Overlooked disease believed to kill throughout tropics
Jan 22, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDevMelioidosis, a bacterial disease, is common in South-East Asia, but likely to exist much more widely, paper finds.Climate change jeopardises electricity supply
Jan 21, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDevDeveloping nations must prepare power plants to cope with water shortages and cooling problems, paper warns.Focus on Private Sector: Time to clear the air
Jan 20, 2016, 11:00 am By SciDevAs deaths from air pollution rise, industries must clean up their act and cut emissions, says Maha Rafi Atal.Leonardo da Vinci inspires emergency shelter
Jan 20, 2016, 7:10 am By SciDevHear charity director Shaun Halbert on the Renaissance design underpinning a simple new form of shelter.Pacific air pollution traced to Africa and Asia
Jan 20, 2016, 3:00 am By SciDevOzone-rich ocean air is not natural but comes from forest fires in nations such as Indonesia, scientists discover.Climate service sector needs robust standards
Jan 19, 2016, 9:44 am By SciDevSuppliers of climate data, tools and advice must be held to account on good practice, says Robert Wilby.Large dams threaten third of freshwater fish
Jan 19, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDevHydroelectric projects on the Amazon, Congo and Mekong rivers put biodiversity and livelihoods at risk, says paper.Study breaks down Nigerian solar power failure
Jan 19, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDevProblems include a lack of government awareness about the best sites for proposed projects, say researchers.Bread wheat genome to be decoded by end of 2017
7:00am By SciDevThe International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium hopes full sequence will help breeders in developing world.View on Migration: A win-win plan for refugee jobs
Jan 15, 2016, 7:27 am By SciDevSpecial economic zones that employ Syrians would help refugees and their hosts, says Alexander Betts.Ebola over, but WHO failure pinned on politicians
Jan 15, 2016, 2:00 am By SciDevAs Ebola ends, paper ponders on member states’ share of blame for slow response to the 2014 epidemic.Focus on Disability: Kids at risk from El Niño
Jan 14, 2016, 8:00 am By SciDevThere are ways to stem malnutrition among disabled children, set to worsen in the Horn of Africa, says Hannah Kuper.Device focuses on speedier tuberculosis diagnosis
Jan 14, 2016, 5:00 am By SciDevAutomated gadget magnifies and photographs samples and uses software to identify bacteria.Map reveals hotspots for bat disease transmission
Jan 13, 2016, 8:12 am By SciDevRisk of virus transfer to humans is highest in parts of South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, finds study.Tibetan herders fight fences and floods
Jan 13, 2016, 3:00 am By SciDevSciDev.Net travels to Tibet to see how grassland policies have left herders exposed to changing climate.Misguided environmental policy uproots Tibetan nomads
Jan 13, 2016, 3:00 am By SciDevAs climate changes the ecosystem of the elevated grasslands, indigenous communities face extra hardships.Lychee fruit can kill underfed kids
Jan 12, 2016, 7:25 pm By SciDevIndian scientists confirm that toxins in the lychee fruit can cause fatal brain damage in underfed children.Monitoring hazards from the sky
Jan 12, 2016, 2:05 am By SciDevFrom flood hazard maps produced with laser scanners on airplanes, Philippine system aids in disaster mitigation.Speed of Ebola spread linked to poverty
Jan 11, 2016, 7:10 am By SciDevPeople in poorer areas were more likely to catch and pass on infection than those in richer ones, shows study.Rising from the rubble: A vision to rebuild Syria
Jan 11, 2016, 3:00 am By SciDevHear post-conflict expert Sultan Barakat explain why technological ingenuity must underpin rebuilding efforts.
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