Q&A: Open archives — the alternative to open access
Indian scientist and journal editor Padmanabhan Balaram discusses open archives — an alternative to open access for science publishing.
9 July 2008 | EN
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Indian scientist and journal editor Padmanabhan Balaram discusses open archives — an alternative to open access for science publishing.
9 July 2008 | EN
The digital audio medium of podcasting is being adapted by developing nations to give local people a voice. Katherine Nightingale reports.
19 June 2008 | EN
Prudence Mutowo, winner of a 2006 L'Oreal UNESCO fellowship, speaks to SciDev.Net about her experiences as a woman in science.
30 April 2008 | EN
Ehsan Masood talks to the founders of four think tanks in the developing world that are proving to be a success with policymakers.
Source: Nature
A US-sponsored course is helping increase South America's capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, write Andreas G. Lescano and colleagues.
Source: Science
Qatar is building an education, science and technology infrastructure at record speed — but not without friction, reports Waleed al-Shobakky.
14 March 2007 | EN
Source: Nature
16 February 2007 | EN
Ethiopia is working hard to combat malaria, report Julie Clayton and Kennedy Abwao, but delays and gaps in the system still threaten lives.
11 October 2006 | EN
Source: Nature
Source: Science
24 July 2006 | EN
7 July 2006 | EN
Christina Scott reports on recent efforts by South African science communicators to build a culture of science in their country.
24 May 2006 | EN
15 May 2006 | EN
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.
Source: Panos
31 March 2006 | EN
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.
Source: Nature
1 December 2005 | EN
Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop and Subbiah Arunachalam review the benefits that 'open archiving' of scientific knowledge can bring to researchers in the developing world.
14 November 2005 | EN
Evelyn Kiapi Matsamura reports on efforts made to bridge the gap between research and policy in Africa.
Source: Inter Press Service News Agency
11 March 2005 | EN
Leslie Chan, Barbara Kirsop and Subbiah Arunachalam give a comprehensive background to the need for open access publishing.
11 February 2005 | EN