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

SciDev.Net speaks to Vaughan Turekian, editor-in-chief of the AAAS's new quarterly publication, Science & Diplomacy, which launched this week.

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

Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan of Jordan talks to SciDev.Net about hopes for science in the Middle East, science diplomacy and the role of women scientists.

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

SciDev.Net speaks to UNESCO's Gretchen Kalonji about how a new panel of experts is breathing fresh life into the organisation's science plans.

A move to give African scientists recycled lab equipment has created an opportunity for networking and collaboration, says Vijaysree Venkatraman.

The InfoClim project, which distributes climate data to local communities, has helped Senegalese farmers adapt to climate change. SciDev.Net investigates.

The pursuit of an AIDS vaccine has boosted African research and capacity to conduct trials, and encouraged other countries to follow suit.

Bernie Fanaroff, director of South Africa's Square Kilometre Array project, tells SciDev.Net how hosting the world's most powerful radio telescope would benefit Africa.

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

Romain Murenzi, the new executive director of TWAS, the developing world's science academy, talks to SciDev.Net about his plans for the organisation.

The Royal Society's new foreign secretary, Martyn Poliakoff, talks to SciDev.Net about his plans to develop links with African scientists.

Developing countries need more women scientists. Jeanne Therese H. Andres charts the obstacles and how to overcome them.

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 African Union is determined to push ahead with plans for a Pan-African University, despite disputes over several of its five hubs.

Ambitious reforms aimed at meeting the world's food demands lie ahead for the agency that networks agricultural research in poor regions.

The United States should invest in developing-world health and science for diplomatic and ethical reasons, argues one of its top science advisers.

Twenty-five years after TWAS was set up, Yojana Sharma examines whether it is any nearer to achieving its ambitious goals

Jacob Palis, president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, talks about shared responsibility and a rosy future for South–South research collaboration.