Science & Technology - Briefs

Science and Environment - Briefs

Plane truth

People near airports are at an increased risk of heart diseases

IN SHORT

Indonesian forest fire rages on; refuses to die down

The fire has been fuelled by peat deposits, according to reports

Unknowing vectors

Humans may be transmitting new and dangerous viruses to Antarctica

Victims of pollution

A question of labelling

Biased air pollutants

Increases due to global warming, claims study

Regional approach required for treatment of malaria

Indonesia agrees to share bird flu virus samples with WHO

Bytes

Forest produce in Western Ghats suffer mystery infection

Endangered gharials die mysterious death

World Toilet Conference

Jordan ministers quit over water contamination

Deadly nursery: Children in Gorakhpur report breathing troubles due to air pollution

Research suggests Indo-Gangetic Plain most affected, Uttar Pradesh at centre of it

Dengue cases in 2012 highest in four years

216 people across the country died of the disease

Fungal friend

Carotenoid in a fungi keeps heart diseases, cancer at bay

Dead waters

A virus leaves South Australia's coasts strewn with dead fish

Trees fight back

After killing trees by the millions, the Dutch elm disease finally meets its match

Science and Technology - Briefs

Air & water quality report in post-WTC debated

Unprecedented 93% of population in Gaza facing crisis levels of hunger, warns WHO

Region already reporting soaring rates of infectious diseases, hunger is expected to worsen illnesses

Global warming can even cause plague