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Climate change's tech transfer challenge
Getting the right technology into poor countries is crucial for fighting climate change but how should we go about it? T. V. Padma investigates.
A revolution to combat world hunger
Ambitious reforms aimed at meeting the world's food demands lie ahead for the agency that networks agricultural research in poor regions.
Q&A: Clean technologies with Yvo de Boer
Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.
Therapeutic vaccines: a new hope for chronic diseases?
Vaccines for non-infectious illness could help developing nations tackle the growing burden of chronic disease. Maryke Steffens reports.
Chronic diseases: Facts and figures
Priya Shetty explores the truths and the myths about chronic diseases in the developing world.
Biofuel: Africa's new oil?
Biofuel holds promise for Africa but research is not yet in place to fully reap the rewards, or analyse the pitfalls, reports Kimani Chege.
ICTs can close India's urban-rural divide
An eminent Indian scientist believes India can close the urban-rural divide with information technology, writes Daemon Fairless.
FEATURE | 26 October 2007 | EN
GM crops — Asian farmers have their say
Despite pest and pricing worries, many Asian farmers welcome GM crops. Jia Hepeng heard their stories during a farmers' exchange programme.
Talking Braille: A new tool to teach blind children
Learning Braille can be a formidable challenge in developing countries. Supriya Kumar profiles a new device that's addressing the task.
Fighting for sight in the developing world
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.
Cutting China's carbon cost
China's carbon emissions have shot up as energy demands soar. But will this change with new technology? Jane Wu investigates.
My laptop is better than yours
A new entrant is heating up the competition to provide low-cost computers to students in the developing world, writes Bobbie Johnson.
Science secures the fish supply in Sri Lanka
Fish production could be boosted by exploiting Sri Lanka's man-made reservoirs. Anuradha Alahakoon reports on the challenges and progress so far.
FEATURE | 11 April 2007 | EN
Africa and the mobile phone: it's not all good news
The rise of the mobile phone in Africa may hide a number of problems in the continent's communications infrastructure, writes David White.
Mobiles to help health workers in developing nations
New mobile phone software could allow health workers to track diseases in developing countries.
Israeli-Palestinian research: walking on eggshells
Israeli-Palestinian scientific cooperation persists despite an unstable political atmosphere in the region, reports Nadia El-Awady.
Sweet science: Sri Lanka's rural treacle industry
Anuradha Alahakoon reports from rural Sri Lanka on how simple, effective science has boosted traditional methods of harvesting sap from 'treacle trees'.
FEATURE | 7 June 2006 | EN
Village India: untouched by the science boom
The dramatic scientific advances enjoyed by India's urban elite have passed the country's rural poor by, reports T. V. Padma.
FEATURE | 15 May 2006 | EN
Not just weapons: nuclear science for development
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.
FEATURE | 12 April 2006 | EN
Innovation in South Africa: too much, too soon?
Are South Africa's science policy choices hindering its drive to commercialise research and speed development? Sonja van Renssen reports.
FEATURE | 6 April 2006 | EN
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