Bioenergy- A Boon for Mankind

A victory for all mankind

MANKIND: A General Description

In this paper we present an outline of the MANKIND project: MANKIND is an acronym for Multimedia Applied to Networked Knowledge-transfer Introduces New Dimensions. It is an ambitious undertaking that combines know-how obtained through extensive research and efforts in network based training and education with work on digital libraries and the development of the advanced WWW server system Hyperw...

A plague on mankind

Last port: The city of Marseille suffered the last major outbreak of the second plague pandemic in Europe in spite of sophisticated quarantine procedures. After heavy casualties, the epidemic was confi ned to this area and died down there. This contemporary engraving is by the artist Michel Serre (1658–1733), who distinguished himself in the city’s response to the disaster. (Photo: Robert Valet...

ENVISAT: A Giant Leap for Mankind

When, in the night of 28th February to 1st March 2002, the Ariane 5 rocket with the European Enviromental Satellite Envisat on board lifted off from its launch pad at Kourou, the ESA-European Space Agency’s launching centre in French Guyana and after 23 minutes reached its sun-synchronous polar orbit at an altitude of 800km above the surface of the earth, many scientists and technicians at Aria...

Resveratrol--a boon for treating Alzheimer's disease?

Resveratrol, a red wine polyphenol, is known to protect against cardiovascular diseases and cancers, as well as to promote antiaging effects in numerous organisms. It also modulates pathomechanisms of debilitating neurological disorders, such as strokes, ischemia, and Huntington's disease. The role of resveratrol in Alzheimer's disease is still unclear, although some recent studies on red wine ...