Contents

IN THIS ISSUE

1507	In this issue

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EDITORIAL

1509	Libraries
	P. Balaram

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CORRESPONDENCE

1511	Lost innocence or brazen cohabitation?
	Amulya K. N. Reddy
1511	The role of Vice-Chancellors/administrators in universities
	D. P. Gupta
1512	Linking researchers to resources on the World Wide Web
	Chetan Datta Poduri
1512	Mangroves as classroom genetic tools
	P. Eganathan
1513	Withering Indian English and science
	Chellam Balasundaram and P. Mariappan
1514	Rationally cautious: GM crops
	Rajiv K. Sharma
1514	Why should bee-keeping be utilized as an input in agriculture?
	R. C. Sihag
1516	The need for a National Institute of Seismology
	H. S. Virk

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NEWS

1517	Pilgrims of science: Tirupati beckons Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences
	Nirupa Sen
1519	Asymmetric catalysis – A novel chemistry to win the Nobel Prize – 2001
	B. B. Lohray

1525	From the archives

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SCIENTIFIC CORRESPONDENCE

1526	Use of mint essential oil as an agrichemical: Control of N-loss in crop fields by using mint essential oil-coated urea as fertilizer
	D. D. Patra et al.
1529	Studies on larvicidal properties of leaf extract of Solanum nigrum Linn. (family Solanaceae)
	S. P. Singh, K. Raghavendra, R. K. Singh and S. K. Subbarao
1530	Acclimatization of Asiatic hybrid lilies under stress conditions after propagation through tissue culture
	Pratibha Misra and S. K. Datta

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GENERAL ARTICLE

1534	Radioactive waste: The problem and its management
	K. R. Rao

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SPECIAL SECTION: SUPERSTRINGS – A QUEST FOR A UNIFIED THEORY

1547	String theory
	John H. Schwarz
1554	String theory and the uncertainty principle
	Tamiaki Yoneya
1561	String theory and tachyons
	Ashoke Sen
1568	Geometry and string theory
	Rajesh Gopakumar
1576	Black holes and quark confinement
	Edward Witten
1582	Holography, black holes and string theory
	Sandip P. Trivedi
1591	A microscopic theory of black holes in string theory: Thermodynamics and Hawking radiation
	Spenta R. Wadia
1598	Non-critical string theory
	Avinash Dhar
1609	Physics with large extra dimensions: String theory under experimental test
	I. Antoniadis
1614	Future science
	Stephen Hawking

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RESEARCH ARTICLE

1617	Aerosol spectral optical depths over the Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean
	S. K. Satheesh, K. Krishna Moorthy and Indrani Das

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RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

1626	Joint modelling of gravity and magnetic fields – A new computational approach
	Bijendra Singh and D. Guptasarma
1628	Differential influence of pollen and stylar genotypes on lifespan of pistillate flowers in a monoecious herb, Momordica tuberosa (Cogn.) Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae)
	R. Lokesha and R. Vasudeva
1633	High biological productivity in the central Arabian Sea during the summer monsoon driven by Ekman pumping and lateral advection
	S. Prasanna Kumar, M. Madhupratap, M. Dileep Kumar, P. M. Muraleedharan, S. N. de Souza, Mangesh Gauns and V. V. S. S. Sarma
1638	Distinctive stomatal structure from dispersed leaf cuticle of Sindhudurg Formation, Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra, India
	Rajni Tewari and Anil Agarwal
1641	Himalayan mid-crustal ramp
	V. K. Gahalaut and Kalpna

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BOOK REVIEWS

1647	Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
	reviewed by B. N. Jagatap
1647	Biotechnology: Food Fermentation – Microbiology, Biochemistry and Technology
	reviewed by V. Prakash
1648	Breeding Field Crops
	reviewed by B. S. Ahloowalia

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1649	Acknowledgements
1652	Institutional Members

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ADVERTISEMENTS

1654	Raman Research Institute
1655	Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR)
1656	Indian Institute of Astrophysics
1658	University of Delhi South Campus
1660	Department of Science and Technology
1660	Central Rice Research Institute
1661	Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre
1662	Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
1663	University of Delhi South Campus
1665	National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
1667	Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies
1668	Southern Regional Station