Manufacturers should be encouraged to make products that last longer, retain their retail value and…
Month: September 2011
Towards certification of East-African green garnet
Green garnet, recently introduced on to the gemstone market, is renowned for its brilliance, hardness…
Regional differences in the care of acute stroke patients
Considerable regional differences exist in the treatment of patients with acute cerebral infarction.
Reducing costs of electric vehicle batteries
Costs of manufacture of batteries and power trains of electric vehicles can be halved by…
Ancient Mediterranean water supply networks revived
Years of drought had dried up the ancient water supply networks existing around the Mediterranean…
Increasing rice production using genes from the African species
Rice is the world’s most commonly used cereal food, feeding half of humanity. However, rice…
Snakebites a public health problem in Africa
One and a half million people per year are poisoned by snake venom in Sub-Saharan…
How can high-quality seed be reproduced?
Some wild plants show the particular characteristic of apomixis. This is a process adopted for…
10,000 years of Andean glacier melt explained
Researchers have succeeded in explaining 10 000 years of glacial melt in the Andes. They…
Novel approach scores first success against elusive cancer gene
Researchers successfully disrupted the function of the gene MYC by tampering with the gene’s “on”…