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Top ten breakthroughs of the year
The one that tops the list of breakthroughs this year is the finding of the human genetic variation. We have come a long way from asking what in our DNA makes us human to striving to know what in my DNA makes me me. Already, the genomes of ...

Converting chicken fat into biodiesel
Chemical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have investigated supercritical methanol as a method of converting chicken fat into biodiesel fuel. The new study also successfully converted tall oil fatty acid, a major ...

Tectonics and human evolution
Scientists long have focused on how climate and vegetation allowed human ancestors to evolve in Africa. Now, University of Utah geologists are calling renewed attention to the idea that ground movements formed mountains and valleys, ...
Speaking Of Science

The metabolome and systems biology
Metabolomics refers to a systematic study of the chemical fingerprints


Agriculture


FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Waste not, want not, wealth from waste
Reducing input costs is the immediate need of the hour for farmers

Managing powdery mildew disease in mango
Powdery mildew is the major destructive disease of mango infecting almost all the cultivars. The disease is wide spread across India. It is caused by a fungus Opidium mangiferae.Symptoms The ...

Farm Queries
How can we identify plants, which can be used as an effective bio pest repellant? Preetam Singh Gurgaon Normally plants, which are not consumed by cattle, sheep or goats, can be used for making bio pest ...


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