Street lamp targets dengue fever
Oct 23, 2015, 2:20 am By SciDevMalaysian team builds device that uses sunshine and wind to power LED lighting and a mosquito trap.World set to lose fifth of remaining natural habitat
Oct 22, 2015, 10:00 am By SciDevGrowing populations and economies on course to swallow vast amounts of land by 2050, finds study.El Niño may lead to rice shortfall
Oct 22, 2015, 2:40 am By SciDevA shortfall in South Asian rice production caused by El Niño may hit West African consumers, warns Oxfam.Social media dominates women’s use of the web
Oct 21, 2015, 9:40 am By SciDevWomen use the internet differently than men, which holds back their political engagement and careers.View on Migration: Universities welcome Syrian scholars
Oct 21, 2015, 8:00 am By SciDevGiving placements to refugee academics can protect the expertise needed for rebuilding countries, says James King.PhDs in Focus: A link between science and business
Oct 21, 2015, 6:00 am By SciDevGloria Hlongwane discusses her PhD on a graphene DNA sensor and plan to connect South African science and industry.El Niño doubt delays disaster preparation
Oct 21, 2015, 3:40 am By SciDevA lack of scientific certainty about whether a powerful warming event is building leaves policymakers hanging.Brazilian team exposes fish fraud
Oct 20, 2015, 3:20 am By SciDevDNA analysis finds brand used to disguise unwanted catfish, and endangered dolphins being used as bait.Focus on Disability: Defend girls’ sexual health rights
10:40am By SciDevSexual health education and services routinely overlook adolescent girls with disabilities, says Islay Mactaggart.Ebola beds saved 40,000 in Sierra Leone
3:20am By SciDevProviding extra treatment beds averted 57,000 cases of the disease, calculate researchers.Emergency response should listen to local wisdom
Oct 17, 2015, 2:20 am By SciDevHear health expert Emmanuel d’Harcourt reflect on the importance of the ‘Thomas Edisons’ of the Ebola outbreak.Communicate 'across borders' to beat epidemics
Oct 16, 2015, 12:40 pm By SciDevThe Ebola crisis showed how damaging poor communication can be. It’s time to act on those lessons, meeting hears.Malawi’s toxic harvest
Oct 16, 2015, 7:20 am By SciDevThis gallery focuses on poisonous aflatoxins left by fungi on crops and efforts to combat this contamination.Forecasts fail to predict seesawing sea levels
Oct 16, 2015, 3:00 am By SciDevPacific SIDS need better models for adapting to rapid swings in sea levels caused by climate change.Fit contraception to local needs, health workers urged
Oct 15, 2015, 12:00 pm By SciDevGiving women the option of using different methods is vital for better birth control, event hears.Q&A: Put farmers at heart of ‘adoption revolution’
Oct 15, 2015, 4:40 am By SciDevPamela Anderson explains how the Gates Foundation’s agriculture programme assists the take-up of new methodsClimate action: Global policy is not enough
Oct 14, 2015, 7:10 am By SciDevIt’s down to local action to integrate climate change, development and disaster work, project by project.Joint action on climate change: Facts and figures
Oct 14, 2015, 7:09 am By SciDevIlan Kelman examines the history, overlaps and conflicts between climate change, development and disasters.Small islands caught between development and disaster
Oct 14, 2015, 7:08 am By SciDevSmall island states struggle to reduce their vulnerability to climate change impacts, as this image gallery reveals.Climate policy needs a new vision
Oct 14, 2015, 7:08 am By SciDevPolicies that split mitigation and adaptation don’t work. It’s time for a shift, say Asim Zia and Caitlin Waddick.
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