China has proposed a cooperative scheme for international research into renewable energy to speed up technology development.

Science and technology will not produce economic growth without changes to institutional practice and focus, a meeting has heard.

Schoolchildren in malaria-endemic areas given preventative antimalarial treatment do better than their counterparts, say researchers.

T cells in disease-free HIV-2 patients target a protein also found on HIV-1, a finding that could help develop vaccines, say scientists.

Social and business attitudes to science and technology are preventing African countries from reaping the benefits of research, say experts.

A web resource with information on global drinking water problems and technological solutions has been launched by the US science academy.

Short-term projects, narrow focus, and the competitive funding process threaten sustainable development projects, says a British geologist.

People in earthquake-prone cities need education and stronger buildings, not just early warnings and disaster relief, say scientists.

A variety of genetically modified corn that could cut phosphorus pollution and lead to better livestock feed has been developed in China.

Venezuela and Uruguay have signed agreements worth US$427 million to perform research in pharmaceutics, biotechnology, and cattle genetics.

Venezuela and Uruguay have signed agreements worth US$427 million to perform research in pharmaceutics, biotechnology, and cattle genetics.

The mental health sector is under-resourced in developing countries, despite a high burden of mental disease, say experts.

The worm that causes schistosomiasis escapes the human immune sytem by distracting it with sugars, say researchers.