The hidden dangers of irrigation
Mar 22, 2016, 12:00 pm By SciDevOn World Water Day, hear why some techniques in Kenya should carry a serious health warning.The hidden dangers of irrigation in Kenya
Mar 22, 2016, 12:00 pm By SciDevOn World Water Day, hear why some techniques in East Africa should carry a serious health warning.Bhutan’s quest for alternative energy
Mar 21, 2016, 11:50 am By SciDevShrinking glaciers and a changing economy are forcing the Bhutanese to question their dependence on…China’s bitter-sweet success at halting forest loss
Mar 21, 2016, 11:00 am By SciDev
Reports of slowing deforestation could mean wood imports simply shift the problem elsewhere,…Science plays crucial role in SDG success
Mar 21, 2016, 8:00 am By SciDev
The Sustainable Development Goals will fail without science — now politics must open up to evidence.Science plays crucial role in SDG success
Mar 21, 2016, 8:00 am By SciDevThe Sustainable Development Goals will fail without science, now politics must open up to evidence.Tanzanian rice swells yield from salty soil
Mar 21, 2016, 6:00 am By SciDevNew type of rice identified after Japanese tsunami dramatically raises productivity, say Tanzanian…Australia slashes funds for climate science
Mar 18, 2016, 7:22 am By SciDevAustralia’s science agency CSIRO announces cutbacks in important climate research programmes.WHO ups battle against deadly mosquitoes
Mar 17, 2016, 1:38 pm By SciDev
Eradicating disease-carrying mosquitoes will be part of efforts to meet SDGs, conference hears.Plea for treaty on drug research
Mar 16, 2016, 8:00 am By SciDev
Governments should pool innovation funding and steer R&D efforts, UN panel meeting hears.Mental health matters
Mar 16, 2016, 7:09 am By SciDevOur Spotlight explores mental illness in poverty and conflict — the evidence, stigma and…Mental healthcare is getting imaginative
Mar 16, 2016, 7:08 am By SciDevSpecialists struggle with poor resources and social barriers. But they’re being creative to get…Mental illness burden and care: Facts and figures
Mar 16, 2016, 7:07 am By SciDevHow do mental disorders affect the poor and who can help? Neerja Chowdhary and Vijay Shankar look at…Q&A: Online training revives Somalia’s mental healthcare
Mar 16, 2016, 7:06 am By SciDevPsychiatrist Djibril Handuleh explains what it takes to get ICT-based training off the ground in the…Sponge cuts oil spill clean-up cost
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Basic but super-absorbent polyurethane foam could change how developing nations tackle spills.South African gold mines choke the poor
Mon 12:00pm By SciDevAn audio slideshow visits a waste site where poisonous mineral mountains put local people’s health…DFID makes the right noises over Ebola lessons
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Government is committed to learn from disaster, but there are niggling questions over how this works…UAE funds studies into making it rain in the desert
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Three teams will focus on a different element of cloud seeding as part of a programme to boost water…Hurdles in path of an African Einstein
Mar 11, 2016, 8:00 am By SciDevA forum of researchers is pushing the continent’s science profile, but missing some important…African universities urged to focus on maths
Mar 10, 2016, 11:30 am By SciDevWidening teaching of the subject and its use in research can help ease development challenges,…
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