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Many new technologies have promised to remove arsenic from drinking water but little has changed on the ground, finds T. V. Padma.

Gill Samuels of the Global Forum for Health Research tells SciDev.Net why health innovation must include health systems research.

Sian Lewis explains how remote sensing can be used to manage natural disasters and highlights ongoing efforts and obstacles.

Developing nations are building their own satellites despite freely available Western data. Do the gains outweigh the costs, asks Tatum Anderson.

Getting the right technology into poor countries is crucial for fighting climate change but how should we go about it? T. V. Padma investigates.

A new study has evaluated the 12 potential vaccines against dengue fever, discussing the challenges facing their development.

Can Brazil use its booming economy and abundant natural resources to become a life sciences juggernaut, asks Gene Russo.

Money is no object at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology — but will sumptuous surroundings promote research?

Indian researchers propose using a type of algae as a source of biofuel — which could then be 'milked' from specially-designed solar panels.

Post-apartheid South African science faces many challenges but boosts in science spending mean the country is making strides.

Jatropha will not be saving the world anytime soon, say researchers, but it could work in local biofuel projects in developing countries.

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

Nutrient-rich foods could combat malnutrition — but getting from the lab to the plate is proving a challenge.

Priya Shetty explains the links between climate change and insect-borne disease, and outlines priorities for developing country policymakers.

Modelling how climate change might affect insect-borne disease is hugely complex — and increasingly controversial, explains Justine Davies.

Climate change is a reality in developing regions, who say the international community must not neglect better adaptation strategies.

Many HIV vaccines and microbicides have failed clinical trials and HIV researchers say the field needs to get back to basics.

The continent may have plenty of sun, but some African countries are looking to wind power to meet their energy needs.

The WHO director-general on the first pandemic in four decades and the battle to get drugs and vaccines to the developing world.

It is a hundred years since the discovery of Chagas disease — and in some ways it has been a lost century, say campaigners.