Kenya creates online system to monitor rural sanitation
Thu 11:03am By SciDevKenya’s vision of ending open defecation has received a boost from an online tool that tracks…Water and power: Mega-dams, mega-damage?
Mar 22, 2017, 8:00 am By SciDevFrom the Amazon to the Mekong, hydropower projects risk impacts on people and environment for…New research fellows to combat climate change in Africa
Mar 21, 2017, 10:06 am By SciDevA programme has selected a third cohort of African research fellows to explore how to address…Online workers get a rough deal
Mar 20, 2017, 4:00 am By SciDevPoor conditions including low pay, overwork and isolation documented/common in unregulated global…Maize breeders benefit from using drones
Mar 17, 2017, 6:32 am By SciDev
Scientists have turned to drone technology to aid data collection for efficient maize breeding in…Robots threaten jobs for the poor
Mar 16, 2017, 10:53 am By SciDevAutomated processes replacing seamstresses within years brings into focus risks for the developing…India prompts rethink for Global Innovation Index
Mar 15, 2017, 11:00 am By SciDevHear Francis Gurry explain why the index should evolve to ‘better reflect reality’ and…Placenta more vulnerable to Zika in early pregnancy
Mar 14, 2017, 8:10 am By SciDevIn the first trimester the placenta offers a biological environment that favours infection with the…WHO omission of TB in priority list denounced
Mar 13, 2017, 11:33 am By SciDev
The omission of tuberculosis from a list of top diseases moved the WHO to assure that R&D on TB…Creole maize reveals adaptation secrets
Mar 10, 2017, 5:58 am By SciDevScientists identify genes that influence the adaptation of nearly 4500 varieties of Creole maize in…India puts ‘inclusive’ stamp on innovation
Mar 9, 2017, 9:00 am By SciDevFestival hosted by president's office signals recognition of a decentralised innovation powered by…Networking project launched to empower girls in science
Mar 8, 2017, 7:36 am By SciDevAn initiative aims to provide opportunities to help African girls become future champions in drug…Rio carnival stars environmental disaster
Mar 7, 2017, 9:55 am By SciDev
Samba school Portela revives Brazil’s worst-ever environmental disaster and wins the carnival…Malaria parasites make human hosts attract mosquitoes
Mar 6, 2017, 5:38 am By SciDevMalaria parasites make infected people emit odours that attract mosquitoes and spread the disease…Highlighting forests' vulnerability to invasive species
Mar 2, 2017, 7:16 am By SciDevA project tried to raise awareness on the threats of invasive species on forest ecosystem.Online tool explores countries’ climate action plans
Mar 1, 2017, 8:13 am By SciDev
A new tool could help African nations easily access climate action plans to aid transparency in…Brazil benefits from social quotas in higher education
Feb 28, 2017, 8:27 am By SciDevStudents admitted to universities through inclusion policy perform as well or even better than…Egypt produces jet biofuel from jatropha
Feb 26, 2017, 7:00 pm By SciDevDrive to cut global aviation emissions prompts move for locally produced jatropha biofuel by end of…Do mass media save lives? The evidence is in
Feb 26, 2017, 7:00 pm By SciDevListen to Roy Head preview results of the first randomised control trial of the media’s impact on…Lack of leadership hinders Nigeria’s nuclear road map
Thu 4:15am By SciDevNigeria’s target of producing electricity from nuclear energy by 2017 is in limbo, experts say.
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