More nations are developing, climate change is accelerating – and that puts the world's water resources under stress. In response, a TWAS science diplomacy workshop explores potential answers.
An engaging new TWAS film shows the human face of science in the developing world, with a focus on how the scientists affiliated with the Academy are improving agriculture and water supplies in Kenya.
Saving children's lives. Advancing the careers of women. Building business networks to support innovation. At the TWAS General Meeting, partner organizations offered a vision of how they work to advance science.
A Pretoria, Sud Africa, quattro organizzazioni internazionali inclusa la TWAS presentano un accordo globale su accesso e uso dei "Big Data", per favorire la partecipazione del Sud del mondo.
Science International 2015 launches a campaign for "Open Data in a Big Data World" at Science Forum South Africa in Pretoria. Four international science organizations – ICSU, ISSC, IAP and TWAS – are behind the campaign.
L'acqua sarà sempre più bene da condividere e merce di scambio per accordi geopolitici. Al workshop Scienza e Diplomazia della TWAS, 40 professionisti del settore idrico provenienti dal Sud del mondo affrontano simulazioni di gestione sostenibile e cooperazione internazionale, nell'ottica di possibili interventi futuri presso i rispettivi governi.
At the opening ceremony of the TWAS General Meeting in Vienna, Austrian President Heinz Fischer joined diplomatic and science leaders in calling for strong international cooperation in research.
In a warm and emotional remembrance at the TWAS General Meeting, former Academy President Jacob Palis recalled the work that earned him the Abdus Salam Medal – and the friends he met along the way.
Il vincitore del premio CNR Rao 2015, il nepalese Bishal Upreti, riceve il prestigioso riconoscimento per i suoi studi sulla tettonica e sui terremoti del passato in Nepal. Le sue ricerche danno un contributo al sistema di allerta sismologico del Nepal, e hanno ricadute in settori quali lo studio delle risorse idriche e nell'edilizia antisismica.
Naledi Pandor, South Africa's Minister of Science and Technology, explored research investment, transformation technology and 21st century partnerships in a powerful talk at the TWAS General Meeting.