Since budget cuts and the inability to overcome problems like boredom and high radiation doses have ruled out any manned mission to Mars in the foreseeable future, NASA has shifted gears back…

I know Thanksgiving is tomorrow but I'm getting a head start, in anticipation of the food coma I assume I will be in tomorrow. In no particular order, I am thankful for: 1. Jessica Hagy, at Indexed.…

Cue the Star Wars music! Fellow fans, rejoice - you can now wear your love for all things SW loud and proud - on your feet. The folks at adidas Originals were either desperate for a new fan base or…

For people confined to wheelchairs, the proliferation of ramps has greatly enhanced their mobility. Unfortunately, opening doors remains an omnipresent, and frustrating, challenge. Oddly enough,…

A New Class of Jet Fuel: bio-derived synthetic paraffinic kerosene (bio-SPK). Airlines are under serious pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, so when the most prolific oil refinery technology…

Global warming and climate change issues need a global outlook Recently I attended a conference which was supposed to be court for the trying the cases of global warming and present the report for…

San Francisco Bay Area - based Eco-Fuel Global this week entered a groundbreaking agreement with the Government of Rwanda estimated to be worth in excess of $250 m; to produce bio-fuels from Jatropha…

One of those areas that always fascinated me was looking at historical figures and events and trying to figure out the science behind it.  For example, I had a genetics professor in college…

I love that the Census of Marine Life is getting news coverage! It proves that people can get excited over cool exploratory science--natural history of the deep--that doesn't have any immediate…

Growth and productivity of Jatropha curcas under semi arid conditions . ASHWANI KUMAR Engery Plantation Demonstration project and Biotechnology Center. Bio-Technology Lab Department of Botany…

HIGH FREQUENCY MULTIPLE SHOOT REGENERATION FROM TISSUE CULTURES OF ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS NEETU VIJAY AND ASHWANI KUMAR* Plant Biotechnology Lab, Department of…

From: Sreenivas Ghatty (gs@treeoilsindia.com) Sent: 23 November 2009 22:23PM To: Sreenivas Ghatty (gs@treeoilsindia.com) Biofuels have a limited role in India due to land limitation and food…

JATROPHA CURCAS: HIGH YIELDIG ACCESSIONS AND IMPROVEMENT. Ashwani Kumar Energy Plantation Demonstration project and Biotechnology Center. Bio-Technology Lab Department of Botany University of…

The stock market is full of surprises. It is constantly going up and going down, or sometimes staying constant. The market is the backbone of all major corporations, and determinds wherther the…

An article entitled "Children unaffected by smoking ban consequences" points to a new study indicating that children's exposure to second hand smoke is unaffected by the smoking ban in Wales. We…

Speaking of cirrate octopods (as I have been recently), BBC News In Pictures: Monsters of the deep is strongly dominated by a cirrate octopus! Yay! Three of the eight photos feature Grimpoteuthis:…

Obituary Prof. Dr. Karl-Herrmann Neumann passed away on October 13th 2009. He was born on a farm in Morgendorf near Leitmeritz, now part of Chech Republic. In 1945 his family was transferred to…

   

 After years of stagnation in climate policy for transport, there have been a number of important developments over the last twelve months. Notably, policymakers have begun to get to grips with…