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Software applications, or apps, that help solve East African farmers' climate problems have received cash prizes in the Apps4Africa competition.

Higher temperatures could decrease wheat yields by causing the crop to age prematurely.

Engineers want the Rio+20 summit proposals to give more emphasis to the role engineering plays in driving sustainable development.

Newly-developed software to monitor food prices of staple crops may help reduce volatility in food prices in many Sub-Saharan countries.

Centre will enable semiconductor and electronics companies to achieve growth and raise exports.

Thailand is investing in nanotechnology to help alleviate the impact of floods and other natural disasters.

The key malaria drug, artemisinin, can now be produced in greater quantities ― from a waste material of the current production process.

Jordan will coordinate a network linking researchers in seven Arab countries.

Researchers have engineered microorganisms to break down the sugars in seaweed into ethanol, creating a potential new source of renewable fuel.

Japan is to help Vietnam develop a satellite programme to help combat the effects of climate change and natural disasters.

Campaigners welcome plenty of science in the first draft of the planet's environmental negotiations, but say there are omissions.

Developing countries could prepare better for extreme weather events if they used more than one weather model, say scientists.

A retrospective study of tweets on the 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti found them broadly as good as official data at predicting its progress.

Scientists have built a database for schistosomiasis in Africa, which they are putting forward as a model for a global neglected disease tool.

Science and tech played big roles in events such as the Arab Spring and tackling natural disasters ― but they struggled to be heard elsewhere.

An award-winning, rapid test for hepatitis C that uses gold nanoparticles could be especially useful in the Middle East and North Africa.

Africa's farmers need more extension workers, but new technologies could replace some services, a meeting has heard.

Indian Kashmir needs to prepare for a major temblor, going by new satellite data.

An Eye on Earth Declaration and a set of Special Initiatives target next year’s major international conference on sustainable development.