Using sophisticated imaging techniques, African physicist and TWAS grantee Jeremie Zoueu is helping farmers in his home country of Côte d'Ivoire to develop better defences against crop diseases.

TWAS is introducing new online forms for research grant applicants that will bring ease and efficiency to the application process. In coming months, the new technology will be available across all Academy programmes and meetings.

Three renowned global networks of academies of science and medicine this week merge under the umbrella of the new InterAcademy Partnership.

A first-of-its-kind survey of 69 science academies across the world found that women make up only 12% of their membership on average. The new report was released by IAP and ASSAf, with input from OWSD.

Cinque ricercatrici originarie di Indonesia, Nepal, Perù, Uganda e Yemen sono state premiate dalla Fondazione Elsevier per la qualità e l'impatto delle loro ricerche nel Sud del mondo.

At a TWAS roundtable in Genoa, Italy, South African Quarraisha Abdool Karim discussed her research on an antiviral gel that shields women from HIV infection. But, she said, strong educational efforts are also needed to check the epidemic.

I componenti della commissione chiamata Technology Facilitation Mechanism, di cui Murenzi è membro, sono riconosciuti a livello mondiale per la loro esperienza in settori quali tecnologia, innovazione, ricerca e sviluppo.

Early-career researchers from Indonesia, Nepal, Peru, Uganda and Yemen honoured with 2016 Elsevier Foundation awards for their life-enhancing work in health and nutrition.

TWAS will have a key presence on the advisory board of a critical United Nations advisory panel on technology facilitation that will seek to support the Sustainable Development Goals.

The Elsevier Foundation and TWAS are teaming up to begin a new, four-year programme for collaboration among researchers on scientific research for a sustainable future.