VOLUME 45 NUMBER
10 OCTOBER
2008
COVER STORY
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MATHEMAGICAL
BEAUTY OF NATURE TIRTHARTHA
CHATTOPADHYAY & SHEULI ROY |
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FEATURE
ARTICLES |
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OSDD—TOWARDS
AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE |
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SMART HOME—HOME OF THE
FUTURE
MOHD.
RIHAN
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CSIR
IN THE SERVICE OF THE NATION
National
Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram |
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Bt
Cotton: Tread With Caution ABHISHEK D. GARG & DINKAR O.
GARG |
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Why Do We Sleep? SYED
IBRAHIM RIZVI & KANTI BHOOSHAN PANDEY |
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SHORT
FEATURES Ø
Bioinformatics—Beginning
of a New Era |
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FICTION
Strange Tale of Dr Ravi Mohan
S.D. Dharkar |
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DEPARTMENTS
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READERS WRITE
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IN FOCUS
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SPECTRUM
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BIOPROFILE:
The Virtuous Kadamba
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TEST YOUR
KNOWLEDGE
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POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Do
We Still Need Science Popularization Efforts in |
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FUN QUIZ |
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CROSSWORD |
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STRANGE PLANTS: Crape Myrtles |
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IN THE
PICTURE |
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WHAT’S NEW |
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PUZZLE CORNER |
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HUMOUR |
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MATHEMAGICAL BEAUTY OF
NATURE
TIRTHARTHA CHATTOPADHYAY &
SHEULI ROY
Nature is replete with examples
of the golden ratio
Vol. 45 October 2008, pp 14-15
OSDD—TOWARDS AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE
SUKANYA DATTA
The Open Source Drug
Discovery (OSDD) initiative of CSIR hopes to come up with new low-cost drugs
that could tackle deadly diseases
CSIR
IN THE SERVICE OF THE NATION
National Institute for
Interdisciplinary Science and
Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram
From a regional specific laboratory to a
vibrant national institution, NIIST’s journey has
been remarkable and its technologies have brought about widespread development
in the region
Bt Cotton: Tread With
Caution
ABHISHEK
D. GARG & DINKAR O. GARG
There is a lot more that
needs to be studied before Bt cotton
could really be hailed as a safe
technology
Why Do We Sleep?
SYED
IBRAHIM RIZVI & KANTI BHOOSHAN PANDEY
Sleep is a natural state of
rest but the exact
purpose of sleep remains a mystery