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US$100 chip may ease diagnosis of 15 tropical disease
By Imelda Abano – SciDev.Net A microchip that can test a single blood sample for 15 major tropical diseases with the aim of making it easier to detect illnesses such...
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African soil diversity mapped for the first time
By Bernard Appiah – SciDev.Net A team of international experts has drawn up the Soil Atlas of Africa — the first such book mapping this key natural resource — to...
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Developing countries to share community-based adaptation experience
By T.V. Padma – SciDev.Net Countries in Asia and Africa have formed an open and informal ‘government group network’ to help mainstream community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change and share...
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Open access is the future for Africa’s science media
By Marc McIlhone – AfricanBrains Editor Brains Network editor Marc Mcilhone backs open sharing in the second article on how to support online science journalism in Africa. The physical publishing...
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China plans research centres to aid developing world
By Li Jiao – Sci.Dev.Net The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is planning a major new drive to extend science cooperation with developing countries, including setting up research centres outside China,...
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Using innovation to assist Tanzania’s craft firms
By George Achia – Sci.Dev.Net Tanzanian government funding aims to help weavers, wood carvers and furniture makers profit from science, says George Achia. In Mwenge, a district in northern Dar...
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Islam Analysis: Do or die for OIC science cooperation
By Athar Osama – Sci.Dev.Net The Islamic world’s current science effort is on life support and without major ‘surgery’ could be yet another policy failure, says Athar Osama. In 2007,...