphibian speciesA frog is seen in a vivarium of the Besancon Natural History Museum. Amphibian species are becoming extinct at a pace never seen before — one of the biggest extinction crises of recent times due to anthropogenic activities. ...
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK Water: plenty amidst scarcity at an Andhra village The water conservation project at Kothapally is a model to be replicated Management of brinjal shoot borer Brinjal fruit and shoot borer, is the major insect pest of eggplant. The female moth lays 60 to 200 eggs singly on tender shoots and developing fruits, depending upon environmental factors. Incubation period lasts for 3-5 days, larval and pupal ... FARM QUERIES Organic hormone Is there any method for making organic hormones apart from vermiwash for inducing good crop growth? S. Mitra New Delhi Mix about 5ml of coconut milk and ...
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