Adrian Smith and colleagues explore grassroots innovations, their potential for development and challenges facing practitioners.

Interest is growing in tools and innovations that can ease the workload imposed on women farm workers, report M Sreelata and Naomi Antony.

India dreams of becoming a scientific powerhouse, but challenges lie ahead, including complex bureaucracy.

Can a new network of African energy researchers lead the way on solar power for the continent? Christine Ottery finds out.

An international meeting aims to shake up donor−recipient relations in a quest for more enduring health gains, reports Beverly Petersen Stearns.

Awards for young female scientists in developing nations are giving them motivation and global acclaim.

Crowdsourced environmental data can be useful, for example in measuring black carbon emissions, but concerns remain about quality, says Yojana Sharma.

A network of mountaintop research stations is being built across Asia to study how large bodies of ice respond to increasing temperatures.

Philippe Mawoko, the first head of the African science observatory currently under construction in Equatorial Guinea, speaks to SciDev.Net about the new institution.

Women from Jordan, Kenya, Pakistan, Peru and the Philippines tell SciDev.Net how they realised their dreams of careers in science.

Can recent policies and new programmes tackle Mexico's serious shortage of homegrown science and technology? Cecilia Rosen finds out.

Priya Shetty explores the tools and partnerships that help the public health community counter the threat of counterfeit medicines.

Harvard globalisation professor Calestous Juma talks to SciDev.Net about how to get Africa's wealth of innovation making an impact.

Mohamed Hassan, outgoing executive director of TWAS, talks to SciDev.Net about 25 years in the job and his hopes for the academy's future.

The Grand Challenges initiative has highlighted science's role in saving lives, but it will take longer to achieve concrete results, Bill Gates admits.

Pakistan's water crisis is dire and set to get worse, but numerous research projects are underway to help alleviate the situation.

India's research and development is on the up, but there are problems to tackle if it is to create a prosperous society for everyone.

A successful vaccine trial, new drugs, and improved understanding have given new hope to the HIV/AIDS research community.

The fruits of science and technology in developing countries can be useful to the West, but it does not always recognise them.

What will the Gates Foundation's links to a network of agricultural research centres mean for tackling hunger, asks Yojana Sharma?