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A farming research centre is set to open in Mozambique with funding, seeds and advice from China.

China is trying to make the most of its science spending by uniting information about the nation's research activities on one website.

Japan and Nepal have announced that they will form a research partnership to study climate change related issues in the Himalayas.

The academy of sciences for the developing world unveiled ambitious funding hopes at its general meeting in South Africa.

The African Biosafety Network of Expertise can now begin building African countries' biosafety knowhow in earnest.

Failure to secure rights over joint research data is preventing African researchers from getting ahead, a meeting has heard.

An awards ceremony recognising Arab women scientists has enabled many to meet face-to-face for the first time.

A global energy research network would boost "bottom up" mitigation strategies, says the World Economic Forum

Leaders of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, which opened this week, have stated their global aims.

A new centre will marry academia and industry in an unprecedented partnership to develop vaccines for the poor.

As the world's most populated nation puts tackling greenhouse gases on the agenda, science and technology are given centre stage.

A single research institution spanning the African continent could open its first node by February 2010, education ministers have agreed.

Senegal is pushing ahead with plans to open a postgraduate maths institute as part of a continent-wide drive to see the discipline blossom.

A free online data-sharing tool developed by Google could help with worldwide scientific collaborations.

The International Council for Science is asking scientists to define the research agenda in global environmental change.

Pakistan has selected advisors to oversee its science ministry — dogged by mismanagement accusations — with mixed reactions.

A new US$49 million initiative aims to strengthen health research capacity across Africa — and will put African researchers in charge.

UK science societies are running small-scale collaborations with scientists in the developing world.

A water resources institute in Virginia is set to become UNESCO's first US-based establishment.

A new forum for technology transfer will aid the sharing of homegrown technologies across the Organization of the Islamic Conference.