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The hotly contested idea that climate change is increasing the spread of malaria has been supported by a review of recent studies.

Wild turmeric extract could help control the mosquito that spreads lymphatic filariasis, say scientists.

Routine responses to dengue fever are top-down, which discourages individual engagement in control strategies, says a study.

Fund targets research for African small famers, maize for poor soils, researchers study East Coast fever, and more.

China's global science influence is failing to match its increased investment in science, say researchers.

Six developing countries now devote over one million hectares each to GM crops, says a report.

A study on the impacts of hydrocarbon exploration on the Peruvian Amazon is urgently needed, warn scientists.

The authorities of 16 science academies in the Americas urge more funding to promote scientific education and female participation in scientific research.

As Egypt takes the helm of the African science council, AMCOST, it says it will sustain mounting support for science on the continent.

Chilean seismologists are taking the unusual step of allowing free access to their earthquake data, to promote global natural disaster research.

Scientists have found typhoid bacteria's hiding place — on gallstones — and say this could explain how the disease is spread.

Ecologists say Thailand's deadly outbreak of brown planthoppers has been caused by farmers' response to high rice prices .

The European Commission will finance a four-year plan to help Jamaica adapt to climate change.

China has boosted its agricultural patents in the last decade but this success does not extend to international applications.

A Pakistani study has found that waste tea leaves could be used as an alternative biofuel source.

A new foundation in China hopes to increase the public's understanding of science by taking its lectures about hot topics on tour.

Andean countries have fragile climate change policies and focus mainly on mitigation, says a study.

Brazil filed the most international patents in Latin America in 2009, while the global total fell by 4.5 per cent compared with 2008, says a report.

Guyana is looking to Israel for technology transfer and assistance to alleviate the effects of drought on the Latin American country.

India's budget includes an US$86 million plan to encourage its eastern drylands flourish and a huge increase in solar energy funding.