India agrees to set up a dedicated beamline at the Photon Factory in Japan.

The article reports that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Scientific and Technological Cooperation was signed on October 22, 2008 involving Japan's High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) and India's Department of Science and Technology (DST). The idea was proposed during the India-Japan Science Council Meeting in March 2007. The MoU include the establishment of an Indian beamline at the Photon Factory in KEK, and to further international cooperation between the two parties.