A network of mountaintop research stations is being built across Asia to study how large bodies of ice respond to increasing temperatures.

India has a heavy TB burden but has the technological capacity to deal with it. T.V. Padma reports.

Nuclear power promises clean energy for developing countries. Dave Elliott charts its progress and prospects after the accident at Fukushima.

SciDev.Net reporters from around the world tell us which countries are set on developing nuclear energy despite the Fukushima accident.

Developing countries need more women scientists. Jeanne Therese H. Andres charts the obstacles and how to overcome them.

Women from Jordan, Kenya, Pakistan, Peru and the Philippines tell SciDev.Net how they realised their dreams of careers in science.

Priya Shetty explores the tools and partnerships that help the public health community counter the threat of counterfeit medicines.

Nearly forty years since its inception, India's Barefoot College has trained 15,000 women in a range of poverty-stemming skills.

Scientists say that Bangladesh's Nipah virus could be stopped by protecting the date palm sap that its fruit bat carriers enjoy.

A dispute over the HINARI scheme, which gives poor countries free journal access, has exposed the sensitive border between aid and commerce, finds Yojana Sharma.

Mohamed Hassan, outgoing executive director of TWAS, talks to SciDev.Net about 25 years in the job and his hopes for the academy's future.

Can developing countries use nanotechnology to improve health? Priya Shetty looks at nanomedicine's promise.

Pakistan's water crisis is dire and set to get worse, but numerous research projects are underway to help alleviate the situation.

India's research and development is on the up, but there are problems to tackle if it is to create a prosperous society for everyone.

All it takes is a roof, a gutter and a tank to lift the poor out of water drudgery. But is it that simple, ask Aisling Irwin and Aditya Ghosh?

Traditional and modern medicine have much to offer each other despite their differences. Priya Shetty assesses an uneasy relationship.

Hindu-Kush-Himalayan countries need to share data and collaborate better to tackle climate change, Andreas Schild tells SciDev.Net.

With proper supervision, developing countries' students can excel and contribute to science research, as the recent TB genome mapping shows.

As Ug99, the deadly fungus blighting African wheat, marches eastward, scientists across the globe are scrambling for ways to outsmart it.

Solar power could help alleviate rural poverty. David J. Grimshaw and Sian Lewis shine a light on its progress, potential and pitfalls.