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Two nanotechnologists fired a decade after returning to their home country say they won't work in a developing country again.

The massive earthquake in Chile and the resulting tsunami caused extensive damage to research facilities.

Fund targets research for African small farmers, 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.

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

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

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.

Africa has launched a university network to strengthen its fisheries sector through improved research and increased collaboration.

The governments of Peru and Uruguay have signed an agreement to boost cooperation in science, technology and innovation.

There is an outcry in India over a clause in its draft biotechnology bill that prohibits the criticism of GM products without 'evidence'.

Cambridge University is exploring collaboration in innovation, and ways to 'brain train' in India.

The Bolivian Space Agency has been created to manage the implementation of the country’s first telecommunications satellite.

African ministers and researchers meet this week to set out how to ensure the continent's drug research and development meets its needs.

The pressure to publish research in China has fuelled a five-fold increase in its scientific paper trade, new research shows.

Spain's University of Zaragoza and Aragón government are set to help boost Latin American research.

Leading organisations have expressed support for a scheme to fund 1,000 senior research positions in Africa's universities.

Kenya's biotechnology community is concerned about the gap between the passing and the implementation of the country's biosafety legislation.

Brazil's scientists are waiting to see whether a US$4.1 billion proposed science budget will survive the approval process.