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Brazil: Fertile ground for science?
Can Brazil use its booming economy and abundant natural resources to become a life sciences juggernaut, asks Gene Russo.
FEATURE | 1 November 2009 | ES
The state of South African science
Post-apartheid South African science faces many challenges but boosts in science spending mean the country is making strides.
Funding for higher education: Facts and figures
Sian Lewis charts the ups and downs in donor funding for higher education in developing countries over the last half century.
Makerere University: Rebuilding a reputation
Fostering a research culture has put Uganda's Makerere University back on its feet and is inspiring others, says Peter Wamboga-Mugirya.
Q&A: Mozambique's science for the people
Mozambique's science and technology minister, Venâncio Massingue, tells SciDev.Net how he hopes to ensure that science benefits everyone.
FEATURE | 29 October 2008 | EN
Q&A: The growing promise in South–South scientific collaboration
Jacob Palis, president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, talks about shared responsibility and a rosy future for South–South research collaboration.
Zimbabwean science must fight many battles
Robert Koenig reports on the challenges faced by Zimbabwean researchers, and how they are overcoming them.
FEATURE | 8 May 2007 | EN
No easy way in for Iraq's asylum academics
Academics fleeing death threats in Iraq are struggling to gain asylum and face a tough time breaking into the West's research community.
'Academic moonlighting': China's hunt for glory
Hao Xin reports on China's controversial payouts that lure academic 'stars' based abroad back to China for a few months.
Harmonising science and Islam in Iran
John Bohannon reports on efforts to bridge the divide between science and religion in Iran.
FEATURE | 24 July 2006 | EN
Physics in South Africa: long road to freedom
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.
FEATURE | 7 July 2006 | EN
Tapping new wells: Qatar's education revolution
Qatar is investing billions in becoming the Gulf's top knowledge economy – but will research excellence follow the money? Lone Frank investigates.
FEATURE | 10 April 2006 | EN
One woman’s goals for Tunisian science
Zohra Ben Lakhdar leads by example in showing how Tunisians can join the science community by persevering — regardless of gender.
FEATURE | 2 December 2005 | EN
After the war: Iraqi scientists fight to survive
Efforts to revive science in Iraq remain fragile because of poor funding, political instability and death threats to scientists; Richard Stone reports.
FEATURE | 30 September 2005 | EN
India's biotech sector: boom or bust
India's biotechnology sector is thriving, but K. S. Jayaraman asks whether simply increasing investment will be enough to sustain it.
FEATURE | 5 August 2005 | EN
Malaysian biotech 'hindered by ethnic favouritism'
David Cyranoski reports on how ethnic favouritism is affecting Malaysia's ambitions to harness science as a tool for economic growth.
Out of the rubble, an institute is born
Lisa M. Kriger reports on how Sri Lankan scientists and engineers working abroad are bringing high-tech IT skills home to the island.
FEATURE | 12 July 2005 | EN
India's reverse brain drain heralds R&D glory
Raghunath A. Mashelkar predicts that India is set to be the world's biggest research and development hub, thanks to its 'silent scientific repatriation'.
Brain drain scientists reaching back home
Adrian Cho describes how the brain drain of scientists from developing countries to the United States can also bring scientific benefits to migrants' native countries.
FEATURE | 28 May 2004 | EN
The scientific aftermath of the US response to terror
Nature investigates whether restrictions on the flow of foreign researchers into the United States will shift the global balance of scientific power.
FEATURE | 15 January 2004 | EN
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