A new international high-tech laboratory in the Middle East, called SESAME, began work this year. Scientists from its member countries, through sharing this powerful tool, hope to advance science – and peace.

Three Arab science leaders say that to support development, jobs and peace in the region, policymakers and the public must deepen their commitment to research and science education.

The countries of the Middle East and North Africa have a history and reputation as fossil fuel giants. But a region-wide shift is driving more research into solar and wind power.

Early-career researchers living and working in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Ecuador, Guyana, and Indonesia have been recognized for their work in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

A new documentary film from TWAS explores how recent violence in Syria, Yemen and Iraq has threatened the lives of four researchers, forcing them to suspend their work and flee their homelands.

At the University of Tlemcen in Algeria, studies in medical physics provide a laboratory not just for health care, but also for ethics, science-policy engagement and science diplomacy.

Hudaa Neetoo, TWAS Young Affiliate from Mauritius, heard the call of science as a child, and traveled to Europe and the US for her degrees. But she returned to her home country to become "an ambassador of change".

The 2018 class of TWAS Fellows covers a broad diversity of nations and 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 winner of new TWAS prize for economists, Arunava Sen of India, is highly regarded for theoretical work on the collective, strategic behavior of people trying to get what they want from rule-based institutions.

As 2017 comes to a close, TWAS has named the winners of some its most prestigious prizes. One is a geoscientist whose works supports awareness of geological hazards in the Andes. Others focus on health, medicinal plants and novel theories of human economic behaviour.