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As we approach Diwali, the festival of lights, perhaps we should spare a thought for light pollution, responsible not just for the disappea...

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New York, Dec 14 (IANS) Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a way to induce plants to give off dim light, a...