Monsanto Pakistan has been granted permission to carry out additional trials of GM maize.

Delegates at an all-Africa conference on science, technology and innovation say innovation and entrepreneurship should be taught in universities.

Science ministers from India and Africa have agreed to strengthen ties on science, technology and innovation.

China is on course to become a nanotechnology powerhouse. India is working to catch up — but both are poorly represented in top research journals.

Abu Dhabi University is to host a major biotechnology incubator to take Arab discoveries through to the market.

The first online academic database for research from the Arab world is now open to subscribers.

A Peruvian university has launched the first stage of a large science complex to promote applied research and innovation in the country.

Tribal people in the hills of Tamil Nadu have better knowledge of millet varieties than taxonomists, a study shows.

Chile's parliament has substantially improved its tax incentives for companies to invest in R&D.

Offices of research, innovation and commercialisation (ORIC) are set to improve links between Pakistan’s universities and its enterprises.

Patent applications to the Brazilian office of industrial property rose by 15% from 2009-2011, but most of them were from foreigners.

The Durban climate talks ended with a global agreement to work towards carbon targets, but critics say key issues have been sidelined.

Durban climate talks must revisit technology transfer for climate mitigation, says India's environment minister.

An initiative launched by major patent holders will improve access to neglected disease research, but only 49 countries will freely benefit.

Indian company Aurobindo Pharma will manufacture several antiretroviral medicines licensed to the Medicines Patent Pool.

Top talent, abundant resources and vision are key to building world-class research universities, finds a report.

Pakistan has promised to increase research spending to two per cent of GDP, as part of a ten-year roadmap to develop its science.

Angry plant breeders have forced the Thai government to reconsider plans to enforce a law to regulate plant varieties.

India's new vaccination policy has been criticised for relaxing rules on introducing new vaccines.

The Innovation Prize for Africa is expected to motivate African inventors to address the continent's challenges.