Butterfly wings to the aid of glaucoma patients
INSPIRED by tiny structures on transparent butterfly wings, scientists have developed a light-manipulating surface for more effective and longer-lasting eye implants for glaucoma patients. Researchers
Frontline (Chennai)
-
Double burden
Choosing a low-carbon path, as the government seems to be committing itself to at the negotiations, will impose huge costs on India.
-
For green bonus
India must ensure that rigorous monitoring and reporting procedures are incorporated in any Copenhagen deal on REDD-Plus issues.
-
Carbon alert
India must insist that developed countries cut their emissions and compensate developing countries for the carbon space taken away from them.
-
Crisis & opportunity
The focus must be on consumption and not production patterns, and reducing per capita emissions of developed countries must be the first step.
-
Road to Copenhagen
It has been a bumpy ride, with developed countries failing to make definite commitments and India hinting at a shift of stance.
-
Where is the dam?
The placid Siang or the Dihang, as the Brahmaputra is called in Arunachal Pradesh, flows quietly under an old-style swing bridge just before Tuting.
-
Power bargain
TO say that it was a political roller-coaster of a fortnight for Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa would be a gross understatement. With his back to the wall for much of October, the beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just about staved off a strong intra-party challenge to his leadership and authority by a group of dissidents led by three brothers, G.
-
Gathering clouds
Developed countries may not accept the targets for the post-2012 phase under the Kyoto Protocol and may even abandon it altogether.
-
Energy unlimited
Coal India has set itself a target of producing 520.5 million tonnes of coal for 2011-12 and 664 million tonnes for 2016-17.
-
Breaking new ground
The Defence Terrain Research Laboratory focusses on providing state-of-the-art terrain intelligence to the armed forces.