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Mother to Child Transmission Programme ‘could be doing more harm than good’

Washington, Nov 22: Researchers have highlighted the severe shortcomings of South Africa's Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) Programme, insisting that the course could be doing mor

60,000-year-old giant submarine landslide identified

Washington, Nov.22: An enormous submarine landslide that disintegrated 60,000 years ago produced the longest flow of sand and mud yet documented on Earth.

Ozone may be key linking heat, increased heart disease death risk

Washington, Nov 22: A new study suggests that ozone might prove to be the key to the link between high temperature and the increased risk of death from heart disease or stroke.

Musharraf is making fool of Bush: Marjorie Cohn

President General Pervez MusharrafWashingto

Termite guts may yield novel enzymes for better bio-fuel production: Study

Washington, Nov.22: Termites -- notorious for their voracious appetite for wood, rendering houses to dust and causing billions of dollars in damage per year -- may provide the biochemical means to

Declining acid rain levels helping waters to return to their pre-industrial, natural state: Study

Washington, Nov.22: An international team, led by researchers from the University College London and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has demonstrated that the stained brown colour of

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