Energy Conversion Devices' Dr. Subhendu Guha Wins 2009 PVSEC Award for R&D on Solar Photovoltaics.
Award honors individuals for outstanding contributions to the development of science and technology of photovoltaic solar energy conversion ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) , the leading global manufacturer of thin-film flexible solar laminate products for the building integrated and commercial...

Chronic arsenic toxicity & human health.
Chronic arsenic toxicity (arsenicosis) due to drinking of arsenic contaminated ground water is a major environmental health hazard throughout the world including India. A lot of new information is emerging from extensive research on health effects of chronic arsenic toxicity (CAT) in humans during the last two decades. Available...

Nolte ties for fourth in Kolkata.
KOLKATA, India - With his first GM norm already in the bag, IM Rolando Nolte agreed to a draw with fifth seed GM Chanda Sandipan (ELO 2593) of India in 42 moves of the Sicilian Najdorf to finish in a seven-way tie for fourth in the third Kolkata Open...

The friendship express.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [3] KOLKATA, India -- A bright red train decorated with flowers chugged out of Kolkata on April 14 on a historic journey. It was headed for Dhaka, the capital of neighboring Bangladesh. The two cities are only about 150 mites apart, and their people share...

Nolte boosts GM bid after draw.
International Master Rolando Nolte strengthened his GM title bid after salvaging another huge draw against Russian GM Vladimir Dobrov of Russia in the fourth round of 3rd Kolkata Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament yesterday in Kolkata, India. Nolte notched three points on account of two wins and...

Nolte earns first grandmaster norm.
KOLKATA, India -- Mission accomplished for IM Rolando Nolte. Nolte outduelled GM AlRakid Abdullah of Bangladesh in the ninth and penultimate round to assure himself of his first GM norm with still one full round left in the 2008 Kolkata Open GM chess tournament here. ...

The year in flames.
Selected effigy burnings in 2007: George Bush, Delhi, India, 12 January Wong Kan Seng, Bangkok, Thailand, 29 January Tony Blair, Delhi, India, 31 January Lady Maslenitsa, Suzdal, Russia, 18 February Kim Jong-il, Seoul, South Korea, 28 February ...

New members.
We have had the pleasure of welcoming the following new members of AURA recently: Thomson Scientific, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. Jeff West, Currajong, QLD, Australia Christine Pitfield, Luscombe, QLD, Australia Archivo Nacional de Arte Rupestre, Caracas, Venezuela Bill Pendergraft, Beaufort,...

Event of the month.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 8 December, 2.30pm Horrible Geography (CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS LECTURE, LONDON) Anita Ganeri is the author of the amazingly successful Horrible Geography series, which now comprises 12 titles covering all aspects of geography, from weather and climate to hydrology. The latest...

Southern exposure: highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.
Sumi is a sex worker in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. She works and sleeps in this little room, under the charge of her landlady, Fatima, and she has to pay for her own upkeep. As one of the younger women, she is also treated as little more than a slave...