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

After a lengthy court battle, India has rejected a major cancer drug patent bid — meaning lifesaving drugs will remain cheap and accessible.

Scientists from leading cancer centres are calling for the exchange of research findings as one recommendation for cutting cancer deaths.

Datasets relating to national climate change vulnerability in 2010 and predictions for 2030 are now available freely via an online portal.

New computer language based on Arabic characters is designed to encourage more Arab speakers to enter the software writing sector.

Eleven tech firms that sell innovations aimed at tackling environmental and social problems are on a global voyage to expand their ventures.

A portable e-notebook that blind people can use to write and translate Braille and make voice memos could go on sale in China later this year.

China and India are collaborating with global partners and becoming innovative in their own right, according to new research.

Mobile phones, cold storage and milling improvements can help to cut the cost of getting rice and potatoes to Asian markets, says a book.

Potato batteries, wind-powered mine detectors, smart waterpumps… SciDev.Net revisits some of the best inventions of 2012.

What were the big international aid and development agencies doing in science in 2012? Catch up with the key news stories.

Chinese researchers who fed GM rice to children in an unapproved trial have been fired, and a US university is investigating the study.

SciDev.Net revisits some of the hottest controversies in science and development in 2012.

Research collaboration between China and South-East Asian nations could boost international ties and growth, says OECD report.

Crop yields of staples like rice, wheat, maize and soybean are stagnant in China and India.

Are GM crops a force for good? Should scientists be cloning camels for drug production? Here are some of the most debated articles of 2012.

South-East Asian nations must consider how science can take them to the next step of development — and keep an eye on China, says report.

Novel drugs would be more likely if middle-income nations were more vigorous at enforcing intellectual property laws, says a report.

A new research alliance will help small-scale farmers forge environmentally sustainable livelihoods, by sharing research knowledge.