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Milk and meat from cloned animals
Labelling is not mandatory for products derived from cloned animals
Fish's homing instinct offers clue to coral reef diversity
SCIENTISTS HAVE discovered that a fish species on the Australian Great Barrier Reef can sniff its way back to the patch of reef where it hatched. If the cardinal fish's remarkable odour-assisted homing abilities are common, the researchers ...
Cheaper LEDs from nanowire breakthrough
IN A Light Emitting Diode (LED), when an electron meets a `hole,' it falls into a lower energy level and releases energy in the form of a photon of light. Now, Deli Wang, an electrical and computer engineering professor from the University of ...
Volcanic fallout reveals secrets of past eruptions
IMPORTANT INFORMATION about a past volcanic eruption's impact on climate is provided by determining the height of the eruption. Eruptions that reach higher, up to the stratosphere, have a greater influence on climate compared with the case ...
Managing leaf spot disease of groundnut
GROUNDNUT IS cultivated all over the country. India stands second in the production of this commercial oilseed crop. Majority of the area grown is under rain fed. Continuous droughts coupled with attack by a variety of diseases and insect ...
Speaking Of Science

SPEAKING OF SCIENCE
Nano-solution to a mega-problem
Magnetite, at nano-size, has an affinity to bind to arsenic salts

Agriculture

FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Organic sugarcane: profitable through innovative initiative
Making moulded jaggery is a good alternative to selling it to the mills
Organic hormone
Is there any method for making organic hormones apart from vermiwash for inducing good crop growth? L. Sakthivel
Erode, Tamil Nadu Mix about 5ml of coconut milk and buttermilk each in a mud pot and bury the pot under the soil for ...
Bio pest repellant
How can we identify plants, which can be used as an effective bio pest repellant? M. Chandramouli
Karnataka Plants, which are not consumed by cattle, sheep or goats, can be used for making bio pest repellents. Some varieties of ...

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