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VOLUME 48 NUMBER
2 FEBRUARY 2011
COVER STORY
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The
Future is ‘Small’
SHIBU JOSEPH SJ
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FEATURE ARTICLES NANOMEDICINE: BIG PROMISE FROM A TINY WORLD |
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BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS: DIGITIZING THE WEB OF LIFE MOHD. SAJID IDRISI & MOHD. IMRAN KHAN
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Biodiversity Information
Management—Legal Aspects NEELAM P. MISHRA & PRATYUSH
M. TRIPATHI
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Solar Homes |
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FICTION Mirror Mirror
on the wall |
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SHORT FEATURES , Nano Energy Solution To The Energy
Crises? Nanotechnology to the Aid of the
Defence
Sector
HIMANSHU SHEKHAR
FIERY CHINAR
MOHD. IMRAN KOZGAR & MOHD. SAMIULLAH KHAN Play Safe With Chemicals
M. S. RATHORE & N. S.
SHEKHAWAT
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DEPARTMENTS
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REACTIONS
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EDITORIAL
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SPECTRUM
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BOOK REVIEW
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
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HUMOUR
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What we are seeing is the beginning of a
revolution, caused by our ability to work on the same scale as nature.
Nanotechnology will affect every aspect of our lives, from the medicines we
use, to the power of our computers, the energy supplies we require, the food we
eat, the cars we drive, the buildings we live in, and the clothes we wear.
BIKASH RANJAN MOHAPATRA
With the demand for energy growing by the day and
resources exhausting fast, governments round the world are faced with the
challenge of finding solutions to the significant energy demand problem without
releasing more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Here, nanotechnology may be
able to offer some solutions.
The most prominent feature
of nanotechnology is miniaturization.
Nano-structures behave differently compared to bulk
materials. An insulator may behave as a good conductor, a yellow metal may look
red or an inert chemical may behave as a reactive one.
Vol. 48, February
2011, pp 19-22
NANOMEDICINE: BIG PROMISE FROM A TINY WORLD
PARNIKA AGRAWAL
The day is not far when nanomedicine will provide us drugs and devices that would
take us from blunderbuss treatment to target-specific and efficient therapy of
incurable cancers and life-threatening multi drug-resistant bacterial
infections.
Vol. 48, February
2011, pp 28-30
BIODIVERSITY
INFORMATICS: DIGITIZING THE WEB OF LIFE
Biodiversity networks and
databases will play a crucial role in managing the vast and increasing
information on biodiversity components all around the world. India with its emerging strength in Information
Technology is in an excellent position to take up the challenge of developing
robust information networks and databases.
Vol. 48, February
2011, pp 31-34
BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT—LEGAL ASPECTS
The goal of biodiversity information
management is to strike optimal balance in conserving the diversity of nature
and advancing human sustainable living. While access to information is
generally important to biodiversity conservation and management, privacy
conflicts are bound to arise. Hence, there must be some restrictions and the
information may be governed by statute.
Vol. 48, February
2011, pp 45-47
SOLAR HOMES
RAJESH KUMAR
Despite their initial high
cost, long-term analysis of the cost of energy makes BIPV homes
sustainable. In recent times, efforts
have been underway to design buildings in line with the concept of
building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) to minimize energy requirements.
However, this is still in the concept stage and is yet to prove its
sustainability over a period of time.
Vol. 48, February
2011, pp 54-55
FIERY
CHINAR
MOHD. IMRAN KOZGAR & SAMIULLAH KHAN
The Chinar
stands tall, witness to innumerable natural calamities and braving hot summer
days to chilly winter nights and rainy showers to breezy autumn with
equanimity.
Vol. 48, February
2011, pp 56-57
Safety is always a concern
in laboratories in schools and colleges offering courses in the fields of
science. There is always an anxiety among teachers and students regarding the
safety of chemicals being used. But without the use of chemicals even basic
experiments are difficult to conduct. Teachers are often worried because
students are not aware of the safety aspects regarding the use of these
chemicals. If not properly guided often accidents are encountered in these
labs.