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Agriculture: A bowl half full
Calestous Juma's vision for African farming is refreshingly optimistic, finds Camilla Toulmin.
- Camilla Toulmin
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Spotlight on Francophone Regions
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China faces up to 'terrible' state of its ecosystems
Wetlands hardest hit by land reclamation and pollution.
- Jane Qiu
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Clash over Iran's capability
Effects of sanctions and computer worm on uranium production are disputed.
- Sharon Weinberger
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Transforming science strategy in the developing world
Increasing diversity among its members presents challenges for developing-world science academy.
- Linda Nordling
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Line in the sand
In the wake of the revolution, Egypt should embrace a future based on scientific thinking.
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International opportunities: The science of diplomacy
The US government employs researchers to delve into matters of state. But a special set of soft skills is essential.
- Karen Kaplan
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China's water crisis needs more than words
A new water strategy from the Chinese government is a step in the right direction, says Chaoqing Yu. But it will be difficult to put into practice.
- Chaoqing Yu
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Livestock plagues are spreading
As farming intensifies, researchers warn that the developing world is "dangerously behind" on controlling animal diseases.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Pneumococcal vaccine rolls out in developing world
Vaccine is first to be launched in rich and poor countries simultaneously.
- Anjali Nayar
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Security focus hinders progress in Arab world
Moneef Zou'bi, head of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences, discusses the prospects for democracy and science in the region.
- Declan Butler
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A vision for Egypt's universities
Tarek Khalil of Nile University in Cairo explains how democratic change could revitalize education and innovation.
- Declan Butler
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Egypt's researchers hungry for reform
The Mubarak regime has left Egyptian science lagging by decades, says chemist Hassan Azzazy.
- Declan Butler
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Egypt's youth 'key to revival'
Country's future depends on democracy, education and research reform, say scientists.
- Declan Butler
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'Deep fury' of Egyptian scientists
Michael Harms, director of the Cairo office of the German Academic Exchange Service, offers a view from the Egyptian capital.
- Quirin Schiermeier
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Controversy over GM maize in Peru
- Luis Fernando Rimachi Gamarra
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Reformist leader defies Chinese academic system
University head Zhu Qingshi pushes ahead without government approval.
- Hepeng Jia
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Vive la révolution
Tunisia's nascent democracy, promoting justice, human rights and intellectual freedom, needs to be celebrated and encouraged.
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Central America: Panama's big ambition
Researchers in Panama suffered under a dictatorship and were overshadowed by the United States. Now the country is attempting a scientific renaissance.
- Rex Dalton
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West Africa's toxic problem
Ships' graveyard may be behind high levels of banned chemicals.
- Daniel Cressey
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Transgenic chickens curb bird flu transmission
Genetic modification quells virus, but questions linger about use in developing countries.
- Virginia Hughes
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Corruption kills
On the anniversary of Haiti's devastating quake, Nicholas Ambraseys and Roger Bilham calculate that 83% of all deaths from building collapse in earthquakes over the past 30 years occurred in countries that are anomalously corrupt.
- Nicholas Ambraseys
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Middle East: The growth of a desert jewel
Qatar's research machine is a work in progress, but its funding opportunities are already luring international scientists to its increasing number of institutions.
- Waleed Al-Shobakky
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Rapidly developing countries are innovation champions
Top emerging economies are forging research collaborations to help the less well-off.
- Barbara Casassus
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Haiti to improve quake preparedness
Country's first seismologists training to run a seismic network.
- Nicola Jones
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Lack of support keeps African discoveries languishing in labs
Institutional frameworks must be improved to save stagnant technologies
- Linda Nordling
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Lessons from Bayh–Dole
Developing countries wanting to boost commercialization of their academic research should learn from the mistakes of US patenting legislation, says Bhaven N. Sampat.
- Bhaven N. Sampat
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Overseas enrolment up
A 30% rise in students from China is behind record highs at US institutions.
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Copenhagen shows we need caution in Cancún
Next week's climate meeting in Mexico should avoid talk of more ambitious targets, says Yvo de Boer. First, we need people to believe in green growth.
- Yvo de Boer
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Questioning economic growth
Our global economy must operate within planetary limits to promote stability, resilience and wellbeing, not rising GDP, argues Peter Victor.
- Peter Victor
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Curiouser and curiouser: managing discovery making
Beware the urge to direct research too closely, says Nobel laureate Ahmed Zewail. History teaches us the value of free scientific inquisitiveness.
- Ahmed Zewail
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Rice research goes global
Science partnership aims to jump-start growth rate in rice yields.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Measuring the meltdown
With global warming hitting the Tibetan plateau hard, scientists gather to plan an international research campaign to understand and mitigate changes at the 'third pole'.
- Jane Qiu
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China tackles surge in mental illness
Psychological examinations to be added to selection procedure for government officials.
- David Cyranoski
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Copenhagen failure could cost US$1 trillion
World Energy Outlook highlights ongoing fallout from the summit.
- Daniel Cressey
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Support refugee scientists
The cause of displaced scholars provides a much-needed reminder that intellectual freedom must not be taken for granted. Groups that help them need greater support themselves.
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Brazil's climate modellers are set to go global
Supercomputer will drive model to analyse effects of wildfire on world climate.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Drought strikes the Amazon rainforest again
Climate change may explain why history is repeating itself in Brazil.
- Jeff Tollefson
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Verbal autopsy methods questioned
Controversy flares over malaria mortality levels in India.
- Declan Butler
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Power to the people
A former US science adviser says people can often achieve more than governments.
- Nicola Jones
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A hammer blow to national ethics
China needs to act on broader science failures, not simply condemn an isolated case.
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Cities: The urban equation
With the majority of the human population now living in cities, Nature takes a look at the implications for scientists.