Monthly Archives: February 2010

Quick Fix Recipe 2: Potato + Onion + Yogurt

Posted on February 27, 2010 by Akshat Rathi

This is part of a series on recipes that I use to fix myself a quick meal with as little number of ingredients as possible. Ingredients: 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1/2 small onion 300 g potatoes 100 g yogurt salt, … Continue reading →

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World’s Longest Lasting Tomato

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Akshat Rathi

Researchers in Delhi at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research have developed a tomato that has a shelf-life of 45 days. A. Datta and S. Chakraborty with co-workers report in the paper published in the Proceedings of the National … Continue reading →

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Carving Personalities From The Womb

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Akshat Rathi

How Much Is Decided Even Before Birth? “The daughter of Virata… (was) exceedingly afflicted by grief on account of the death of her husband…they all feared that the embryo in her womb might be destroyed.” – The Mahabharata (~500 BC). … Continue reading →

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Stronger than ceramic yet supple as metals

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Akshat Rathi

Strong materials like ceramic are brittle while ductile materials like metals are weak. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have developed a material that has ceramic-like strength and metal-like ductility. They have achieved this feat through the use of … Continue reading →

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