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Floating Solar Farms For India and Japan

Companies in Japan and India have started utilizing floating power farms to circumvent the lack of space on land.

Ozone Wiped Out Six Million Tons Of India’s Crops In 2005

Scientists say that ozone pollution damaged six million metric tons of India's crops, which could have fed 94 million people.

Biocon Runs Free Oral Cancer Screens In India

Biocon organized a week of free oral cancer screening activities across 23 Indian cities from September 1-7, 2014.

Funding Boost For Australia India Research Institute

The Australia India Institute will receive a US$2.78 million fund injection from the Australian government.

The Mixed Results Of India’s Total Sanitation Campaign

A study shows that campaign intervention improved sanitation facilities by 19 percent, but did not improve child health.

Singapore Hosts The 8th Asian Science Camp

Aspiring young scientists from all across Asia got the chance to interact with Nobel Prize winners at the 8th Asian Science Camp 2014.

Light Powered By Silk Cocoons

Wet silk could be used to conduct electricity, although scientists say that any absorbent material would have the same effect.

Increasing Coal Tax Will Scale Up Indian Renewables

Pallav Purohit looks at the range of measures the Indian government has put in place to boost the adoption of renewable energy.

For Polio, Two Vaccines Are Better Than One

Although the injected polio vaccine is currently not favored in the developing world, a study shows that it could be used to enhance the protection of the oral vaccine.