Scientists must partner with development actors and local communities to safeguard important plants.

A study reveals a link between urbanisation and malaria, raising hope that cities sprouting in developing nations will help reduce malaria.

A high-ranking civil servant says Kenya's ban on importing genetically modified organisms is unscientific, lacks legal status — and is ineffective.

A cheap vaccine developed in India against rotavirus could add substantially to protection against diarrhoea.

Muslim countries have failed to deliver on agreements to boost research spending and collaboration, their academicians claim.

The boom in rice growing in Benin has also led to more infestation of stored rice by pests, which is causing losses of hundreds of millions of francs.

Toxic nanoparticle treatment of ponds of farmed fish could be made safe by embedding in into water filters, find scientists in Iran.

Urgent action is needed to head off a cancer epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean, warns an international group of specialists.

GM-produced artemisinin is deemed to be comparable in quality to the plant-derived version, but should be cheaper to produce.

Argentinean companies and cooperatives have joined in a cluster of free software to develop products aimed at the public and private sectors.

A new bill aims to encourage science communication to the public and educational institutions in Mexico.

Development experts from the world's least developed countries have launched an independent group to bring local concerns to the UN debating table.

Kenya is replacing an unwieldy drug-reporting process with an online system that allows healthcare workers to track safety in real time.

IR Mapper, a free online mapping website, will enable users to follow global insecticide resistance in malaria-causing mosquitoes.

A new Grand Challenges Canada project is funding cost-effective health innovations to the tune of more than US$10 million globally.

Five nations are behind a four-year initiative to inform decision-makers about climate change and give them the tools to tackle it locally.

Poor management and overexploitation mean many species of this commercially important food fish face extinction, says study.

Scientists and indigenous people have called on the government to protect Bosawás, a UNESCO biosphere reserve and the largest tropical rainforest in Central America.

China and Africa are working on plans to offer African scientists training, carry out joint research and transfer technology.