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    These Neurons Have Food On the Brain

    MIT scientists have discovered a population of neurons that light up whenever we see images of food. Anne Trafton | MIT News Office A gooey slice of pizza....
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    Agri-business

    R&D in Agriculture and Food Declining, Experts Say

    Experts are concerned that R&D investments in food and agriculture are declining, even as interesting patterns appear to mark the investments. The Asia Pacific...
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    Gender

    Women Have Always Trailed Men in Research Output: How COVID Made the Situation Worse

    Academic mothers were caught up in the demands of competing roles. These included teaching online, nurturing vulnerable students, comforting anxious children, taking care of...
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    Climate change

    ‘Truly Scary’, Says Climate Change Diseases Study

    58 per cent of diseases made worse by climate change and heatwaves can enhance power of viruses, says a study published in the Nature...
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    Asia Pacific

    Monsoon ‘Pulls’ Climate-Changing Chemicals Into Atmosphere

    Scientists are studying how monsoon winds impact climate change as pollutants drawn into the upper atmosphere disrupt the Asian monsoon. Scientists are now sampling...
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    Clean tech

    Making Hydropower Plants More Sustainable

    Natel Energy, founded by sibling MIT alumni, is deploying hydropower systems with fish-safe turbines and other features that mimic natural river conditions. Zach Winn | MIT News...
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    Disaster Management

    Hydropower and South Asia’s Energy Future: Three Key Issues to Ponder Upon

    There are concerns that hydropower projects benefit cities and downstream populations more than the local people who bear the direct social and environmental costs....
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    Agriculture policy

    2022 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report: Repurpose Subsidies to Reduce Rising Hunger

    The report projects that if current trends continue, nearly 670 million people or eight per cent of the world population will still be undernourished...
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    India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

    The Ministry of Rural Development has stated that the rules seek to institutionalise a citizen-centric, accessible and time-bound framework, thereby reinforcing the rights and entitlements of rural households under the scheme. 
    IPR and patent regime

    US Startup Claims Breakthrough in Turning Mercury into Gold Using Nuclear Fusion

    Whether the process ever supplies meaningful quantities of gold will depend on breakthroughs still to come in fusion engineering and materials science.
    Civil society

    South Asia Democracy Conference Opens in Colombo Amid Regional Democratic Challenges

    As the three-day programme continues, participants will explore practical questions of democratic renewal.

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    India Sets 15-Day Deadline for Rural Job Scheme Complaints Under New VB-G RAM G Rules

    The Ministry of Rural Development has stated that the rules seek to institutionalise a citizen-centric, accessible and time-bound framework, thereby reinforcing the rights and entitlements of rural households under the scheme. 
    IPR and patent regime

    US Startup Claims Breakthrough in Turning Mercury into Gold Using Nuclear Fusion

    Whether the process ever supplies meaningful quantities of gold will depend on breakthroughs still to come in fusion engineering and materials science.
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