New technologies based on big data require partnerships that bring together government leaders, scientists – and especially young researchers and students – experts at an international forum in South Africa maintain.

Nepalese chemist Achyut Adhikari is trying to extract compounds useful for medicine and other products to help lift up his country’s economy.

Few people make a quick association between mathematics and public health. But in an essay, TWAS Fellow Klaus Krickeberg traces the vital contributions that mathematics makes in the pursuit of a healthier society.

Despite greater awareness of global problems and the need for new strategies, a lack of effective measures remains. Young scientists could make the difference in the adoption of Sustainable Development Goals, experts at a COMSATS/TWAS workshop in Turkey anticipate.

The 2020 class of new Fellows includes the highest proportion of women ever elected to the Academy in a single year. All are among the world's most accomplished scientists living in or focused on the developing world.

The first in a series of four IsDB-TWAS high-level workshops on Science and Diplomacy in the Developing World will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 16-18 December 2019.

The technology of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is bringing us to the edge of a new era, but it must be carefully managed if we want to control the impact and keep our humanity, international experts argued at TWAS's Trieste Next roundtable.

It’s time for science and diplomacy to recognize that technological change has made everyone part of one big new network, Austrian diplomat Clemens Mantl said at a TWAS-S4D4C workshop.

Long-term cooperation between China and TWAS is offering scientists from developing countries the chance to build prosperity in their nations. In a visit to TWAS, Vice-Mayor Ai Xuefeng of Shenzhen, China, praised the Academy's efforts.

Through scientific innovation and sustainable agricultural practices, cocoa farmers in Nicaragua may remain competitive in a rapidly changing market, explains TWAS Fellow Falguni Guharay.