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Brazil: Fertile ground for science?

Can Brazil use its booming economy and abundant natural resources to become a life sciences juggernaut, asks Gene Russo.

Source: Nature

1 November 2009 | ES

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The state of South African science

Post-apartheid South African science faces many challenges but boosts in science spending mean the country is making strides.

Source: TWAS

12 October 2009 | EN | 中文

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Funding for higher education: Facts and figures

Sian Lewis charts the ups and downs in donor funding for higher education in developing countries over the last half century.

11 March 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

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Makerere University: Rebuilding a reputation

Fostering a research culture has put Uganda's Makerere University back on its feet and is inspiring others, says Peter Wamboga-Mugirya.

11 March 2009 | EN | ES | FR

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Q&A: Mozambique's science for the people

Mozambique's science and technology minister, Venâncio Massingue, tells SciDev.Net how he hopes to ensure that science benefits everyone.

29 October 2008 | EN

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Q&A: The growing promise in South–South scientific collaboration

Jacob Palis, president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, talks about shared responsibility and a rosy future for South–South research collaboration.

14 May 2008 | EN | ES | 中文

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Zimbabwean science must fight many battles

Robert Koenig reports on the challenges faced by Zimbabwean researchers, and how they are overcoming them.

Source: Science

8 May 2007 | EN

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No easy way in for Iraq's asylum academics

Academics fleeing death threats in Iraq are struggling to gain asylum and face a tough time breaking into the West's research community.

Source: Nature

22 March 2007 | EN | 中文

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'Academic moonlighting': China's hunt for glory

Hao Xin reports on China's controversial payouts that lure academic 'stars' based abroad back to China for a few months.

Source: Science

22 September 2006 | EN | 中文

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Harmonising science and Islam in Iran

John Bohannon reports on efforts to bridge the divide between science and religion in Iran.

Source: Science

24 July 2006 | EN

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Physics in South Africa: long road to freedom

South Africa's physics community has mirrored the country's move from apartheid to liberation, and is now working hard to attract fresh talent. Christina Scott reports.

7 July 2006 | EN

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Tapping new wells: Qatar's education revolution

Qatar is investing billions in becoming the Gulf's top knowledge economy – but will research excellence follow the money? Lone Frank investigates.

Source: Science

10 April 2006 | EN

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One woman’s goals for Tunisian science

Zohra Ben Lakhdar leads by example in showing how Tunisians can join the science community by persevering — regardless of gender.

Source: Science

2 December 2005 | EN

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After the war: Iraqi scientists fight to survive

Efforts to revive science in Iraq remain fragile because of poor funding, political instability and death threats to scientists; Richard Stone reports.

Source: Science

30 September 2005 | EN

India's biotech sector: boom or bust

India's biotechnology sector is thriving, but K. S. Jayaraman asks whether simply increasing investment will be enough to sustain it.

Source: Nature

5 August 2005 | EN

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Malaysian biotech 'hindered by ethnic favouritism'

David Cyranoski reports on how ethnic favouritism is affecting Malaysia's ambitions to harness science as a tool for economic growth.

Source: Nature

4 August 2005 | EN | 中文

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Out of the rubble, an institute is born

Lisa M. Kriger reports on how Sri Lankan scientists and engineers working abroad are bringing high-tech IT skills home to the island.

Source: Knight Ridder / MENAFN.com

12 July 2005 | EN

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India's reverse brain drain heralds R&D glory

Raghunath A. Mashelkar predicts that India is set to be the world's biggest research and development hub, thanks to its 'silent scientific repatriation'.

Source: Science

4 March 2005 | EN | 中文

Brain drain scientists reaching back home

Adrian Cho describes how the brain drain of scientists from developing countries to the United States can also bring scientific benefits to migrants' native countries.

Source: Science

28 May 2004 | EN

The scientific aftermath of the US response to terror

Nature investigates whether restrictions on the flow of foreign researchers into the United States will shift the global balance of scientific power.

Source: Nature

15 January 2004 | EN