In this issue
p. 0276

The coal-to-oil option
p. 0277 | Jayaraman, K. S.

Science in public media
p. 0277 | Kozak, Marcin

Ignored pockets of India
p. 0278 | Vencatesan, Jayshree

Why does most of the Indian research work not reach journals?
p. 0278 | Sarma, V. Venkateswara

Ph D entrance examination schedules
p. 0279 | Buragohain, Alak Kumar; Ray, Suvendra Kumar

Oran: A sacred way for biodiversity conservation in Indian Thar Desert
p. 0279 | Dagla, Harchand R.; Paliwal, Aarti; Shekhawat, N. S.

Science: An extension of war by other means
p. 0280 | Prathap, Gangan

The case of the Padmanaban Committee
p. 0281 | Siddharthan, Rahul

The case of the Padmanaban Committee(Response)
p. 0281 | Padmanaban, G.

Lunar and planetary science
p. 0283 | Dhingra, Deepak

Biosafety and biosecurity of Asia
p. 0285 | Janardhan, Bhore Subhash

Lavender and tea-tree oil-induced gynecomastia in prepubertal boys warrants prudent use of herbal products
p. 0287 | Tiwari, Ashok K.

Protecting wetlands
p. 0288 | Vencatesan, Jayshree

Assessing the variability in intrinsic water use, mesophyll and carboxylation efficiencies of gibberellin-treated tea (Camellia sinensis L. ) accession using gas exchange approach
p. 0291 | Bindumadhava, H.; Prasad, T. G.; Joshi, M. K.; Sharma, N.

Utility of OCEANSAT-1 OCM data in deciphering Antarctic features
p. 0292 | Khare, N.; Sharma, N.; Bhandari, S. M.; Vyas, N. K.

The Indian species Trachycarpus takil in the garden of Villa Beccari, Florence, Italy
p. 0295 | Lorek, Michael

Energy savings from advancing the Indian Standard Time by half an hour
p. 0298 | Ahuja, Dilip R.; Gupta, D. P. Sen; Agrawal, V. K.

National capability to catch-up: Lessons for India
p. 0303 | Nath, Pradosh

Phenotypic plasticity in aphids (Homoptera: Insecta): Components of variation and causative factors
p. 0308 | Agarwala, B. K.

Alarming rise in fog and pollution causing a fall in maximum temperature over Delhi
p. 0314 | Jenamani, Rajendra Kumar

Magnetotelluric evidence of potential geothermal resource in Puga, Ladakh, NW Himalaya
p. 0323 | Azeez, K. K. Abdul; Harinarayana, T.

Dipping Moho in the southern part of Eastern Dharwar Craton, India, as revealed by the coincident seismic reflection and refraction study
p. 0330 | Rao, V. Vijaya; Kalachand, Sain; Prasad, B. Rajendra

In situ conservation of butterflies through establishment of butterfly gardens: A case study at Peechi, Kerala, India
p. 0337 | Mathew, George; Anto, Mary

Newly evolved cytoraces of nasuta-albomicans complex of Drosophila live better than their parents as revealed by life-history trait analysis at three different temperatures
p. 0348 | Harini, B. P.; Ramachandra, N. B.

Resistance without resistance: An anomaly
p. 0357 | Kumar, N.

A view-based approach for the reconstruction of optical properties of turbid media
p. 0359 | Srivastava, Atul; Patel, H. S.; Gupta, P. K.

Characterization of defensin (Tfgd2) from Trigonella foenum-graecum
p. 0365 | Olli, Sudar; Guruprasad, Lalitha; Kirti, P. B.

RAPD pattern of Costus speciosus Koen ex. Retz., an important medicinal plant from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
p. 0369 | Mandal, Asit B.; Thomas, Vincy Anu; Elanchezhian, R.

Modification of gel technique for micro-crystals of biomaterials: In situ growth and dissolution studies
p. 0373 | Parekh, Bharat B.; Joshi, M. J.; Vaidya, A. D. B.

Rapid reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography for vitexin analysis and fingerprint of Passiflora foetida
p. 0378 | Pongpan, Narongchai; Luanratana, Omboon; Suntornsuk, Leena

Evidence for localization of N-methyltransferase (MMT) of caffeine biosynthetic pathway in vacuolar surface of Coffea canephora endosperm elucidated through localization of GUS reporter gene driven by NMT promoter
p. 0383 | Kumar, Vinod; Satyanarayana, K. V.; Ramakrishna, A.; Chandrashekar, A.; Ravishankar, G. A.

Population structure and genetic relationships among Delphinium species - A fast dwindling genus from northwestern Himalaya
p. 0386 | Sharma, Kamal Dev; Singh, B. M.; Saroop, Jyoti

Seasonal variation in the litter chemical quality of a wet evergreen forest in the Western Ghats
p. 0391 | Anu, Anto; Sabu, Thomas K.

Fundamental mass ratio relationships of whole-rock chondritic major elements: Implications on ordinary chondrite formation and on planet Mercury's composition
p. 0394 | Herndon, J. Marvin

Impact of Indonesian throughflowblockage on the Southern Indian Ocean
p. 0399 | Pandey, Vivek Kumar; Bhatt, Vihang; Pandey, A. C.; Da, I. M. L.

Photosystem I - The Light-Driven Plastocyanin: Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase, vol. 24 by John Golbeck (ed. )
p. 0407 | Golbeck(ed), John; Sane, Prafullachandra Vishnu

Photoprotection, Photoinhibition, Gene Regulation and Environment by B. Demmig-Adams, W. W. Adams III and A. K.
p. 0409 | Sopory, Sudhir Kumar

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932-2007)
p. 0411 | Madhusudana, N. V.

A. K. Tiwari (1960-2006)
p. 0412 | Sharma, Neeraj Kumar

Eclipse observed by Āryabhat)a in Kerala
p. 0414 | Hari, K. Chandra

Department of Biotechnology Call for Research Proposals on 'Stem Cell Biology'
p. 0419

INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES
p. 0421

Osho Biotech Research Centre
p. 0422

National Institute of Oceanography
p. 0423

INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY INSA-JSPS JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT PROGRAMME-2008
p. 0424

INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY DEPUTATION OF INDIAN SCIENTISTS ABROAD UNDER BILATERAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME 2008-2009
p. 0424

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
p. 0425

UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
p. 0425

National Research Centre for Banana
p. 0426

BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY
p. 0426

INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY
p. 0427

Call for Proposals under Materials World Network (a cooperative activity between DST and NSF)
p. 0427

CENTRAL COIR RESEARCH INSTITUTE
p. 0428

Karunya University
p. 0428

PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY
p. 0429

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p. 0429

Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences
p. 0430

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR
p. 0430

INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY & NEW MATERIALS (ARCI)
p. 0430

University of Allahabad
p. 0431

International Conference on Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys
p. 0431

Madurai Kamaraj University
p. 0431

WORKSHOP ON LIGHT SCATTERING METHODS IN DUST MODELLING Second Cover Third Cover Fourth Cover Announcements
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