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Following 40 years of persecution and governmental indifference, science and scientists are back on the Argentinian agenda.

Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.

Emerging economies have shown how knowledge can be harnessed to fuel long-term development, writes Calestous Juma.

Researchers have devised a version of the web that requires cellphones instead of computers, targeted at people who cannot read or write

Twenty-five years after TWAS was set up, Yojana Sharma examines whether it is any nearer to achieving its ambitious goals

Opinions on China's recent US$3.7 billion GM roll-out remain divided, with concerns over potential risks and regulation loopholes.

Mozambique's science and technology minister, Venâncio Massingue, tells SciDev.Net how he hopes to ensure that science benefits everyone.

Developing countries are attractive places to run clinical trials, but in many places ethical oversight falls short.

Science must take the lead role in economic development, says Chinese premier Wen Jiabao.

Greg O'Hare explains the what, why, when and how of cyclones, and reviews their effects in South Asia.

Bay of Bengal cyclones are often hugely destructive. India hopes to cut deaths in the region through improved storm prediction and research.

A peanut butter-like paste has been proposed to curb childhood malnutrition, but critics claim there is little evidence for its success.

Rapid diagnostic tests potentially present a quick, easy-to-use solution for improved malaria diagnosis. But are they the way to go?

A mobile phone application called EpiSurveyor proved instrumental in monitoring and containing a polio outbreak in Kenya.

Big pharma drug companies are striking deals with Asian drug researchers to secure the future of the drug industry.

Florence Wambugu, winner of the 2008 YARA prize for African agriculture, speaks to SciDev.Net about the challenges facing the field.

Trials of a vaccine to prevent nasopharyngeal cancer will start soon in China, where it mainly affects the Cantonese-speaking population.

Thailand is pumping money into nanotechnology but a dearth of scientists and engineers could be a barrier to success.

Vietnam is protecting flood prone areas with barriers that make use of innovative technology.

Afghan farmers are weaning themselves off illegal poppy cultivation and branching out into other crops, reports T. V. Padma.