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Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.

Priya Shetty explores the truths and the myths about chronic diseases in the developing world.

Biofuel holds promise for Africa but research is not yet in place to fully reap the rewards, or analyse the pitfalls, reports Kimani Chege.

An eminent Indian scientist believes India can close the urban-rural divide with information technology, writes Daemon Fairless.

Despite pest and pricing worries, many Asian farmers welcome GM crops. Jia Hepeng heard their stories during a farmers' exchange programme.

Learning Braille can be a formidable challenge in developing countries. Supriya Kumar profiles a new device that's addressing the task.

T. V. Padma takes a look at methods that are helping the developing world's blind people see again, and helping them live more easily.

China's carbon emissions have shot up as energy demands soar. But will this change with new technology? Jane Wu investigates.

A new entrant is heating up the competition to provide low-cost computers to students in the developing world, writes Bobbie Johnson.

Fish production could be boosted by exploiting Sri Lanka's man-made reservoirs. Anuradha Alahakoon reports on the challenges and progress so far.

The rise of the mobile phone in Africa may hide a number of problems in the continent's communications infrastructure, writes David White.

New mobile phone software could allow health workers to track diseases in developing countries.

Israeli-Palestinian scientific cooperation persists despite an unstable political atmosphere in the region, reports Nadia El-Awady.

Anuradha Alahakoon reports from rural Sri Lanka on how simple, effective science has boosted traditional methods of harvesting sap from 'treacle trees'.

The dramatic scientific advances enjoyed by India's urban elite have passed the country's rural poor by, reports T. V. Padma.

Over the past decade, the UN's nuclear energy regulator has helped over 90 developing countries reap the benefits of safe radiation-based technology, reports Marilyn Smith.

Are South Africa's science policy choices hindering its drive to commercialise research and speed development? Sonja van Renssen reports.

Waleed al-Shobakky reports on a Sri Lankan robotics scientist leading an effort to get technology working for poor communities around the world.

Carlos D. Marquez reports on how scientists are working with an indigenous people in the Philippines to save some of the world's most famous rice fields from being destroyed by rats and worms.

Clint Witchalls reports on plans to distribute millions of cheap laptops to schoolchildren in the developing world.