If rehospitalization is considered when grading health care, America's system is not all it is cracked up to be. Proof? New evidence indicates almost a quarter of heart failure patients with Medicare…

With the COP15 conference fast approaching, the world's political leaders are gearing up to hash out a global agreement that will save us from ever increasing greenhouse gas emissions and the…

After the successful introduction of myspace, facebook, twitter and however many other social networking sites that now exist, researchers at London's Natural History Museum have created a social…

If you're sore from a strenuous workout or your thumb is pulsating because you hit it with a hammer, look at a pretty picture or listen to your favorite song. It just might help you cope with…

Scientists say they can now tell the condition of an old book by its odor. In a report published in Analytical Chemistry, a team of researchers describe development of a new test that can measure the…

SOME POTENTIAL BIOFUEL PLANTS FOR SEMI-ARID AND ARID REGIONS AND IMPROVING THEIR GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY Anita Kumari and Ashwani Kumar Bio-Technology Lab,Department of Botany University of Rajasthan…

With Tropical Storm Ida currently dumping rain and high winds in the southeast we wanted to talk about coastal hazards.   Coastal hazards along America's shorelines threaten a significant…

This week, scientists from Australia and the UK are taking a break from their professional research to wave their fists angrily at the alcohol industry. In hopes of reducing alcohol abuse, they are…

Conventional types of genetic analysis may not be as accurate as believed, according to researchers writing in Trends in Genetics. Their analysis of penguins that died 44,000 years ago in Antarctica…

IMPROVING GROWTH AND PRODUCTIVITY OF EUPHORBIA ANTISYPILITICA; A POTENTIAL BIO-FUEL PLANT FROM SEMI-ARID REGIONS ASHWINI KUMAR AND SEEMA SHARMA Bio-Technology Lab Department of Botany University of…

JATROPHA CURCAS: A POTENTIAL PLANT FOR BIO-FUEL SHIKHA ROY AND ASHWINI KUMAR Bio-Technology Lab Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004 Energy Plantation Demonstration project…

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF BIOFUEL PRODUCTION IN INDIA ASHWINI KUMAR AND NEETU VIJAY Bio-Technology Lab, Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004 Energy Plantation Demonstration…

STUDIES ON LATICIFER DEVELOPMENT IN CALOTROPIS PROCERA AN IMPORTANT PLANT YIELDING HYDROCARBON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ITS GROWTH POTENTIAL. ASHWINI KUMAR AND NEETU VIJAY Bio-Technology Lab, Department of…

Fascinating things can be learned from Google Search's drop-down menu. For example, if you type "squid", the suggested search items, in order, are: squidbilliessquidoosquidbillies full episodessquid…

Newtonian mechanics has marked the beginning of a new era for physics. Indeed the newtonian formulation of the gravitational force has allowed to prove the heliocentric theory developped by…

How should we talk about biological networks or systems? Roger Brent and Jehoshua Bruck stated the problem like this: The search for biologically relevant formalisms has a chance to greatly affect…

Today, having little inspiration to write anything original myself, I decided to have a look at what other sites held by colleagues or friends are dealing with. I offer below a few interesting links,…

The burgeoning demographics of aging, which is transforming cites and suburbia alike, recently prompted me to attend the UCLA Conference on Technology and Aging, held at the lovely Skirball Center,…

I have to delay the Sunday Science Book Club and my discussion of Voyage of the Beagle until next week. In the mean time, I'm initiating the first Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Corner. Over the next few…

While it's generally accepted that melting polar ice due to global warming is bad, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey are reporting this week that the loss of ice in the world's…