Games can help people to see disaster risks and effects with their own eyes, helping them to engage with complex science, a conference hears.

A dispute over a fresh deal to allow the least developed nations to bypass intellectual property rights could hit development efforts.

A multitasking microchip that can test blood samples for diseases including malaria and sleeping sickness has been launched in Singapore.

Latin American governments are contesting plans by US firms Amazon and Patagonia to take charge of new geographic Internet domains.

Kenya is replacing an unwieldy drug-reporting process with an online system that allows healthcare workers to track safety in real time.

Health services can use new technology to save lives, but only if local people and governments back the switch, an event has heard.

DVD players and discs could soon be used as affordable diagnostics for diseases such as HIV, say researchers.

The switch to digital TV is freeing up frequencies that could be used to provide cheap wireless broadband services to remote areas.

New research aims to help African policymakers understand the constraints on women entrepreneurs to unlock their economic potential.

The latest studies predict adverse or ineffective outcomes of atmospheric geoengineering, and scientists are calling for better governance.

A conference fails to address the use of chemicals to disable civilians, as indications of chemical weapons' use in Syria emerge.

A game and two other mobile apps that help citizens tackle local sanitation problems have won a World Bank-funded technology competition.

A global plan to help reach the world's 22 million unvaccinated children may not be doing enough for developing nations, MSF says.

A new online data platform hopes to improve governance in twenty African countries and provide open access to official statistics.

A new ground study confirms a trend in tiny polluting particles rising over India.

Wireless communications are an affordable option that can help Africa's scientists, farmers and health workers, a workshop hears.

A how-to video published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments explains how to turn a mobile phone into a diagnostic device.

Mobile phone health projects could drastically cut deaths from HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and pregnancy-related conditions, says report.

The cost and time of analysing drug resistance in HIV positive people could be radically reduced by a tool being tested in South Africa.