A review of experimental GM insect releases points to 'scientific deficiencies' and lack of openness in regulatory approvals.

Access to the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia will be free from mobile phones for Orange customers in Africa and the Middle East.

Tribal people in the hills of Tamil Nadu have better knowledge of millet varieties than taxonomists, a study shows.

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.

Software applications, or apps, that help solve East African farmers' climate problems have received cash prizes in the Apps4Africa competition.

Pakistan's medical laboratory workers need better biosafety awareness says a new study.

Science institutions from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are collaborating on the study of high-impact diseases in the region.

A report by the UN secretary-general's panel on global sustainability adds weight to calls for more science in policymaking.

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.

Engineers want the Rio+20 summit proposals to give more emphasis to the role engineering plays in driving sustainable development.

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.

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.

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.

China's largest biotechnology company and a non-profit product developer are teaming up to develop new tuberculosis vaccines.