Commiphora mukul(Hook. ex Stocks) Engl. syn. Balsamodendron mukul Hook. ex Stocks syn Commiphora wightii (Arn.)Bhandari( Burseraceae)Used Part is Gum A small tree or shrub with spinescent…

Sphaeranthus indicus Linn. commonly known as Gorkha mundi (Inflorescence)An aromatic herb, found abundantly in damp situations in the plains all over India, ascending to an altitude of c. 1,…

The rich biodiversity of eastern Himalaya including Bhutan, comprises most of the aforesaid types of forests except for the ones described at Sl. no. 4, 5 and 6 in preceding paras. The Himalaya is…

A number of important things have happened since 1963.   In September, 1965, for example, Bob Dylan heralded in the modern rock album with "Highway 61 Revisited"(1) and my mother was so excited…

Plants are an integral part of nature and the nature reflects the creative powers of God. The plants are designed with a specific purpose. The physical beauty of plants and its chemistry, are of…

Suddenly the prevalence of obesity in the last 25 years in rich and not so rich nations cant be attributed to the genetic factors. At present more than one billion adults worldwide are overweight…

I live in China, in Nanjing, which is not too far from Shanghai, and work at Nanjing University (NJU). This type of adventure becomes popular. China gains in popularity also among academics. It seems…

Genomics , proteomics and metabolomics and now “felobomics.” More than often people go to doctor and complain “I am not feeling good” “I am feeling bad” The science of feelings if you permit me to…

An article posted on August 22, 2010 by Coober Pedy Regional Times claims that “Banned US neurotoxic insecticides Diazinon, Chlorpyrifos and others are about to be unleashed over South Australia to…

Yesterday, I complained about the new Kindle’s handling of PDF files, which, despite my complaints, is better than what the earlier software does. Well, I have discovered that Amazon has a PDF…

Obesity is increasing in India, Europe, America all over the world in that sense and its painful to see young children having disproportionate body. Obesity could cause hypertension, diabetes and…

 To be at peace with inner self for a man something different then being healthy . Being at peace with oneself is a great achievement. Man aspires to achieve what he can not achieve, unachieved…

Improving Biomass Use Efficiency for Semi-Arid Regions Anupam Tewari* and Ashwani Kumar Kautilya Institute of Technology Engineering* Energy Plantation Demonstration Project CentreDepartment of…

I decided to try out one of the new Kindle e-readers. Only, I’m not planning to use it for the purpose that most buyers do — purchasing and reading books. I want to use it to read academic papers,…

It is unfortunate that whenever I have personal stuff to post as a blog here I have nothing else to choose as a tag than the uninformative "random thoughts"... I wish the posting interface in our…

I have to be honest. When I started writing this blog, I didn't anticipate the interest it has garnered from various media outlets. Cool stuff! Here are a few links to check out a recent interview…

Einstein's Theory of relativity is definitely one of those few theories in the history of physics,   that changed the way we see things. It revolutionized the cosmology in such a way that…

What science is not able to achieve on a large commercial scale: develop simple cheap and reproducible method to digest and convert the cellulosic material into ethanol in one step prcess animals do…

A very important new theoretical study appeared yesterday in the hep-ph preprint arxiv. Titled "Precise Predictions on W+4 Jet Production at the Large Hadron Collider", it is signed by a strong team…

Jatropha curcas grows wild in Udaipur division in Rajasthan. Chattisgarh state and several other northern states of India Under the micromission programme of Department of Biotechnology, Govt of…