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By Alan Osborn

As a demonstration of how the top higher education people from across the world can meet, debate, agree and disagree without ever losing sight of their common goals as academic leaders you would find it hard to better the 4-yearly conference of the UNESCO-based International Association of Universities (IAU).…

BY MONICA DOBIE

GRAIN input prices could fall for European food manufacturers because of a European Commission proposal to temporarily scrap European Union (EU) limits on grain production. Under the EU’s set aside rules within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) farmers must set aside 10% of their land to control overproduction.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

The US$ 165 million takeover of India’s largest textile company Gokaldas Exports by the US private equity company Blackstone has received a resounding welcome from the Indian garment industry.

"This is the best thing to happen.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE

THE BIG question with solar energy is whether it will become sufficiently profitable for major utilities to provide comprehensive services. After all, solar energy is more abundant than all other renewable resources; it’s free and it can be harnessed almost anywhere in the world.…

BY MARK ROWE

FOR supporters of homeopathy, 1988 was an important year. Until then, homeopathy had been regarded as the preserve quacks. Afterwards, many scientists still dismissed it as the realm of quacks, but admitted they now had to think twice before doing so.…

BY MARK ROWE

WEATHER-resistant and anti-corrosion coatings and sealants are being developed with the aid of nanotechnology that will significantly enhance the lifetime operation of buildings and property across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Most of the developments are expected to be particularly welcome in the Asia-Pacific region, where the hot and humid climate imposes a more onerous regime on paints and coatings.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

ALTHOUGH the European Commission has concluded that there is no immediate need for any revision of the packaging and packaging waste directive 94/62/EC, a 2006 report on options for the packaging industry trumpets Brussels’ view that there is long term work required.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

AIRCRAFT landing and parking charges in India are expected to increase from May of 2008 when the government control over the pricing structure, put in place while privatising Delhi and Mumbai airports, will be replaced by a market oriented system.…

BY GAVIN BLAIR, in Tokyo

ON May 28 this year Japanese beauty queen Riyo Mori was crowned Miss Universe 2007 in Mexico City. The 20-year-old former ballet dancer who had studied in Canada and New York was the first Japanese woman to win the contest in nearly half a century.…

BY MARK ROWE

SCIENTISTS are on the verge of knitting nanofibres together to create garments with new standards of durability, thinness, flexibility and waterproofing. The development is seen as a breakthrough in nanotechnology, where scientists have grappled for several years to find a way of knitting minute nanofibres together.…