UN, FAO initiative to enhance food security
The UN and Food Agriculture Organisation announced an initiative to enhance food security.
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Climate
UN unveils satellite-based system to cut methane emissions
The UN has announced a satellite-based system to detect methane emissions for governments and businesses to respond swiftly.
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Finnish engineers come up with a sand battery in renewable energy push
Two Finnish engineers have invented a first-of-its-kind sand battery that serves as a source of heat, according to a UN report.
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Researchers say insomnia medicine can treat drug and alcohol addiction
Rutger researchers have identified a biological process for drug and alcohol addiction and believe existing insomnia medicines could be used to reduce cravings.
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Researchers find mindfulness as effective as medicine in calming anxiety
Research found mindfulness meditation as beneficial as anxiety drugs for anxiety disorder
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Global nations to set up solar farms in space to tap power
A new Space Energy Initiative is bringing together the space sector’s governments, research and industry to develop the first orbital demonstrator SBSP (Space-based
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Pharma
Medicines to treat drug-resistant TB highly expensive for poor patients
With newer TB drugs to go off patent in 2023, MSF calls on J&J, Otsuka, to lower pricing barriers and allow generic manufacturers
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Sanofi signs $1.2 billion drug discovery agreement with Insilico
Sanofi signs $1.2 billion drug discovery deal with AI driven drug startup Insilico
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Nitta Gelatin approves INR 1.1 billion expansion plan
The board of directors of Nitta Gelatin India has approved an INR 1.1 billion expansion plan, according to a BSE filing.
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Global vaccine market remains ‘highly concentrated’
Global vaccine distribution has been inequitable, and vaccines that have been prioritised by the WHO does not see the light of the day,