Aquaponics – A Smart Solution to Water Scarcity in Agriculture
Water is fast becoming a scare resource even in countries like Sri Lanka where we had the luxury of enough fresh water for our agricultural uses and our day to …
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The World Environment Day 2018 – Lets’ get together and beat plastic pollution
As declared by the United Nations on 1974 the world celebrated June 5th as the World Environment Day. Prime objective of this declaration was to raise the awareness on basic …
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Workshop on Capacity Building in STI Policy Formulation and R&D Commercialization Starts in Colombo
Sri Lanka has set its national vision to become an upper middle-income country by 2025 by transforming the country into the hub of the Indian Ocean with a knowledge-based, highly …
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Tea Based Nano Particles Kill Cancer Cells – Another Accidental Discovery
Nantechnology or Nano Science Technology can be described as one of the leading sectors of modern-day science. The base of the nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter in atomic and …
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Be the Solution to Soil Pollution
By Dr. Meththika Vithanage Ecosphere Resilience Research Center, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka Soil makes up the outer most layer of the Earth which really is a life-giver; provides …
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Air Pollution Kills 7 million people a year- WHO
9 people out of 10 here on earth breathe polluted air says World Health Organization in a recent news release. According to their report updated estimations have revealed that around …
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EARTH DAY 2018 | END PLASTIC POLLUTION
Each year April 22nd is celebrated worldwide as the Earth Day since 1970. After witnessing the massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California, Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from …
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NIFS Annual Research Review for the Year 2017
The Annual Research Review of the National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy was held on 2nd of April 2016 under the patronage of Hon. Susil Premajayantha, Minister of Science, Technology & Research with …
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The Answer in Nature – The World Water Day 2018
World Water Day, on 22 March every year, is about focusing attention on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Nature for Water’, explores nature-based solutions (NBS) to the water …
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WWW: Wealth, Waste to Water
By Dr. Meththika Vithanage Uncontrolled population growth, rapid urbanization, the rise in community living standards and poor planning have greatly accelerated the municipal solid waste generation rate in Sri Lanka …
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