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Handbook of COVID-19: Prevention and Treatment
Could Renewables Meet Pakistan’s Energy Needs By 2050?
SciDev.Net weekly update: Egyptians reclaim Papyrus, Malaria vaccine rollout, What’s the answer for mHealth? and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: science reporting, fish farming, dealing with climate change and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: most SDGs ‘going into reverse’, window screens ‘could curb malaria’, weapon against fall armyworm?, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: the greatest biodiversity loss ever recorded, powering up the ‘last mile’, DRC Ebola cases surpass 1,000, Science journalism conference update, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: digital evidence for human rights, Asia on fall armyworm alert, eradicate TB by 2045, green tech to fix Guatemalan lake, mosquito-killing drug reduces malaria, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: gender fails waste talent, HIV success ‘unworkable’, decline of insect numbers, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: a taste of great science, Philippines on measles alert, synchrotron lab shines, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: in the face of heat stress, go slow on open data, sensing the Amazon forest, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: SDGs ‘not working’, how not to save a life, China’s Road to disease, Venezuela slips back, women in Brazilian science, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: Zanzibar’s malaria success, tackling arsenic in water, West Nile Virus in Pakistan, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: SciDev.Net weekly update: Francophone network, sweet solution for Brazilian farms, digital age education, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: gaps in environmental laws, Amazon - “State of collapse”, scientist who fled Yemen, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: gene-edited babies, indigenous voices, leftover brine threat, and more
Using a telescope the size of the planet, astronomers have captured the first image of this Black Hole. Here’s why that matters.
SciDev.Net weekly update: Açaí fruit transmits Chagas disease, fish protein wafers to ease child malnutrition, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: 2018 in review, the business of farming, Pakistan taps wind and solar energy, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: Climate change, famine in Yemen, Amazon mining, snakebite, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: Snakebite envenoming, war and starvation in Yemen, saving the amazon forest, and more
A model to feed the world, HIV epidemic and youth mental health, the power of 'birth cushion', misconduct stalls Egypt clinical law, and more
SciDev.Net joins The Trust Project, wheat shortage in Iraq, adolescents prone to mental health disorders, and more
Climate urgency raised, poverty reduction may stall, UN targets TB for eradication, producing 'liquid gold' in Morocco, and more
Ambassadors for open access standards, Brazil faces chronic pollution, poverty focus on Africa and more
The North-South data divide, Asia Pacific’s poor rankings, conflicting climate policy in Africa, and more
Water crisis in Iraq, fraud that fuels illegal logging, Zambia trial: malaria deaths down by 96 per cent, and more
Research for impact, Venezuela measles crisis, forecast for Asian rivers, and more
What women scientists want, AI and human rights, hepatitis C stigma in Asia, and more
intensive farming benefits probed, NASA goes to Senegal, African science principles, and more
New science club, machine learning against poverty, Algiers smart city, and more
Forest loss warnings, disaster risk in Rio, biodiversity research troubles in Brazil, and more
A ‘new normal’ on gender, sex differences mislead, uranium in India’s groundwater, and more
Pakistan's heat forecast, open-access tussle, diversity in Latin American science, and more
Chemical response in a vest, cholera threatens Yemen, smooth walls for healthier lungs, and more
Restore trust in news, Ebola vaccine, sun coral threat, and more
Cancer rising in Brazil, vitamin D3 boost against child malnutrition, and more
WHO focus on snakebite, fish larvae off track, education to cut Pakistan's emissions, and more
Putting artisanal fishers on the map, Africa’s women left unconnected, Asia to gain from automation, AI for dengue prediction and more
Anti-vaccine attitudes, global antibiotic consumption rises, environmental jobs and more
09 April 2018 - Universal health coverage, biodiversity, genomics, and more
26 March 2018 - Argentina's AIDS patent challenge, water database and multinationals, foresters too silent, and more
19 March 2018 - Inclusive mapping, Brazil’s ‘risky’ forest code, Filipino scientists want trust, and more
12 March 2018 - Typhoid superbug warning, two minute malaria test without blood, 20,000 weather stations plan for Africa, and more
05 March 2018 - Quantum development, African women for global research, anti-vaccine attitudes, and more
26 February 2018 - Top women scientists awarded, no more wasted wheat in Egypt, health science missing in Rwanda, South Africa, and more
19 February 2018 - Tracking NTD treatment in Africa, mobiles and healthcare inequality in India, PNG sea mining in choppy waters, and more
12 February 2018 - Dengue vaccine debacle, tiny pollutants and Amazon storms, portable tech for blood, and more
05 February 2018 - Wheat plague in Yemen, value of farmers' mobile apps, free R&D publicity for African institutions, and more
31 January 2018 - HIV/AIDS stigma, real-time poverty data, WASH in hospitals, and more
22 January 2018 - Likelihood of death from surgery in Africa, Indian livestock causing global warming and more
15 January 2018 - E-waste, genetics, innovation, climate-change, forestry, and more
10 January 2018 - Role models for women in science, e-waste rising, top ten of 2017, and more
11 December 2017 - Plight of exiled Arab scientists, apps transform farming, Pacific fish migrating, and more
04 December 2017 - Disability a top priority for new UK minister, toad with siren-like call invades Sao Paulo, plan to boost women’s input on climate change, and more
28 Nobember 2017 - Turbines made in Gaza, Delhi's smog trouble, compensation at climate talks and more
13 Nobember 2017 - Developer awarded for method that cuts greenhouse emissions, water data used ‘as a negotiating chip’, soil-based filter bricks clean up water for Moroccan farmers and more
Climate-Smart Agriculture, Sourcebook
06 Nobember 2017 - New test tells Zika and Dengue infections apart, ‘Smart’ turbine part for power plants made in Egypt, Q&A on changing dynamics in South African science, and more
30 October 2017 - Open data for scientists on tight budgets, HIV hides in immune cells to avoid elimination, Africa needs ‘wellness-seeking’ to fight chronic disease
16 October 2017 - Is cancer control in poor countries too high-tech? Eat less meat to cut drug resistance, Lung damage from agricultural fires probed and more
02 October 2017 - Lagging on health SDGs, India’s science march, Biodiversity in Brazilian savannah, and more, and more
25 September 2017 - Leishmaniasis parasites threat, African science journalism funded, study on deadly cassava viruses, and more
18 September 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Utlrafine particles in Brazil, Islamic science rejuvination, plight of Arab refugee scientists abroad, and more
11 September 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Biodigester investment success, mercury convention, SDGs and science, international jobs, and more
04 September 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Lychee deaths and pesticides, malaria rapid diagnostics, shipping pollution hotspots, and more
29 August 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Killer robot treaty, Brazil nut contamination, GM delay costs and more
21 August 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Forest-to-farm analysis, Asian university 'renaissance', nanotech collaboration and more
14 August 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Libyan water crisis, blockages to Africa's data revolution, dengue spreading on flights and more
08 August 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Bioinformatics controversy, biogas saving forests, next-generation mosquito nets and more
31 July 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Mosquito trap, coffee to creep uphill, Salmonella jumps Atlantic and more
24 July 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Diabetes costs to soar in Africa, GM bounces back, easing African trade and more
17 July 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Indigenous Navigator tool, lessons for development leaders, chikungunya epidemic culprit found, and more
10 July 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Fake science news, predicting virus spread, knock-off antimalarials and more
03 July 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Mud bricks best, Fixing generic drugs, Global innovation rankings and more
26 June 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: GM sugar row, mangrove loss charted, Egyptian energy invention and more
12 June 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: India GM delay, Solar wealth failure, Open data inequalities, and more
05 June 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: WHO's first African DG, science in emergencies, conserving peatlands, and more
30 May 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Biofuels versus food production, Illegal species trade threat to livelihoods, Emergency mapping, and more
22 May 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Egyptian garbage recycling photo essay, Water contamination in deep wells, Medical marijuana legalisation in South America, and more
08 May 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Vehicle exhaust linked to heart disease, New PubMed transparency policy, Risk of elephantiasis from walking barefoot, and more
SciDev.Net weekly update: Tunisian youth pioneer peach tech, GM drive against malaria, March for Science photos around the world, and more
24 April 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Sugar cane genes discovery, NTD innovation needed, E-waste and nanotech, and more
10 April 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Energy and Africa's biotech, Groundwater overuse rising, and more
03 April 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Digital games help control disease, Soy farmers get boost ,and more
27 March 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Mega-dams damaging?, Natural tipping points, Online sanitation tool, and more
13 March 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Empower girls in drug regulation, Brazil carnival highlights disaster, and more
28 February 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Locust invasion in Niger, Does mass media save lives?, Egyptian biofuel from jatropha, and more
06 February 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Invention saves water in Egypt, Ornamental plant invasion in Kenya, Brazilian media justified slave trade, and more
30 January 2017 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Women, herbal medicine R&D and equality, RNA sprays may replace pesticides, and more
12 December 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Nano oil spill clean-up, Women boost HIV testing in men, Chronic disease care, and more
05 December 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Children left behind, Sex education barriers, Robot farms, and more
28 November 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Algerian R&D revival, Effective grass for dairy farmers, Cotton industry growth, and more
21 November 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Green Climate Fund at COP22, Toxic chemicals from Battle of Mosul, Citizen science scaled up, and more
07 November 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Architecture cause of war in Syria, Dams increase methane gas release, and more
24 October 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Drones deliver drugs, Ethical research code, WHO's response to Syrian health crisis, and more
18 October 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Advance your career in science, Latent TB in India, Fair partnerships, and more
10 October 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Lionfish invasion hazard, Dehydration test success, and more
03 October 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Africa reboots R&D alliance, New disabilities found in polio survivors, and more
26 September 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Saving Hawaiian nature, Speedy nanotech bandage, and more
19 September 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Engineering hotspots, Smart umbrella for Hajj pilgrims, and more
12 September 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Controversial marine reserve, Water insecurity hotspot, and more
05 September 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: HIV patients getting old too soon, How to fund African education, and more
30 August 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Robot baby increases pregnancy, Middle East life expectancy drops, and more
22 August 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: HIV drug hope, Deforestation despair & reforestation revival in Asia, Battling invasive species, and more
15 August 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Cockroach milk inspires food supplement, Emerging diseases threaten Maasai, and more
08 August 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Abu Dhabi solar sand storage, Drug trials and human rights in India, and more
01 August 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Debate on African higher education funding, Ebola response crippled, and more
25 July 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Debate on African education funding this Thursday, Disfiguring disease research, and more
20 July 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Learning from data viz, Tech for peace Spotlight, HIV data gap and more
11 July 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Biopirates named and shamed, Malaria double trouble, Indonesian forest fires, and more
04 July 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Telemedicine saves lives, Poor children slow on skills, Epic bamboo bicycle trip, and more
20 June 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Syrian hospital attacks, Transgender healthcare, Palm oil research needs, and more
13 June 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Human rights biometric threat, Foreign crops threaten diversity, and more
06 June 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Biohacking climate change, HIV research guardian, and more
31 May 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Malaria breath test, Menstrual health in humanitarian response, and more
23 May 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Swarming can save bees, Alien invasion threatening farmers, El Niño endangers food security, and more
09 May 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: AIDS smokescreen by tobacco firms, New journal engineering solutions to poverty, and more
5th Annual STEM Forum & Expo, hosted by NSTA
Applications Now Open for NSTA New Science Teacher Academy
The best education resources of 2016 just announced
Jazz Legend Develops Curriculum for K–12
NTSA Learning Center
Web Seminar: Global Precipitation Measurement Mission: Weather, May 5, 2016
Deadline Extended to May 11: Apply for STEM Education Summer Camp and Professional Development Opportunities in Japan
03 May 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Nepal one year after quake, Refugee crisis changing journalism, and more
25 April 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: How to report scientific findings, ISIS terror tactic debunked, Ecuador earthquake, and more
18 April 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Vaccine fears, Marshland loss in Iraq, Giant rats sniff out TB, and more
11 April 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Mapping human and animal health, Satellites aid refugee camps, and more
04 April 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Climate consequences of megacities, Fighting for female activists and more
29 March 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Africa's best bean, Rwandan science exclusive, Dengue vaccine, and more
21 March 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Mental health matters, Energy in Bhutan data interactive, and more
14 March 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: El Niño may carry cholera, Solutions to clear landmines, and more
SciDev.Net: International Women's Day
07 March 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Farming impacts on wildlife, Translation tools for refugees, and more
29 Feb 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Seed firms neglecting women farmers, Deadly banana fungus, and more
22 Feb 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: African water war prevention, Global bike ownership falling, and more
Survey Reveals Challenges With Teaching Climate Change
Focus on STEM at #NSTA16 Nashville, March 31–April 3
Have You Watched NSTA Lately? Visit Our YouTube Channel
Eight Books That Bring Best Practices to Your Science Classroom
Save $10 on NSTA's Climate Science Virtual Conference—Register by February 19
Become an NGSS Ninja! Take the NSTA Train-the-Trainer Workshop, March 30–31
Web Seminar: Supporting the Implementation of the NGSS in Assessment: Implications of Research, February 25
15 Feb 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Fighting blindness data visualisation, Kenya GM seeds need more testing, and more
ICHARM Newsletter Vol.10, Issue 39
08 Feb 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Fortified rice raises hookworm risk, Roads biggest killer of kids, and more
28 Jan 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: GM mosquitoes target Zika, Brain drain in the Middle East, and more
22 Jan 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: El Niño food insecurity, Emergency shelter inspired by Leonardo, and more
11 Jan 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: African space policy for aid, Top 100 development questions, and more
04 Jan 2016 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Monthly Podcast, Children's TB drug hits market, How sci-fi can inspire Africa, and more
29 Dec 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Review of the year, Low-cost invention boosts solar power, and more
15 Dec 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: COP21 resolution, Best analysis of 2015, and more
08 Dec 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: COP missing women, Zika fever alert in Brazil, and more
30 Nov 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Shelter crisis Spotlight, Explore the world's climate pledges, COP21, and more
24 Nov 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Muslim science still dismal, Vote for SciDev.Net, and more
17 Nov 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Pakistan disaster strategy, Health on film, and more
10 Nov 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Africa's data revolution, Sleeping sickness breakthrough, and more
05 Nov 2015 - IIASA Options Magazine \| Winter 2015
03 Nov 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Rwanda's drone revolution, Wildfires devastation, Monthly podcast and more
27 Oct 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Mosquito-killing LEDs, Cambodia's HIV fighters and more
19 Oct 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Spotlight on climate action, Malawi's toxic harvest, Lessons from Ebola and more
12 Oct 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: World's biggest e-dump, Genital cutting fight on wrong track, and more
11 Oct 2015 - Data Visualisation: Data for Development
06 Oct 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Explore the digital divide, E-dump in Ghana, and more
29 Sep 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: South-South collaboration needed, Health claims of cohabiting, and more
21 Sep 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: How to pitch to a science editor, Tech for mountain living, and more
14 Sep 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Wrong solution for refugees, Broken links in agriculture, and more
07 Sep 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Saving threatened seeds, Egyptian water filter, and more
01 Sep 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Heath innovation challenge, Child labour in Egypt, and more
24 Aug 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Innovative shelters for refugees, MERS vaccine hope, and more
19 Aug 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: UN to measure SDGs, The value of solar, and more
10 Aug 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Transforming Ethiopia with electricity, 'Risky' hybrid car plans, and more
03 Aug 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Ghana's new superlab, Ebola vaccine breakthrough, and more
NAM S&T Newsletter (April - June 2015)
27 July 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Malaria vaccine approved, Mauritian president's traditional solutions, and more
22 July 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: ISIS's digital tactics, Science an overlooked target for aid, and more
13 July 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Agriculture key to climate debate, mapping mosquitos, and more
07 July 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Traditional medicine facts and figures,and more
30 June 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Sex and science under scrutiny, Water war in Yemen, and more
22 June 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Single-dose malaria medicine, Women in labs, and more
16 June 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Homosexuality part of African life, Coping with MERS, and more
09 June 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Debate on agricultural tech and farming, How to give a flash talk, and more
02 June 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Fracking in the Middle East, Missingmillions, and more
02 May 2015 - Managing health crises after Ebola
27 April 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: World Malaria Day, Knowledge economy in Africa, and more
20 April 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Africa's knowledge economy debate,Teaching poor kids to code, and more
01 April 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Global nutrition report, Become a radiojournalist, and more
26 March 2015 - How an ancient Muslim scientist cast his light into the 21st century
16 March 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Monthly podcast: Tapping into data, and more
09 March 2015 - SciDev.Net weekly update: Monthly podcast: Tapping into data, and more