In this issue
p. 0268

Nobel mission
p. 0269 | Sharma, Om P.

Nypa fruticans needs more conservation efforts
p. 0270 | Sarma, V. Venkateswara

Science and faith
p. 0270 | Panchapakesan, N.

Back to the future II
p. 0270 | Prathap, G.

Conservation awareness and research to protect rare plants
p. 0271 | Agoramoorthy, Govindasamy

Emergence of the tenth planet
p. 0272 | Singh, R. N.; Singh, A. K.

Genes and their promoters
p. 0273 | Bhattacharya, Papiya

Biodiversity and indigenous knowledge system
p. 0275 | Das, A. K.; Shukla, S. P.

Open access and developing countries
p. 0276 | Kirsop, Barbara

Mathematical finance
p. 0277 | Ghosh, M. K.

Do Damascus swords reveal India's mastery of nanotechnology?
p. 0279 | Srinivasan, C.

Pernicious descriptions of 'new' frogs from the Western Ghats, India
p. 0281 | Vasudevan, Karthikeyan; Chaitra, M. S.; Aggarwal, R. K.

Human lymphatic filariasis is not a disease, but a syndrome!
p. 0283 | Sabesan, Shanmugavelu

Algal biofilms on polythene and its possible degradation
p. 0285 | Suseela, M. R.; Toppo, Kiran

In vitro clonal propagation of Casuarina equisetifolia Forst. from mature tree-derived explants
p. 0287 | Seth, Rupali; Kendurkar, Shuchishweta; Nadgauda, Rajani S.

Calamus - dwindling resources?
p. 0290 | Manohara, T. N.; Ramaswamy, S. N.; Shivamurthy, G. R.

Evidence of liquefaction near Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir, India) due to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake
p. 0293 | Sahoo, R. N.; Reddy, D. V.; Sukhija, B. S.

Was Yangtze Craton, South China attached to the Trans-Aravalli block of the NW Indian shield during Late Proterozoic?
p. 0295 | Kochhar, Naresh

Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation - A possible tool for sensitive magnetometry
p. 0298 | Srinivasan, R.

Sustainable mountain development: The Himalayan tragedy
p. 0308 | Ramakrishnan, P. S.

Biological nitrogen fixation with non-legumes: An achievable target or a dogma?
p. 0317 | Saikia, S. P.; Jain, Vanita

Carbon sequestration: estimation of carbon stock in natural forests using geospatial technology in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India
p. 0323 | Ramachandran, A.; Jayakumar, S.; Haroon, R. M.; Bhaskaran, A.; Arockiasamy, D. I.

Studies on elephant tusks and hippopotamus teeth collected from the early 17th century Portuguese shipwreck off Goa, west coast of India: Evidence of maritime trade between Goa, Portugal and African countries
p. 0332 | Tripati, Sila; Godfrey, Ian

Epidemiological studies of pesticide-exposed individuals and their clinical implications
p. 0340 | Jamil, Kaiser; Das, G. Prabhavathy; Shaik, Abjal Pasha; Dharmi, Sunita S.; Murthy, Sudha

Simulation of Antarctic sea ice
p. 0345 | Mitra, Amitabh; Das, I. M. L.

Evidences for microbial involvement in the genesis of speleothem carbonates, Borra Caves, Visakhapatnam, India
p. 0350 | Baskar, Sushmitha; Baskar, R.; Kaushik, Anubha

Are nitrate concentrations in leafy vegetables within safe limits?
p. 0355 | Anjana; Umar, Shahid; Iqbal, Muhammad; Abrol, Y. P.

Genetic transformation of Terminalia chebula Retz. and detection of tannin in transformed tissue
p. 0361 | Shyamkumar, B.; Anjaneyulu, C.; Giri, C. C.

Luminescence studies on the sediments laid down by the December 2004 tsunami event: Prospects for the dating of palaeo tsunamis and for the estimation of sediment fluxes
p. 0367 | Murari, M. K.; Achyuthan, H.; Singhvi, A. K.

A season-wise estimation of total dissolved solids from electrical conductance and silica in ground waters of upper Gunjanaeru River basin, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh
p. 0371 | Raju, N. Janardhana

Role of glaciers and snow cover on headwater river hydrology in monsoon regime - Micro-scale study of Din Gad catchment, Garhwal Himalaya, India
p. 0376 | Thayyen, Renoj J.; Gergan, J. T.; Dobhal, D. P.

Disastrous landslide episode of July 2005 in the Konkan plain of Maharashtra, India with special reference to tectonic control and hydrothermal anomaly
p. 0383 | Thigale, S. S.; Umrikar, Bhavana

DNA: The Secret of Life by James D. Watson and Andrew Berry
p. 0387 | Ray, Suvendra Kumar

Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology. 2006, Arthur K. Cho Et Al(eds)
p. 0388 | Venkatraman, Prasanna

Fifty years of the metric system in India and its adoption in our daily life
p. 0390 | Chakrabarti, Bhupati

DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY (DAE) DR. K. S. KRISHNAN RESEARCH ASSOCIATESHIP (KSKRA)
p. 0392

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
p. 0395

REFRESHER COURSE ON 'ADVANCES IN BIOPHYSICS'
p. 0397

INDIAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
p. 0398

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research-Research Admissions 2007
p. 0399

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research-Integrated Ph.D. Programme in Materials Sciences 2007–2008
p. 0399

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
p. 0400

CENTRE FOR CO-OPERATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AMONG DEVELOPING SOCIETIES (CCSTDS)
p. 0400

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
p. 0401

Thrombosis Research Institute (TRI), India
p. 0401

Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras
p. 0402

HOMI BHABHA CENTRE FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION
p. 0402

AWARD OF DBT-JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (DBT-JRF)
p. 0403

CALL FOR PROPOSALS ON APPLICATION OF MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS IN CROP IMPROVEMENT
p. 0404

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
p. 0404

CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
p. 0405

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KHARAGPUR
p. 0405

LADY DOAK COLLEGE, MADURAI 625 002: Announcements
p. 0405