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Public stem cell bank: dump not, donate cord blood
The Jeevan Blood Bank, based in Chennai, plans to launch Jeevan Stem Cell Bank before the end of March.The accent is on public banking with 70 per cent of its initial capacity of 2,500 units earmarked for ...
Trees absorbing less CO2
The ability of forests to soak up man-made carbon dioxide is weakening, according to an analysis of two decades of data from more than 30 sites in the frozen north. The finding published recently is crucial, because it means that more of ...
Fragile X fixed in mice
Almost all symptoms reversed in mouse modelGenetics was used to home in on target
Polymers with shape memory
Engineers are always searching for materials that display unconventional properties able to satisfy the severe requirements for implantation in the body. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are developing unique polymers, ...
Control of termite menace
Most common materials attacked by termites include leather goods, wall paper, books, thatch roofs in houses, carpets, buried electrical and telephone cables, wooden poles and bridges, bamboo pegs of army tents, railway coaches, and historical ...
Fast food: faster way to ill health
Percentage of obese Indians jumped from 15 in 1980 to 27 in 2000
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Low investment, high income scheme for women
The SHG has earned more than Rs. 50,000 from sale of vermicompost
FARM QUERIES
Planting permission
I wish to plant one teak and a sandalwood tree in my courtyard. Whom should I contact for obtaining permission for planting these trees? M.V. Subba Rao Machilipatnam, Andhra PradeshNo ...
FARM QUERIES
Permanent solution
Is there any permanent remedy for control of Parthenium weeds as uprooting them has not been found effective? Ashutosh Tuli DelhiWeedicides can be sprayed to control the weeds. But it is not a ...
Breaking a short stick
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