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Poverty affects HIV/AIDS treatment adherance, study finds

Women of low social position are less likely to adhere HIV/AIDS treatment, a Colombian study has found.

9 February 2010 | ES

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China signals major shift into GM crops

China plans to start farming genetically modified crops on an industrial scale, according to its first policy missive of 2010.

8 February 2010 | EN | 中文

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Spider silk provides clues for fog harvesting

The discovery of how spiders' webs catch dew could lead to improved ways of harvesting water from the air.

Source: Nature

8 February 2010 | EN

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Chemistry course for school teachers 'a success'

Teachers from five Latin American countries are the first to have trialled a UNESCO course intended to bring science to schoolchildren in a safe, cheap way.

8 February 2010 | ES

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India boosts climate data contribution to IPCC

India is set to share local climate data with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the first time at an institutional level.

5 February 2010 | EN | 中文

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Scientists suggest tyres and straw for rebuilding Haiti

Haiti can use low-tech materials such as straw and rubber tyres to protect buildings from future earthquakes, say engineers.

Source: Science

5 February 2010 | EN

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Nepal to finalise national wind policy

Nepal will finalise its draft national wind policy in the next three months, to boost the use of wind power across the country.

5 February 2010 | EN

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Japan to fund Bolivia’s glacier studies

Japan has given Bolivia US$3.8 million to study the evolution of glaciers that impact the water supply of the cities of La Paz and El Alto.

5 February 2010 | ES

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Beans climb to new heights in Rwanda

Rwanda is distributing climbing beans that are disease-resistant and high-yielding, and they are already proving a hit with farmers.

4 February 2010 | EN

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Ecuador plans extra funds for science

Ecuador aims to stop its rollercoaster science spending with a strategy to plough extra funds into research and training.

4 February 2010 | EN | ES

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Cambodia finds cool solution for clinic storage

Low-tech 'cool boxes' that extend the shelf life of malaria tests in remote Cambodian clinics are being rolled out across the nation.

3 February 2010 | EN

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Colombia is regional ‘e-government’ leader, says study

Colombia uses more technologies for increasing public participation than other Latin American countries, a report finds.

3 February 2010 | ES

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Dengue fever surges in Americas

Dengue cases are almost five times more frequent than they were in the 1980s — and the disease is getting more severe, say researchers.

2 February 2010 | EN | ES

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South–South collaboration ‘important in managing HIV’

A model of HIV care developed in Haiti and successfully adapted in Lesotho reveals the importance of South–South collaboration, says a study.

2 February 2010 | ES

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Gates promises US$10 billion for vaccine push

The Gates Foundation will invest an additional US$10 billion towards the development and delivery of vaccines in the next ten years.

1 February 2010 | EN | 中文

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Rotavirus vaccine could save millions of lives

Two studies show that a vaccine against one of the leading causes of diarrhoea is effective in poor countries.

1 February 2010 | EN

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Village phone increases schooling in Peru

A researcher has calculated the impact that access to a phone has on incomes — and therefore schooling — in rural Peru.

29 January 2010 | EN | ES

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China's clever water use boosts food yields

Researchers say that China's effective water management techniques produce more food than those of many other countries.

29 January 2010 | EN | 中文

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Colombia exports its 'best' people

Colombia's brain drain is aggravated because those who remain abroad are more qualified than those who stay in the country, says a study.

29 January 2010 | ES

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Geologists survey Haiti quake aftermath

A team of geologists is gathering information from this month's earthquake in Haiti to help determine the risk of further earthquakes.

28 January 2010 | EN | ES