In this issue
p. 0004

The science of engineering
p. 0005 | Balaram, P.

Achieving excellence through development of skills
p. 0007 | Sant, Bharat R.

Salvage science education and save science
p. 0007 | Singh, C. P.

Suggestions for improving the academic status of Indian research journals
p. 0008 | Gupta, Y. K.

The bioinformatics industry
p. 0009 | Gautham, N.

Collection of data on microbial resources of India
p. 0009 | Shivaji, S.

Science and Current Science on cultivating 'uncultivable' bacteria
p. 0010 | Kulkarni, Subhash S.

Pedicularis (Scrophulariaceae) -- an under­ investigated genus of botanically curious plants
p. 0010 | Garg, Arti; Husain, Tariq

Chemists cook gourmet
p. 0012 | Sen, Nirupa

Palaeomagnetism and rock magnetic research in India
p. 0014 | Radhakrishna, T.; Arora, B. R.; Mahadevan, T. M.; Gupta, K. R.

The controversy over early-Archaean microfossils
p. 0015 | Sankaran, A. V.

Random selections
p. 0018

From the archives
p. 0019

First sighting of clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa from the Blue Mountain National Park, Mizoram, India
p. 0020 | Ghose, Dipankar

Arsenic poisoning in the Gangetic delta: An anthropogenic model
p. 0021 | Sahu, K. C.

Using patent statistics as a measure of 'technological assertiveness': A China--India comparison
p. 0023 | Bhattacharya, Sujit; Nath, Pradosh

Diabetes mellitus and multiple therapeutic approaches of phytochemicals: Present status and future prospects
p. 0030 | Tiwari, Ashok K.; Rao, J. Madhusudhana

Estimation of daytime surface fluxes of radiation and heat at Anand during 13--17 May 1997
p. 0039 | Nagar, S. G.; Seetaramayya, P.; Singh, S. S.; Tyagi, A.

Role of counterion of the surfactant molecule on the micellar structure in aqueous solution
p. 0047 | Joshi, J. V.; Aswal, V. K.; Bahadur, P.; Goyal, P. S.

Molecular cloning and phylogenetic analysis of AmphiUbf80, a new member of ubiquitin family from the amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense
p. 0050 | Liu, Z.; Zhang, S.; Yuan, J.; Sawant, M. S.; Wei, J.; Xu, A.

A low-cost, rapid, sensitive and reliable PCR-based alternative method for predicting the presence of possible live microbial contaminants in food
p. 0053 | Mukhopadhyay, Utpal Kumar; Mukhopadhyay, Alka

Rapid latex agglutination inhibition reaction test for morphine in urine
p. 0057 | Akbarzadeh, Azim; Norouzian, Dariush; Farahmand, Behrokh; Inanlou, Davoud Nouri

Establishment of earth tide effect on water-level fluctuations in an unconfined hard rock aquifer using spectral analysis
p. 0061 | Maréchal, J. C.; Sarma, M. P.; Ahmed, S.; Lachassagne, P.

Continental mayfly burrows within relict-ground in inter-tidal beach profile of Bay of Bengal coast: A new ichnological evidence of Holocene marine transgression
p. 0064 | De, Chirananda

Taxonomic and taphonomic appraisal of fish vertebrae from the early Eocene gypseous shales of Kachchh, Gujarat
p. 0068 | Srivastava, Rahul; Kumar, S.; Singh, M. P.

Increment in the size of an inanimate object in the case of bagworm moth, Eumeta crameri Westwood (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) obeys Dyar's law
p. 0071 | Agrawal, Arvind; Pati, Atanu Kumar

In the Shadow of The Bomb -- Bethe, Oppenheimer, and the Moral Responsibility of the Scientist
p. 0074 | Rajaraman, R.

Annual Review of Neuroscience 2001
p. 0075 | Krishnan, K. S.

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 2001
p. 0077 | Inamdar, Maneesha S.

The Health of Nations: Infectious Disease, Environmental Change and their Effects on National Security and Development
p. 0078 | Tandon, P. N.

Indian Academy of Sciences, Special Publications
p. 0080

Bird Flight By Satish Dhawan: Publication
p. 0081

Refresher Course In Mathematics, Chandigarh
p. 0082

DST, Drugs & Pharma. Res. Programme: Proposals
p. 0083

Protein Structure and Function: Symposium, Mumbai
p. 0084

DBT, Bioscience: Awards
p. 0085

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore: Appointments
p. 0087

JNCASR, Jakkur, Bangalore: Visiting Fellowships
p. 0088

Anna University, Chennai: Appointments
p. 0088

Natl Centre for Plant Genome Res., Delhi: Appointments
p. 0089

Potash Res. Institute of India, Gurgaon: Appointments
p. 0089

Central Inst. of Freshwater Aquacul. : Appointments
p. 0090

Indian Inst. of Hortic. Res., Bangalore: Appointments
p. 0090

A. C. Patil College of Engn., Mumbai: Appointments
p. 0091

Jadavpur University, Kolkata: Appointments
p. 0091