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Indian scientist and journal editor Padmanabhan Balaram discusses open archives — an alternative to open access for science publishing.

The digital audio medium of podcasting is being adapted by developing nations to give local people a voice. Katherine Nightingale reports.

Prudence Mutowo, winner of a 2006 L'Oreal UNESCO fellowship, speaks to SciDev.Net about her experiences as a woman in science.

Ehsan Masood talks to the founders of four think tanks in the developing world that are proving to be a success with policymakers.

A US-sponsored course is helping increase South America's capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, write Andreas G. Lescano and colleagues.

Qatar is building an education, science and technology infrastructure at record speed — but not without friction, reports Waleed al-Shobakky.

China's science popularisation law gives teeth to those fighting 'pseudoscience' — but also feeds the furore over what the term really means, report Jia Hepeng and Li Jiao.

India's Centre for Science and Environment run green campaigns that work, because they get the message across with flair and the facts.

The process of science is far less linear than the media's image of a neat series of breakthroughs suggests. Elmien Wolvaardt describes how simplistic reporting can distort.

Ethiopia is working hard to combat malaria, report Julie Clayton and Kennedy Abwao, but delays and gaps in the system still threaten lives.

Science journalism in the developing world is hindered by a lack of support and resources for journalists, reports Mike Shanahan.

John Bohannon reports on efforts to bridge the divide between science and religion in Iran.

South Africa's physics community has mirrored the country's move from apartheid to liberation, and is now working hard to attract fresh talent. Christina Scott reports.

Christina Scott reports on recent efforts by South African science communicators to build a culture of science in their country.

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

Ebenezer Bifubyeka asks African delegates at the Convention on Biological Diversity what they plan to do to spread awareness of the uses and risks of GM farming.

Andreas von Bubnoff charts the rise of the e-book by analysing the efforts of a variety of organisations to create an online global library.

Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop and Subbiah Arunachalam review the benefits that 'open archiving' of scientific knowledge can bring to researchers in the developing world.

Evelyn Kiapi Matsamura reports on efforts made to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa.

Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop and Subbiah Arunachalam give a comprehensive background to the need for open access publishing.