GM mosquito risk assessments 'deficient', says review
A review of experimental GM insect releases points to 'scientific deficiencies' and lack of openness in regulatory approvals.
14 February 2012 | EN

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A review of experimental GM insect releases points to 'scientific deficiencies' and lack of openness in regulatory approvals.
14 February 2012 | EN
Access to the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia will be free from mobile phones for Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East.
13 February 2012 | EN
Tribal people in the hills of Tamil Nadu have better knowledge of millet varieties than taxonomists, a study shows.
13 February 2012 | EN
Tropical cyclone damage costs are set to increase dramatically because of climate change, and population and economic growth, says a study.
A conference in India has heard calls for new, science-based development indices in the run-up to the Rio+20 summit.
9 February 2012 | EN
Software applications, or apps, that help solve East African farmers' climate problems have received cash prizes in the Apps4Africa competition.
8 February 2012 | EN
Pakistan's medical laboratory workers need better biosafety awareness says a new study.
8 February 2012 | EN
Science institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are collaborating on the study of high-impact diseases in the region.
6 February 2012 | ES
A report by the UN secretary-general's panel on global sustainability adds weight to calls for more science in policymaking.
3 February 2012 | EN
Chile's parliament has substantially improved its tax incentives for companies to invest in R&D.
Policies favouring black and mixed-race students in Brazil is closing the educational gap, but disadvantages still persist.
3 February 2012 | ES
Engineers want the Rio+20 summit proposals to give more emphasis to the role engineering plays in driving sustainable development.
2 February 2012 | EN
A bioprospecting project in Panama is the first to be funded by the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund.
Newly-developed software to monitor food prices of staple crops may help reduce volatility in food prices in many Sub-Saharan countries.
1 February 2012 | EN
Unprecedented collaboration by drug firms, ambitious targets and more funds form part of a new fight against neglected tropical diseases.
A controversial science reform that gave the Venezuelan government more control over a private sector R&D tax has boosted science funding.
Offices of research, innovation and commercialisation (ORIC) are set to improve links between Pakistan’s universities and its enterprises.
27 January 2012 | EN
A 13 per cent hike in Saudi Arabia's higher education budget, has reignited a debate about university rankings.
Patent applications to the Brazilian office of industrial property rose by 15% from 2009-2011, but most of them were from foreigners.
25 January 2012 | ES
China's largest biotechnology company and a non-profit product developer are teaming up to develop new tuberculosis vaccines.