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Researchers in India have found a link between vitamin B12 intake in women and diabetes in their offspring.

India will monitor tropical climate from the skies, water treatment goes local in Nepal, wild sugarcane becomes source of biofuel, and more.

Researchers have found that more than half the plants in west Nepal have medicinal use — higher than that reported in previous studies.

Climate change may be affecting the Asian monsoon cycle, according to an analysis of ancient Chinese stalagmites.

Satellite rainfall estimation in the Himalayas, India builds its first foreign satellite, arsenic contamination in Pakistan, and more.

A rapid tuberculosis test that can detect only one in a hundred cases has highlighted the need for regulation, say diagnostics experts.

The world's poor are likely to benefit from key science-related appointments in the president-elect's administration.

The US Institute of Medicine says global health — and health research — should become central to US foreign policy.

Indian S&T experts have called for the country's scientists to refocus their efforts on national problems and the needs of the poor.

Following the failure of vaccine and microbicide trials, scientists say they will study antiretroviral drugs for HIV prevention.

Plans to present an Indian patent bill modelled on the Bayh-Dole Act have been postponed after the Mumbai terror attacks.

Pakistan gets in on tsunami warning, Bangladesh seeks to host a climate change centre, health services in Afghanistan extended, and more.

A breed of rice that can withstand complete submersion for more than two weeks has passed its field tests and is close to official release.

Indonesia's plans to become the regional tsunami warning centre have taken a step forward with the launch of its own warning system.

The Middle East's first synchrotron, which opened last month, still has to find US$19 million for its planned 2.5 GeV machine.

A radical new proposal for curbing HIV/AIDS has been met with concerns about its human rights implications.

Local laboratories could identify parasite samples by comparing them with a 'gold standard' on the web.

Biodiversity study corridors mooted for Himalayas, India's methane culprits pinpointed, Cyclone Nargis alters Myanmar river sediments, and more.

Glaciers in the Himalayas may not only be retreating but also thinning, leading to depleted water supplies in the next decades.

Two internationally minded scientists have joined the US president-elect's transition team, raising hopes for science in the developing world.