In this issue
p. 0255

Young scientists scheme
p. 0257 | Ghaskadbi, Surendra

Crisis in Indian science
p. 0257 | Abhyankar, K. D.

Coping with liberalization
p. 0258 | Bondi, Hermann

Census of India's biodiversity
p. 0258 | Gupta, P. K.; Khoshoo, T. N.

Auto-catalysis as the possible origin of biomolecular chirality
p. 0259 | Chandrasekhar, Sosale

Sugarcane honey - its significance
p. 0261 | Kalpana, T. P.; Ramanujam, C. G. K.

Differentiation of sclerenchyma fibres in the stem cultures of Cissampelos pareira L. (Menispermacceae)
p. 0263 | Gokul, H.; Thejavathi, D. H.; Joshi, Syamasundar

Comments on 'Fertile plants regenerated from mesophyll protoplasts of cold tolerant rice'
p. 0264 | Gupta, H. S.

The scientific temper
p. 0266 | Bondi, Hermann

Theory of hopping conduction in proteins
p. 0270 | Bakhshi, A. K.

Sympathetic neurotransmission: A new biological role for ATP?
p. 0275 | Manchanda, R.

Covariant differentials lead to the design of a novel self-tuning power system stabilizer
p. 0285 | Gupta, D. P. Zen; Sen, Indraneel

Probable influence of Tehri reservoir load on earthquakes of the Garhwal Himalaya
p. 0291 | Chander, R.; Kalpna

Magnetic properties and remanent magnetization of four stony meteorites
p. 0300 | Ramana, Y. V.; Rao, G. V. S. Poornachandra

Low-moderate seismicity in the vicinity of Palghat Gap, south India and its implications
p. 0304 | Rajendran, C. P.; Rajendran, Kusala

Phosphorite concretions in a sediment core from a bathymetric high off Goa, western continental margin of India
p. 0308 | Rao, Ch. M.; Rao, B. Ramalingeswara

Effect of tetraethylammonium ions and 4-aminopyridine on osmotic stability of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
p. 0312 | Gill, Sukhdeep; Sunder, Shyam; Singh, Arvinderjit; Singh, Balwant

Comparative studies on the radula teeth of two species of Conus from the Indian coast
p. 0313 | Ramu, Y. D.; Nallathambi, T.; Mathew, M. K.

Visitation patterns of birds and butterflies at a Helicteres isora Linn (Sterculiaceae) clump
p. 0316 | Santharam, V.

Kinetics and Mechanisms of chemical transformations
p. 0320 | Aditya, S.

Synchrotron radiation crystallography
p. 0320 | Murthy, M. R. N.

100 years of radio: 1895-1995-Some reflections
p. 0322 | Sonde, B. S.

Publications received
p. 0326

Physical Research Laboratory
p. 0327