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Kenyan meteorologists are joining forces with traditional rainmakers to deliver communities weather forecasts as climate change takes hold.

With artificial glaciers and more, a Himalayan region is regaining food self-sufficiency, writes Surabhi Pudasaini.

Scientists in the Democratic Republic of Congo don't have the resources to monitor the country's volatile volcanoes adequately.

The optimism felt by scientists at the fall of apartheid is fading as financial and social realities fail to match up to expectations.

Andreas Schild of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development talks to SciDev.Net about glacial retreat.

A healthy diet is more than just calories. Priya Shetty gets the figures on the cost of poor nutrition — and the scale of the challenge.

GM crops were supposed to rescue the world's one billion undernourished people. Carol Campbell discusses whether they will ever curb hunger.

University scientists say they were under-used during the flu crisis because of a poor relationship with government laboratories.

UNESCO has a new science policy division head. Lidia Brito talks to SciDev.Net about her plans.

An Indian water filter that uses low-tech rice waste and high-tech nanoparticles could provide clean water to millions of families.

From Cambodia to Singapore, Shiow Chin Tan finds the situation for scientists varies enormously across South-East Asia.

What do a country's universities need to support a large-scale nuclear industry? One group in South Africa is trying to find out.

Many new technologies have promised to remove arsenic from drinking water but little has changed on the ground, finds T. V. Padma.

Gill Samuels of the Global Forum for Health Research tells SciDev.Net why health innovation must include health systems research.

Sian Lewis explains how remote sensing can be used to manage natural disasters and highlights ongoing efforts and obstacles.

Developing nations are building their own satellites despite freely available Western data. Do the gains outweigh the costs, asks Tatum Anderson.

Getting the right technology into poor countries is crucial for fighting climate change but how should we go about it? T. V. Padma investigates.

A new study has evaluated the 12 potential vaccines against dengue fever, discussing the challenges facing their development.

Can Brazil use its booming economy and abundant natural resources to become a life sciences juggernaut, asks Gene Russo.

Money is no object at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology — but will sumptuous surroundings promote research?