Washington, August 22: Tel Aviv University researchers have joined forces with a company to see the possibility of growing trees in such a manner that they provide all civic amenities like homes, playgrounds, and bus stops, among others.
Professors Yoav Waisel and Amram Eshel have revealed that pilot projects of ‘eco-architecture’ underway in the U. S., Australia, and Israel include benches for hospitals, playground structures, streetlamps and gates.
“The approach is a new application of the well-known botanical phenomenon of aerial root development. Instead of using plant branches, this patented approach takes malleable roots and shapes them into useful objects for indoors and out,” says Prof. Eshel.
New Delhi/Washington, Aug 23: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon will visit the US early next week to hold discussions with Americans officials in the wake of 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) deciding to meet next month to consider a waiver for India to carry out nuclear commerce. 
Washington - By bringing Joe Biden into his presidential bid, Barack Obama has taken a major step toward shoring up what many believe is a key weakness running against John McCain: lack of foreign policy experience.
Washington - Russia has not complied with a declared ceasefire that calls for the withdrawal of soldiers on Georgian soil outside of the disputed breakaway regions, the White House said Friday.
Washington - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to Israel and the West Bank on Sunday for discussions aimed at nudging along the peace process, the State Department said.
Washington, Aug 22 : At an estimated worth of 35 billion dollars, Thailand''s King Bhumibol Adulyadej has emerged as the world’s richest royal in the list prepared by the Forbes magazine. He took the top spot from the only other Asian monarch on the list, the Sultan of Brunei with a worth 20 billion dollars, one of the two rulers whose total worth depleted compared to last year.
