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‘We anticipated the direction but not the speed’
In the 19th Century, DuPont, a U.S. based company, was producing explosives. One century later, it became a chemical company. It became one of the leaders in chemistry and material science and produced products like nylon and Teflon that are used ...


The future of music recording
A computer model of the clarinet was builtA virtual player for the virtual clarinet was created

Ethanol pollution in Gulf of Mexico
While the search for alternative fuels is in full swing in many countries in order to reduce dependency on pollution causing conventional fuels an ironic situation is emerging where the rush in the United States to produce corn-based ethanol as ...
Information Technology

IT’s no ‘flash’ in the pan
Flash may be the preferred solution for PC and mobile memory needs


Agriculture


FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
An ingenious irrigation technique for small holdings
It is low cost, farmer friendly, easy to install and requires no maintanence

Mealy bug an emerging threat to cotton crop
Mealy bug, Maconellicoccus hirsutus, is emerging as a major pest of cotton in India. It attacks more than 300 plant species including rice, sugarcane, cotton, papaya, citrus, mango, rape, banana and vegetables.Life ...

Farm Queries
Fish gunabajalam is an organic nutrient which is sprayed over the crops to increase the chlorophyll content. It is manufactured by adding about 1 kg of fish waste (rotten fish can also be added) and 1 kg of ghur (Pannai ...


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