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Japanese rescue team helps save elderly man

Nuclear power: look before you leap

The Fukushima accident raised questions that must be addressed by developing countries considering nuclear energy.

28 September 2011 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Using social media on a smartphone

Social media: don't shoot the messaging service

The recent riots in the United Kingdom have shown the dark side of social media. But we must avoid heavy restrictions on their use.

19 August 2011 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Woman in teashop, Somaliland

Famine response needs better science communication

The Horn of Africa drought exposes the continuing gap between our ability to predict disaster and to take effective humanitarian action.

22 July 2011 | EN | ES | 中文

Nuclear power plant, South Africa

Nuclear power: bruised but not broken

The world still needs nuclear power — but it must be safer and more transparent.

25 March 2011 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Small tech with big promise for healthcare

Nanotechnology for health should not suffer the same fate as GM — potential health and environmental hazards should be monitored and regulated early on.

24 November 2010 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

SciDev.Net on Twitter and Facebook

SciDev.Net now on Twitter and Facebook

We have joined Twitter and Facebook to build our science for development platform but we need your help to make the most of social media.

27 August 2010 | EN | ES | 中文

Elias Zerhouni visited the Middle East

US 'science for development' promises: it's time to act

Delivering on its 'science for development' promises will help the Obama administration regain trust within the developing world.

30 July 2010 | EN | ES

Anti-nuclear protestors in Istanbul

Nuclear disarmament is top priority for science diplomacy

The political climate is ripe for a new push to eliminate nuclear weapons; scientists can boost its chance of success.

7 May 2010 | EN | ES | 中文

Spotlight on satellites for disaster management

Satellites can save lives from natural disasters but developing countries risk missing the opportunity through poor political support.

11 November 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

Clean technology as a public good

Clean technology to meet poor communities' needs must lie at the heart of any sustainable strategy to combat climate change.

5 November 2009 | EN | 中文

How nanotech can meet the poor's water needs

Nanotechnology holds huge potential for supplying clean water to the world's poor, but many challenges must be overcome to realise it.

6 May 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

WWW graphic

How to build a Web we can trust

The World Wide Web's inventor wants to make websites more trustworthy. This should be done by encouraging good practice, not imposing strict rules.

26 September 2008 | EN

The mobile phone is one of the few technologies that reaches all levels of society

Technology transfer for the poor

Developing countries must adopt effective policies on technology transfer that meet the needs of all social classes, including the poorest.

16 January 2007 | EN

Muhammad Yunus

Deserved recognition for a technology democrat

Muhammad Yunus's Nobel Peace Prize should inspire those trying to link technological innovation with grass roots democracy.

16 October 2006 | EN | ES

Mendoza made a joke about Venezuela's nuclear capabilities

Should developing nations embrace nuclear energy?

A combination of factors appears to be pushing the risk-benefit balance back into nuclear's favour as an energy option for developing countries. SciDev.Net readers are invited to comment.

21 July 2006 | EN | ES

The mobile phone is one of the few technologies that reaches all levels of society

UN-GAID: just another acronym?

There is a need to link up the thousands of communications technology initiatives littered across the developing world, but is another UN technocracy the right answer?

29 June 2006 | EN

Are you listening? Sirrus Naseri, Iran's chief negotiator at the IAEA

Iran's nuclear standoff: we need a peaceful solution

Any effort to eliminate Iran's nuclear research facilities by force would be both a catastrophe for the region and a major setback for the 'science for development' debate.

19 April 2006 | EN

Connecting to the Internet from the first WSIS meeting in Geneva

Access to ICTs: an issue of global equity

Political deadlock over Internet governance must not overshadow the practicalities of bringing information and communication technologies (ICTs) to the people who need them.

14 November 2005 | EN

The 'mushroom' cloud created by a 1953 nuclear weapon test in Nevada, United States

Nuclear rights and responsibilities

The developed world has no right to tell developing nations how to use nuclear technology. But the latter must build their own capacity to handle the technology responsibly, both individually and collectively.

8 August 2005 | EN

Helping the poor: the real challenge of nanotech

Those concerned about the potential side effects of nanotechnology should spend more time worrying about ways of ensuring that it meets the needs of the poor.

21 February 2005 | EN

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