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Feature
The promises and perils of a technological revolution
David Dickson looks at the different approaches being taken to increase access to scientific literature for developing-country researchers.19/03/08
Editorials
Where do scientists fit into Africa’s science plans?
Defining an appropriate policy-making role for Africa's scientific community requires a careful balance between 'science push' and 'demand pull'.25/10/06
Editorials
China must do yet more to promote scientific openness
Despite new procedures on access to scientific information introduced after the SARS and HIV/AIDS epidemics, delays in communicating data ...27/08/04
Editorials
Making every drop of water count
With floods and torrential rains hitting many parts of the world, it is important to remember that the world ...20/08/04
Editorials
When small is not always beautiful
Britain's main scientific body has confirmed that there are reasons to be cautious about the potential dangers of 'nanotechnology' ...30/07/04
Editorials
Bird flu: the communication challenge
Scientific advances since the major flu pandemics of the 20th century mean that, in principle, the world is better ...23/07/04
News
China, Brazil and India lead southern science output
For some developing nations, increased investment has boosted scientific output, but a wide gulf still separates them and developed ...16/07/04
Editorials
Scientific output: the real ‘knowledge divide’
A new international study of scientific publications shows that the gap in scientific output between developed and developing countries ...16/07/04
News
UK to appoint ‘chief development scientist’
The British government is to recruit a top-level scientist to stimulate more strategic thinking on the role of science ...08/07/04
Editorials
The good — and bad — news about AIDS
New research shows that treating HIV/AIDS patients need not be as expensive as feared. But that result must not ...05/07/04