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

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.

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

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

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

New research aims to help African policymakers understand the constraints on women entrepreneurs to unlock their economic potential.

IPBES, a new biodiversity panel set up to advise policymakers, must include indigenous and local voices, a meeting has heard.

Nepal sees waste-to-energy projects as a way to meet energy demand and also manage waste.

Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are the only South-East Asian representatives among the top 50 most innovative nations globally.

Without new policies, universal access to electricity will not be achieved by 2030 and the situation may even worsen for clean cooking, predicts a study.

A conference in Kuwait urges support for efforts to improve networking and the protection of women's rights, which are at risk after the Arab Spring.

A new entity of the Mexican Presidency will seek to ensure increased budget for science, technology and innovation.

A conference fails to address the use of chemicals to disable civilians, as indications of chemical weapons' use in Syria emerge.

Female researchers in Arab nations are being hampered by a lack of support from research bodies and male scientists, a conference has heard.

A game and two other mobile apps that help citizens tackle local sanitation problems have won a World Bank-funded technology competition.

A new Belgian research initiative is one of many improvements to Burundi's R&D sector following the end of its civil war.

More evidence and better communication are needed to get the issue onto the global sustainable development agenda, a UN conference hears.

The economic value of drylands from such things as farming and tourism is far greater in developing than developed nations, a study reveals.