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While delivering a lecture at Centre for community economics and development consultants society Jaipur (www.cecbedecon.org) the orgniser Dr Alka Avasthi and participants posed some interesting…

A large number of plants around the world are unexplored Some of which could sereve as bioenergy plants and still have medicinal value. Let us compile the world list of such plants from each regions…

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

Biodiesel There is nothing to stop biodiesel making an immediate impact in reducing the world's dependence on fossil fuels that contribute to global warming. Using biodiesel requires no major changes…

What major communication technology will come next?  Around the middle nineteenth century, the television was starting to get big. As its hardware became more advanced, and more affordable it…

Worldwide energy consumption is projected to grow by 59 percent over the next two decades, according to International Energy Outlook 2001 (IEO 2001), released by US Energy Information Administration…

Data concerning the parties with 30 young beauties (paid 1450$ each for their time, plus various benefits and gifts) held by the Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi in his residences in Rome and…

The Jatropha plant or shrub like tree can grow in a wide variety of climates. Its seeds contain about 40% oil that can be extracted for energy as feedstock for renewable biodiesel production.…

Scientific Name Oscimum tenuiflorum Linn (= O.sanctum Linn) Family Lamiaceae Used Part Dried stem. Distribution Area, Found throughout India ascending up to 1,800 m. in the Himalayas, and in Andaman…

Ginseng       Araliaceae   Panax pseudoginseng  Wall. Family Araliaceae is a very rare 30-60 cm tall erect herb     distributed in the…

Scientific Name Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers. Family Menispermaceae Used Part     Stem   Distribution Area   A large, glabrous, deciduous climbing shrub found…

Scientific Name Holarrhena  pubescens(Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex DC. syn. Holarrhena antidysenterica    (Linn.) Wall. Family Apocynaceae   Used Part:    Seeds  …

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Panax, the generic name, is derived from the Greek Panakos (a panacea), in reference to the miraculous virtue ascribed to it by the Chinese, who consider it a sovereign remedy in almost all diseases…

Biofuels According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory [NREL] (see http://www.nrel.gov/learning/re_biofuels.html): “Unlike other renewable energy sources, biomass can be converted directly…

We had this question posed to us in one of my classes. Here is my answer: Did the existence of nuclear weapons cause a dramatic change in the conduct of foreign policy or the options available to…

No, that Geek is not me, it's John Siracusa exhaustively reviewing (literally - the review is 23 pages long) Mac OS X 10.6 for Ars Technica: A major operating system upgrade with "no new features"…

The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets…

Scientific Name  Aegle marmelos (L.)Corr (A. marmelos (Linn.) Correa ex Roxb.) Family  Rutaceae Used Part     Fruit pieces Distribution Area   A tree, growing…