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Vol. 25 No. 3-4

2013 (VOLUME 25 No. 3-4)
The Academy's quarterly magazine. ISSN 222-7369. – Download PDF files of individual articles and/or entire issues.
TWAS Newsletter Vol. 25 No. 3-4
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Building networks for a new era of science

Pages 2-4: The global culture of science is constantly evolving, but today we are in a period of profound, rapid change. TWAS is changing, too, to maintain and extend its leadership on issues of science and engineering in the developing world.

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Bai Chunli: "At 30, I stood firm."

Pages 5-8: In his opening address to the TWAS General Meeting, Academy President Bai Chunli cited the words of Confucius to underscore the significance of the Academy’s 30th anniversary. "We have earned a position of respect in the world of science," he declared. "The global family of science relies on us."

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Looking back, moving ahead

Pages 9-10: At the 2013 General Meeting in Buenos Aires, TWAS members celebrated 30 years of accomplishments by the Academy and its members. But there was a strong focus on the future.

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The power of global science cooperation

Pages 11-15: Science ministers and top policy leaders meeting in Buenos Aires explored how to advance science education and innovation in a challenging international environment.

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TWAS elects 52 new members

Page 16: Fifty-two new members were elected to TWAS during the Academy’s 24th General Meeting, held in Buenos Aires from 1 to 4 October 2013. With those new Fellows, TWAS membership rose to 1,105.

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Bringing light into the darkness

Pages 17-19: TWAS-Lenovo prize winner Claudio Bunster Weitzman advanced both theoretical physics and Chilean science.

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Honouring the best and brightest

Pages 20-25: TWAS Prizes recognize achievements of scientists from the South.

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Sharing a vision of progress

Pages 26-28: Fu Shuqin and Immacolata Pannone received TWAS-UNESCO lifetime achievement honours in Buenos Aires.

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Prizes honour work on health, poverty

Pages 29-32: High-impact vaccination programmes. Reactors to purify drinking water. A database that illuminates the causes of poverty. Three highly focused projects carried out by scientists from the developing world won high honours at the TWAS General Meeting.

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Beatiful, complex and mysterious

Pages 33-36: Argentinian neuroscientist Francisco Barrantes has spent a career bringing the finest details of the nervous system into sharp focus. Advanced technology provides new insights, he says, but many mysteries remain.

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Leaving home, and going back again

Pages 37-40: It's important for young scientists to work overseas, says influential Brazilian physicist Luiz Davidovich. And it's important that they return home to strengthen their nations and their people.

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Science definitely is not boring

Pages 41-43: Diego Golombek, one of Latin America's most influential science communicators, has a message for researchers everywhere: Abandon jargon, embrace enthusiasm – and please, no more potted plants.

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The human face of TWAS in Africa

Pages 44-48: In a new documentary, Seeds of Science, Italian filmmaker Nicole Leghissa explores how researchers in Kenya are transforming farms, laboratories, communities – and people's lives.

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Sand, cancer and the power of innovation

Pages 49-51: From China and South Africa, two women scientists devise new strategies to solve problems and make a difference in their countries.

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Bringing global science to life

Pages 52-53: At the annual TriesteNext science festival, TWAS joined with other local science centres on a photographic exhibition that spanned the world of scientists at work.

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People, Places, Events

Pages 54-55: Brief news about honours, appointments, awards and events.


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[1] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/twas_nl_25-3_web.pdf
[2] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/01-editorial.pdf
[3] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/02-baicommentary-05-08.pdf
[4] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/03-thirtyyears-09-10.pdf
[5] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/04-globalsciencecoop-11-15.pdf
[6] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/05-newmembers-16.pdf
[7] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/06-lenovo-17-19.pdf
[8] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/07-prizes-20-25.pdf
[9] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/08-pannonefu-26-28.pdf
[10] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/09-prizes-29-32.pdf
[11] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/10-barrantes-33-36.pdf
[12] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/11-interviewdavidovich-37-40_0.pdf
[13] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/12-golombek-41-43.pdf
[14] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/13-interviewnicole-44-48.pdf
[15] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/14-women-49-51.pdf
[16] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/15-triestenext-52-53.pdf
[17] https://twas.org/sites/default/files/16-ppe.pdf