Current Science
A Fortnightly Journal of Research
ISSN 0011-3891
Volume 100 - Issue 01: 10 Jan, 2011
In this Issue
In this issue
p. 0004

Editorial
Chemists and Chemistry
p. 0005 | Balaram, P.

Correspondence
Citations per paper in physics
p. 0007 | Sen, Kalidas

World university rankings and Indian universities
p. 0007 | Pahari, Susanta

Who won at ASIAD 2010?
p. 0008 | Prathap, Gangan

Charcoal making: going green with black
p. 0009 | Uniyal, Sanjay Kr.; Kumar, Amit

In search of good teachers
p. 0010 | Shanmugam, G.

Meeting Report
Sustainable cities
p. 0011 | Monto, Geethanjali; Malhotra, Richa

Three lectures by an entomoartist
p. 0013 | Monto, Geethanjali

In Conversation
Barrett Anthony Klein
p. 0016 | Monto, Geethanjali

Research News
Structure of invisible intermediate of a protein
p. 0019 | Chakrabarti, Kalyan S.

Opinion
Indian science: catch up with India, then worry about China
p. 0021 | Arunan, E.

Commentary
Can our national laboratories become research universities?
p. 0022 | Lavakare, P. J.

Scientific Correspondence
Issue of testicular toxicity of hydroxycitric acid lactone
p. 0024 | Ranjith, D.; Prakash, S. Shiva; Karunakara, A. C.; Diwakar, Latha; Reddy, G. Chandrasekara

Zinc oxide–neem oil conditioning for improving the quality of the micronutrient fertilizer zinc sulphate heptahydrate
p. 0027 | Suri, I. K.; Prasad, Rajendra; Shivay, Y. S.

Methanotrophs: the potential biological sink to mitigate the global methane load
p. 0029 | Singh, Jay Shankar

Simultaneous detection of episomal Banana streak Mysore virus and Banana bunchy top virus using multiplex RT–PCR
p. 0031 | Selvarajan, R.; Sheeba, M. Mary; Balasubramanian, V.

Carijoa riisei (Cnidaria : Octocorallia : Clavulariidae), a newly observed threat to Gulf of Mannar coral biodiversity?
p. 0035 | Padmakumar, K.; Chandran, R.; Kumar, J. S. Yogesh; Sornaraj, R.

General Articles
Are research grants free from gender bias: an overview of funding pattern of CSIR extramural research projects in life sciences
p. 0038 | Rani, Kanta; Luthra, Rajesh

Beyond family and societal attitudes to retain women in science
p. 0043 | Kurup, Anitha; Maithreyi, R.

Long-term data on coastal pollution and dissemination to academic and research communities
p. 0049 | Subramanian, B. R.

Research Account
Alloy development of corrosion-resistant rail steel
p. 0052 | Balasubramaniam, R.; Panda, B.; Dwivedi, G.; Moon, A. P.; Mahapatra, S.; Manuwal, A. K.; Bhattacharyya, A.; Srikanth, K.; Rathi, R. K.

Research Articles
psbA gene family coding D1 proteins of photosystem II of cyanobacteria Synechocystis PCC 6803 is essential for DNA repair/protection
p. 0058 | Minda, Renu; Joshi, Vashudha P.; Bhattacharjee, Swapan K.

Intra-seasonal variation and relationship among leaf traits of different forest herbs in a dry tropical environment
p. 0069 | Dubey, Prajjwal; Raghubanshi, A. S.; Singh, J. S.

Food preference and interspecific interactions in fungus-growing termite assemblage in a West African savanna
p. 0077 | Basu, Parthiba

Research Communications
Dendroclimatic analysis of teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) annual rings from two locations of peninsular India
p. 0084 | Sinha, Satish Kumar; Deepak, M. S.; Rao, R. Vijendra; Borgaonkar, H. P.

Psychophily in Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl. (Verbenaceae)
p. 0088 | Lakshmi, P. Vara; Raju, A. J. Solomon

Regional geological studies over parts of Deccan Syneclise using remote sensing and geophysical data for understanding hydrocarbon prospects
p. 0095 | Chandrasekhar, P.; Martha, Tapas R.; Venkateswarlu, N.; Subramanian, S. K.; Kamaraju, M. V. V.

Two-pyroxene mafic granulites from Patharkhang, Shillong–Meghalaya Gneissic Complex
p. 0100 | Dwivedi, S. B.; Theunuo, K.

Seismic wave pattern in West Bengal basin compared to other coastal sedimentary basins of India
p. 0106 | Prasad, A. S. S. S. R. S.; Venkateswarlu, N.; Reddy, P. R.; Rao, P. Koteswara; Sarkar, D.; Sagar, G. Vidya

Elevated sea surface temperature during May 2010 induces mass bleaching of corals in the Andaman
p. 0111 | Krishnan, P.; Roy, S. Dam; George, Grinson; Srivastava, R. C.; Anand, A.; Murugesan, S.; Kaliyamoorthy, M.; Vikas, N.; Soundararajan, R.

Molecular taxonomy of marine mammals stranded along Kerala coast, India
p. 0117 | George, Sanil; Meenakshi, K.; Bijukumar, A.

Book Reviews
Climate Change and Chemicals: Environmental and Biological Aspects, Golam Kibria, A. K. Yousuf Haroon, Dayanthi Nugegoda and Gavin Rose
p. 0121 | Prusty, B. Anjan Kumar

Plates vs Plumes: A Geological Controversy by Gillian R. Foulger
p. 0122 | Sheth, H. C.

Water, Agriculture and Sustainable Well-Being, Unai Pascual, Amita Saha and Jayanta Bandyopadhyay(eds)
p. 0124 | Ramachandra, T. V.; Nagarathna, A. V.

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University of Kerala Department of Botany
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p. 0137

Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI)
p. 0138

Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University
p. 0138

Position for JRF in DAE-BRNS Project
p. 0138

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