Through technologies that eliminate pollutants, Patrick Ssebugere, a TWAS PhD Fellowship recipient of Uganda, is committed to making his country a clean and safe place to live

An online event "A Call for Action to support at-risk, displaced and refugee scientists" is slated for 20 April

At the Italian Pavillon of Expo 2020 Dubai, Mohamed Hassan, President of UNESCO-The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), highlighted the Academy's enduring commitment to supporting science and technology in the global South

UNESCO-TWAS President Mohamed Hassan sits in a high-level panel, organized, at Expo 2020 Dubai, on the occasion of "Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Day"

UNESCO-TWAS is partnering with the Elsevier Foundation to launch a new grants programme targeting the urgent issues of climate change and gender equity

In a newly published journal article, TWAS Executive Director Romain Murenzi and his team detail the need for greater science and technology education in Africa, so that young people there will be better prepared for global changes

The Society for Developmental Biology awards TWAS Fellow Eugenia del Pino Veintimilla for her lifetime contribution to developmental biology

Infectious diseases epidemiologists Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim from South Africa received the prestigious 2021 VinFuture Prize for their landmark scientific contributions as developing country innovators

With access to broadband connectivity still restricted mainly to developed countries, attaining global communication is essential to grant life-changing shifts in developing countries, said experts at TWAS Fifteenth General Conference