Laboratory tests have revealed resistance to artemisinin in malaria parasites from Africa but the effect in the field is still unknown.

Plagiarism dispute rocks Thailand as high-ranking official faces court charges over allegations of forged documents.

Technological innovation needs to consider the interdependency of water, energy and land resources, says a European report.

South Africa and Australia will both host components of the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array.

Philippine Supreme Court to judge on 'cease and desist' request from opponents of field testing of GM eggplant variety.

The Chilean Supreme Court has ruled that is illegal to approve a hydroelectric plant without first conducting environmental studies.

High speed Internet has been introduced in Egyptian universities, but many researchers are still unaware of how to best make use of it.

A novel malaria vaccine candidate could be grown at home, by cultivating algae in the backyard, say researchers.

Iraq faces a growing problem from high salt levels in its agricultural land. Now an international team is tackling the problem.

Brazil heads a list of eight countries polled for awareness and understanding of biodiversity and Rio+20.

A group of Ugandan students have hooked up a smartphone to a traditional listening horn to monitor babies in the womb.

Pakistan is unable to tap its renewable energy wealth for poor policies.

A technique that stamps biosensors directly onto the leaves of plants could be used as an early-warning system for crop diseases.

Tunisia has launched a mission to work with developing countries by agreeing to cooperate with India in biotechnology and medicine.

More than 90 per cent of Brazilians worry about the environment – but less than a fifth have changed consumption patterns, says a study.

A study finds that some developing countries may face significant food security impacts by 2020 if their ambitious biofuels targets are met.

The latest version of the Rio+20 draft outcome document will be published next week, amidst continued disagreements on many issues.

The decline of cocoa and palm oil production can be linked to pesticides that kill pollinators, researchers say.

Brazilian scientists have identified a gene that enables sugarcane to defend itself from a fungal disease that reduces the crop’s productivity.

A Global Research Council, announced this week, has agreed on six principles for reviewing research grant applications.