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
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Conflict over water
Two recent international meetings point to an intensifying struggle for water between multinationals that regard water as a 'commodity' and civil society groups that see access to water as a basic
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A people savaged and drowned
The report of a fact-finding team documents the colossal suffering imposed on the people in the Narmada valley in the name of
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An ecosystem in peril
The Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve, the biologically richest coastal region in India, is under tremendous pressure, and the legal measures that are in place to protect it have not been quite
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A conflict on the waves
The bio-resources of the Gulf of Mannar can be saved only if the conflict between the traditional and mechanised sections of the fishing industry is resolved and the economy of the local community
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Rebuilding an ecosystem
The Chennai based M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation launches a project to promote sustainable alternative livelihood systems using local resources for the benefit of people living off the Gulf of
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A battle for water
The Punjab-Haryana dispute over the Satluj-Yamuna Link canal resumes as Punjab ignores another deadline for the completion of a portion of the canal and approaches the Supreme
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Water war
A spirited struggle by the people of Cochabamba in Bolivia against a water multinational reverses privatisation and offers lessons for people engaged in the search for alternatives that are
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Collective instincts
New studies suggest that many animals practise democracy, going by their propensity to make group rather than individucal
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A surprise from Bangalore
A tam of scientists from Bangalore makes an exciting discovery - a new property of carbon nanotubes, which will help convert the mechanical energy of fluids into electrical
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A policy and realities
With the Science and Technology Policy announced by the Prime Minister at the 90th session of the Indian Science Congress in Bangalore succeed in achieving the stated goals in the areas of education