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International outcry over Mexican scientists' dismissal

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

Source: Nature

12 March 2010 | EN

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Chile's earthquake knocks out research labs

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

12 March 2010 | EN

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Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 25 February–10 March 2010

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

10 March 2010 | EN

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China must boost its global science impact, study finds

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

9 March 2010 | EN | 中文

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Egypt says it will propel African science agenda

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

5 March 2010 | EN

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China's agricultural patents on the rise

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

2 March 2010 | EN | 中文

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Economic crisis 'lowered global number of patents in 2009'

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.

27 February 2010 | ES

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Guyana looks to Israel to face drought

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

Source: Caribbean Net News | Trinidad & Tobago Express

27 February 2010 | ES

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India to take green revolution to eastern drylands

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

26 February 2010 | EN

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Network will bolster African fisheries research

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

26 February 2010 | EN

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Uruguay and Peru sign their first scientific agreement

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

25 February 2010 | ES

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Furore over silencing clause in Indian biotech bill

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

24 February 2010 | EN | 中文

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Cambridge to 'brain train' in India

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

23 February 2010 | EN

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Bolivian government creates space agency

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

23 February 2010 | ES

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Africa plans leap into drug R&D

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

18 February 2010 | EN

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Science paper trade booms in China

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

15 February 2010 | EN | 中文

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Spain to support Latin American research

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

15 February 2010 | ES

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Backing grows for African research chairs

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

12 February 2010 | EN | FR

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Kenyan scientists berate government for GM 'slowness'

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

12 February 2010 | EN

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Brazil awaits approval of huge science budget

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

11 February 2010 | EN | ES | 中文