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VOLUME 40 |
NUMBER 6 |
JUNE 2003 |
CONTENTS
COVER STORY
Hydrogen – The Ultimate Fuel 9
Sukanya Datta, Parvinder Chawla, Hasan Jawaid Khan & B. C. Sharma
ARTICLES
The Winds of Change 23
Gobar Gas 26
Magnificent Oceans—Sources of Rich Energy 52
FICTION
Redundant 42
S. M. Ghatak
COLUMNS
HEALTH: Breast Cancer Inheritance Genes 45
BIOPROFILE: Splendid Seabuckthorn 56
DEPARTMENTS
READERS WRITE 4
IN FOCUS 5
ENTERTAINMENT ARENA 16
SCIENCE NEWS 17
SPECTRUM 18
FACT FILE
• Star Watch: Constellation Virgo 31
• Ingenious Inventions: Printing Technology 32
• Herbal Healers: Terminalia—A Heart Tonic 33
• Safe Sanctuaries: Corbett National Park 34
CROSSWORD 35
SKY CORNER 36
PUZZLE CORNER 40
DID YOU KNOW? 48
HOW? 50
WHY? 51
HUMOUR 60
QUIZ TIME 62
Vol. 40, June 2003, pp 9-15, 29
Sukanya Datta, Parvinder Chawla, Hasan Jawaid Khan & B. C. Sharma
With the global energy scene worsening with each passing day, we would need to wean ourselves off oil and the other fossil fuels sooner than anticipated. The article examines the use of Hydrogen as the fuel of the next millennium.
Sunil Deambi
Wind power promises to be source of abundant renewable energy. The article discusses the favourable conditions that exist in India for gainfully exploiting this resource.
N. S. Subbarao
Biogas plants not only provide methane fuel but also yield nitrogen-rich slurry that is an excellent source of manure. But the potential of biogas is yet to be exploited fully.
Subhajit Mitra Majumder
Harnessing the enormous thermal and wave energies of oceans is a challenging venture that has a host of lucrative applications. The article dwells on some of these.