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Feb 2, 2016, 11:00 am By SciDevAccess to safe cellular financial services could soften the blow of Europe’s harsh asylum laws,…Richer nations outsource nitrogen pollution
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Feb 1, 2016, 4:00 am By SciDevTaking steps now to retain and regain the best minds in the Middle East will pay off when it’s…Official figures gravely underplay fish catch
Feb 1, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDevStudy finds illegal and small-scale catches missing from standard data and hints at risks to local…Q&A: Shake-up at ICSU
Feb 1, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDevICSU boss Heide Hackmann explains the changes under way following a damning external review she…SciDev.Net Podcast: Former farmers hunt gold in Ghana
Feb 1, 2016, 1:00 am By SciDevFebruary’s show also features the threat of drug resistance and new ways to learn how zoonotic…Robot monitors Thai pollution from a height
Jan 29, 2016, 8:53 am By SciDevThis audio slideshow shows how an automated system in Bangkok can improve weather forecastsStillbirths down by quarter since 2000
Jan 29, 2016, 3:00 am By SciDevThere are now 18 such deaths per 1,000 births, but speed of fall is too slow to meet SDG target, say…Build cities that work with nature not against it
Jan 28, 2016, 9:00 am By SciDevFloods don’t have to cause death and destruction, explains water specialist Henk Ovink in this…GM mosquitoes protect Brazilian city from Zika
Jan 28, 2016, 5:30 am By SciDevMove cut numbers of the insect, which spreads Zika and dengue fever, by 82 per cent in Piracicaba.How architects reimagine urban design after disasters
Jan 27, 2016, 12:00 pm By SciDevDisasters wreak havoc but they also enable us to rethink urban fabric for the better, as this…Map shows India at top of climate violence
Jan 27, 2016, 9:45 am By SciDevA map that details environmental conflict shows India, Colombia and Nigeria see the most violence.Science budget hike offers short cut to journal impact
Jan 27, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDevA higher ecology research budget in developing nations correlates to more papers in top journals,…Seaweed farmers profit from direct line to research
Jan 26, 2016, 11:00 am By SciDevA ‘cluster research’ model that worked for seaweed growers in Zanzibar should be widely adopted,…Game Changers: How maths fights infectious disease
Jan 26, 2016, 11:00 am By SciDevHear about the life of the novelist and epidemiologist Sunetra Gupta, and her work on how viruses…Abortion checklist promises safer procedures
Jan 26, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDevHealth workers in rural areas use list to assess risk, enabling faster decisions on easier, earlier…Eating stink bugs could boost health in Africa
Jan 25, 2016, 2:04 am By SciDevResearchers identify essential nutrients in an edible insect and recommend its incorporation in…Focus on Poverty: Could half-built homes end slums?
Jan 22, 2016, 8:00 am By SciDevArchitect’s incremental construction system offers cheap houses that can be upgraded over time,…El Niño leaves hunger in its wake
Jan 22, 2016, 4:00 am By SciDevDespite ocean temperatures now sinking, the resulting food crisis in East Africa is set to worsen.Phone doctors help Bangladesh battle diabetes
Jan 22, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDevHear how a new project uses mobiles to deliver health information to rural people at risk of the…
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