There Is More To News



					2008


				German Yeast Brings Bio-Ethanol Much Closer By R Senthilnathan Governments across the globe are dreaming of cutting their dependence on imported oil by switching to alternative fuels, and German scientists have produced a new material that brings states one more step closer to make this dream come true. (more) The Sun Shines on Solar Energy The increasing cost of energy plus the dwindling fossil fuel sources are making renewable energy sources such as solar energy ever more attractive (more) Can the IAEA Live up to the Nobel Expectations? © By R Senthilnathan It came almost as a shocker, but the Nobel Committee could not have selected a better recipient for its 2005 Peace Prize: the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). (more) BATHING IN A (MUD) VOLCANO IN COLOMBIA CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA. (© R Senthilnathan 2006) “Don’t wait outside, friend, come join us,” the masseur stretched his arms inviting me. From my location in the narrow, circular bank, I looked at him, and then around him in the ‘pool’. Some were being massaged by his colleagues. (more) COLOMBIA - A HIDDEN PARADISE R Senthilnathan Decades of violence has put Colombia off the map of most tourists, but it is a paradise for visitors -- breath-taking landscape -- from snow-covered mountains to warm shores, it has everything. The best the country has to offer is its friendly people. (more) visitors