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Sian Lewis charts the ups and downs in donor funding for higher education in developing countries over the last half century.

Fostering a research culture has put Uganda's Makerere University back on its feet and is inspiring others, says Peter Wamboga-Mugirya.

The Internet is spreading to villages in the developing world — but sometimes in unexpected ways, reports Katherine Nightingale.

Text messaging to ensure that TB patients in developing countries take their medication every day is showing promise in trials.

Following 40 years of persecution and governmental indifference, science and scientists are back on the Argentinian agenda.

Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.

Developing countries are attractive places to run clinical trials, but in many places ethical oversight falls short.

Cassava is getting a transgenic makeover to boost its nutritional value, shelf-life and disease resistance.

Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.

Abdallah S. Daar speaks to SciDev.Net about the Grand Challenges in Chronic Non-communicable Diseases initiative.

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

Many factors are increasing antibiotic resistance, and authorities, doctors and patients all have a role in fighting it, writes Jia Hepeng.

Priya Shetty answers some common questions surrounding antibiotic resistance, and the dangers for the developing world.

Priorities for research into mental illness in the developing world are not the same as those in the West, writes Katherine Nightingale.

Climate change threatens food crops across the world. Now scientists are re-focusing their efforts on crop resilience, rather than yields.

Ehsan Masood talks to the founders of four think tanks in the developing world that are proving to be a success with policymakers.

Brazil's successful sugarcane ethanol industry owes much to massive investment in infrastructure and research, reports Carla Almeida.

A US-sponsored course is helping increase South America's capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, write Andreas G. Lescano and colleagues.

Learning Braille can be a formidable challenge in developing countries. Supriya Kumar profiles a new device that's addressing the task.

T. V. Padma takes a look at methods that are helping the developing world's blind people see again, and helping them live more easily.