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p. 0278

Science and Social Science: The Spreading Tentacles of Biology
p. 0279 | Balaram, P.

Aerosol optical depth measurements has Bangalore cornered
p. 0281 | Pradyumna, Adithya

Lessons from the Italian court verdict on earthquake risk assessment
p. 0282 | Shah, A. A.

A response on intellectual plagiarism
p. 0282 | Raman, Anantanarayanan

Bio-toilets for Indian Railways
p. 0283 | Kumar, Sudhir

German Bundesrat proposes second usage of publicly funded research
p. 0283 | Carbon, Claus-Christian

Difficulties in doing science at school
p. 0284 | Singh, Udayan

Popularization of Perilla seed oil as a functional food source
p. 0284 | Chauhan, Nirpendra; Haider, S. Zafar; Singh, Sher; Lohani, Hema

Sarasvati
p. 0285 | Giosan, Liviu; Clift, Peter D.; Macklin, Mark G.; Fuller, Dorian Q.

Wheat genome sequencing: a milestone in cereal genomics and its future potential
p. 0286 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan; Prasad, Manoj

Cutting-edge research on plant miRNAs
p. 0287 | Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan; Prasad, Manoj

Ei-ichi Negishi
p. 0290 | Soumya, K. V.

‘Fourth World botany’: documentation and preservation
p. 0292 | Khasim, S. M.; Naidu, K. A.; Jhansi, K.

Ambrosia psilostachya DC (Asteraceae) – a new record but a potential threat to Indian flora
p. 0294 | Prasad, T. V. Ramachandra; Rao, R. R.; Sanjay, M. T.; Sharma, R. A.

Grooming of sambar (Rusa unicolor) by rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India
p. 0296 | Vasava, Anirudhkumar G.; Mahato, Subhasis; Navaneethan, M.; Dashahre, Anil

Correlation of data on loss-on-ignition and palynology for Late Quaternary climate change in southwestern Madhya Pradesh, India
p. 0299 | Chauhan, M. S.; Kumar, Kamlesh; Quamar, M. F.; Sharma, Anupam

An embedded system for aiding navigation of visually impaired persons
p. 0302 | Kumar, Amit; Patra, Rusha; Mahadevappa, M.; Mukhopadhyay, J.; Majumdar, A. K.

Impact of access to e-resources through the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium on research output of member universities
p. 0307 | Arora, Jagdish; Trivedi, Kruti J.; Kembhavi, Ajit

Bad weather and aircraft accidents – global vis-à-vis Indian scenario
p. 0316 | Jenamani, Rajendra Kumar; Kumar, Ashok

Assembling BNF system in rice plant: frontier areas of research
p. 0326 | Roy, Mihirlal; Srivastava, Ramesh C.

Isotopes and ion chemistry to identify salinization of coastal aquifers of Sabarmati River Basin
p. 0335 | Rina, Kumari; Datta, P. S.; Singh, Chander Kumar; Mukherjee, Saumitra

A simple method for total genomic DNA extraction from water moulds
p. 0345 | Prabha, T. R.; Revathi, K.; Vinod, M. S.; Shanthakumar, S. P.; Bernard, Paul

Quantifying water stress using crop water stress index in mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) seedlings
p. 0348 | Sneha, C.; Santhoshkumar, A. V.; Sunil, K. M.

Multiplex PCR water testing kit for rapid, economic and simultaneous detection of Escherichia coli, Yersinia enterocolitica and Aeromonas hydrophila from drinking water
p. 0352 | Pandove, G.; Sahota, P.; Vikal, Y.; Kaur, B.

Remote sensing-based hazard assessment of glacial lakes in Sikkim Himalaya
p. 0359 | Raj, K. Babu Govindha; Remya, S. N.; Kumar, K. Vinod

Palaeomagnetism of Khairmalia Volcanics, south of Chittorgarh – implications related to the basal age of the Proterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup
p. 0364 | Rao, Y. H.; Venkateshwarlu, M.; Papanna, G.; Rao, B. Ramalingeshwara

Open Access. Peter Suber
p. 0368 | Madras, Giridhar

Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneer British Women Chemists. Marelene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham
p. 0369 | Venkatraman, Vijaysree

Gauge Fields, Knots and Gravity (Series on Knots and Everything – Vol. 4). John C. Baez and Javier P. Muniain
p. 0371 | David, Justin R.

Devendra Lal (1929–2012)
p. 0372 | Sreekantan, B. V.; Gaur, Vinod K.

Sri Niwas (1946–2012) (373)
p. 0373 | Singh, R. N.; Rai, S. S.

Science Academies’ Refresher Course in Statistical Physics
p. 0375

S. Ramaseshan Science Writing Fellowships/Internships
p. 0376

Call for Pre-proposals on Biotechnological Interventions for Improving Productivity of Fruits and Vegetable Crops
p. 0377

Rigaku
p. 0378

Science Academies’ XLVII Refresher Course in Experimental Physics - Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
p. 0379

Science Academies’ Refresher Course on Modern Biotechnology: Concepts and Practice
p. 0380

Undergraduate Programme: Admissions for 2013 - Indian Institute of Science
p. 0381

National Workshop on CSIR Climate Observations and Modelling Network
p. 0382

Science Academies’ Refresher Course in Quantum Mechanics
p. 0383

DST sponsored Workshop on ‘Green and Sustainable Technologies’
p. 0384

Eighth Teacher/Researcher Training Workshop in Biological Sciences at Indian Institute of Science
p. 0384

Research Associate, Senior Research Fellow and Junior Research Fellow - Indian Institute of Science
p. 0385

Nominations Invited for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes for Science and Technology – 2013
p. 0385

Summer Research Programme 2013
p. 0386

Junior Research Fellow - Karpagam University
p. 0386

Vacancies for Position of Scientists - Kerala Forest Research Institute
p. 0387

Wellcome Trust
p. 0387

Summer Students’ Programme 2013 - Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
p. 0388

Junior Research Fellowship Programme - August 2013 - Physical Research Laboratory
p. 0388

Invites Applications for M.Phil. in Natural Resource Management - Indian Institute of Forest Management
p. 0389

Junior Research Fellow - Indian Institute of Science
p. 0389

Karnatak University
p. 0390

Employment Notice - Sher-e-Kashmir
p. 0391

Junior Research Fellow - University of Madras
p. 0391

Short Term Training Course on ‘Plant Genetic Engineering’ - Bharathidasan University
p. 0391

Junior Research Fellow - University of Madras
p. 0392

Summer School in Environmental Impact Assessment
p. 0392

National Ramsar Sites Stakeholders Meet and Wetland Conservation Seminar
p. 0392