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Glaucoma: misconceptions galore
About 70 per cent of those with glaucoma may have normal eye pressure at first examination

Robots to replace animals in toxic chemical tests
U.S. regulators have announced plans to reduce the number of animals used to test the safety of everyday chemicals. Instead of using animals such as rats and mice, scientists will screen suspected toxic chemicals in everything from pesticides to ...

Image gently, bring down CT dose to kids
Last July, 13 U.S. associations including the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the Society for Paediatric Radiology (SPR), the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) ...
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Porous material as drug-carrier
Potential is only just being realised Large amounts of an anti-leukaemia drug adsorbed


Speaking Of Science

Lessons from the lizard on making a good tissue adhesive
Ants and bees teach us cooperation. Spiders have given us hints about how to make ultra thin and strong fibers. Bacteria and fungi produce molecules that we use as drugs.What has the lowly lizard that we can learn from? Most of us despise ...


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FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Only market driven strategies can boost organic farming
Lack of genune marketing infrastructure was a big problem for the growers

Mealy bug management in vineyards
Among several pests that attack grape, pink mealybug, is a very important and serious one. This pest occurs almost throughout the year, particularly in alarming intensity near harvest time of the crop.Both nymphs and adults of the ...

Quality seedlings
You can contact the Yendal farm nursery, Pattiveeranpatti 624211, Dindugal district, Tamil Nadu, phone:04543-267228.



Training in spirulina
Is there any place near Chennai where I can undergo training in growing spirulina? Priya Venugopal Kanchipuram, Tamil NaduContact Oferr, Nallayan Research Centre for Sustainable Development, Navallor ...


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