Experts from developing and developed countries will explore opportunities and potential downsides of the 4th Industrial Revolution during a TWAS roundtable at Trieste Next science festival.

In 2018, the Academy’s reach and reputation continued to progress, benefiting the research enterprise and the careers of individual scientists in every region of the developing world. The new TWAS Annual Report details these achievements.

Early-career scientists often have little exposure to the potentially harmful uses of chemistry and biology. An intensive workshop in Trieste, Italy – organised by OPCW, IAP and TWAS – is seeking to change that.

It's optimistic and uptempo, a testament to scientific success: A new TWAS promotional film explores how the Academy's prizes and awards have a positive impact on research and careers in the Global South.

Early-career coffee researchers from the global South are ready to begin taking action to meet the challenges ahead

During their annual meeting held in October, members of TYAN Executive Committee shared ideas to implement their activities in the years to come

Robotics and intelligent systems expert Oluwarotimi Samuel works with amputees to develop a technology that gives them a better quality of life

A quantum physicist with the University of Vienna, Austria—who has also been an active supporter of UNESCO-TWAS—was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering quantum information science

At the international science festival Trieste Next, three experts explored the importance of the concept of a 'circular economy' for sustainable growth worldwide

Education and training could reconnect people with nature, and policymakers with the real world, says Rattan Lal, Distinguished Professor of Soil Science at Ohio State University, and a panellist in a UNESCO-TWAS Illy Colloquia round table