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)
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Gone with the wind
Cyclone Aila, which struck West Bengal on May 25, left a trail of devastation along the length of the State. It killed 137 people and affected the lives of more than seven lakh. The Sunderbans, spread over the districts of South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas, bore the brunt of Aila
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Ailas wrath
Cyclone Aila hit West Bengal on May 25 with a fury unprecedented in recent history.
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Looking sharper
The space shuttle Atlantis, which was launched on May 11 with a crew of seven, returned safely to the earth after one of its most exacting missions, lasting 13 days.
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What is on offer
Salient features of the election manifestos of three major national parties.
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Parties speak
Performance, promises and prospects: A comparison of the election manifestos of the Congress, the BJP and the CPI(M).
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Taking no chances
While the Modi factor plays a significant role in Gujarat, Raj Thackeray
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Dealing with cancer
Interview with Elizabeth Blackburn, Professor of Biology and Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Wetland or wasteland?
The Vembanad lake, the second largest wetland in India, is in a state of precipitous decline.
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Vidarbha waits
If there is one burning issue that emerges from Maharashtra in the run-up to the elections, it is the agrarian crisis in the cotton belt of Vidarbha. The region has the world
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A world of distress
Depression in agriculture and farmer suicides continue, thanks to the misguided actions of Indian policymakers. AS the outstanding Marxist economist Paul Baran had pointed out in The Political Economy of Growth, what is cooked in the kitchen is not decided in the kitchen. Similarly, what happens to agricultural producers is decided outside agriculture by public policy.