Focus on Gender: Farming app is out of touch with reality
Jan 29, 2015, 7:47 am By SciDev
A smartphone app targeting women farmers in Nepal is unlikely to reach them, says Henrietta Miers.3-D printing of prostheses to be trialled in Uganda
Jan 29, 2015, 6:00 am By SciDevScanning patients’ residual limbs and rapidly 3-D printing sockets could slash the cost of making…Include genes in climate change plans, urges FAO
Jan 29, 2015, 1:00 am By SciDevNational adaptation plans should protect genes that can help crops and livestock resist harsh…Focus on Poverty: The wild cards offering climate hope
Jan 28, 2015, 8:00 am By SciDevA papal letter and the US-China pact are positive signs for a far-reaching emissions deal, says…UK university ranking reveals global health neglect
Jan 28, 2015, 7:00 am By SciDev
The top UK universities for medical research spend just two per cent of their health research…Q&A: Revamping PhD training in Africa
Jan 28, 2015, 2:00 am By SciDevPeggy Oti-Boateng, who coordinates Africa’s main network of scientific institutions, says the…Gates Foundation reviews funding focus after criticism
Jan 27, 2015, 10:00 am By SciDevThe foundation aims to look less at technology and more at delivery to target polio and other…Q&A: A Caribbean ambassador for science
Jan 27, 2015, 7:00 am By SciDevIn this audio interview, TWAS young affiliate Marvadeen Singh-Wilmot talks about her life in…Four steps for effective science communication
Jan 27, 2015, 2:00 am By SciDevScientists should adopt a systematic approach to explaining what they do, and do not, know, says…Ebola vaccine arrives in Liberia for large-scale trial
Jan 23, 2015, 12:00 pm By SciDevThe US National Institutes of Health plans to test experimental treatment’s effectiveness in…View on Migration: UN takes refugees’ fingerprints
Jan 23, 2015, 10:00 am By SciDevAmid a growing refugee crisis, new tools are helping track refugees without ID, says Tarek Abou…Mapping forests’ carbon with lasers
Jan 23, 2015, 5:00 am By SciDevA video on how airborne technology is being used to monitor the human impact on forests and prevent…Researchers pick ‘breakthrough’ technologies for growth
Jan 23, 2015, 2:00 am By SciDevA report identifies the 50 innovations needed to make a tangible impact on development.View on Gender: ‘ATMs’ for reporting sexual assaults
Jan 22, 2015, 10:00 am By SciDevAn Indian project to use banks to report attacks is laudable, but broader changes are needed, says…Ebola worsens food crisis in West Africa
Jan 22, 2015, 1:00 am By SciDevThe situation is likely to worsen in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone following lower harvest,…Insecticide risk map exposes threat to aquatic life
Jan 22, 2015, 1:00 am By SciDevThe global modelling study could fill data gaps by showing where farm chemicals may be polluting…Counting better does not always mean knowing better
11:00am By SciDev
If development circles embrace big data unthinkingly they could end up chasing false correlations.‘Responsible innovation’ is already too European
6:52am By SciDev
Federico Vasen says that developing countries should critically assess the concept of responsible…S&T investment needed to hit water SDG targets
5:00am By SciDevCorruption, broken infrastructure and limited budgets prevent the effective use of existing tech,…Water crises seen as a top threat in next decade
Tue 12:00pm By SciDevShortage of clean fresh water deemed greatest global risk in terms of impact in World Economic Forum…
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