Marking the 30th anniversary of the first TWAS meeting, a special issue of the TWAS Newsletter features essays on future challenges and opportunities in fields ranging from higher education and energy to agriculture and science diplomacy.

The Austrian Academy of Sciences will livestream Wednesday’s gala opening ceremonies, award announcements, and keynote lecture at the TWAS General Meeting in Vienna.

In a new film, TWAS's longtime executive director discusses the vision of Abdus Salam and the compelling need that inspired creation of an academy of science for the developing world.

Using a graphically-rich visual style that engages readers and brings data to life, the Academy’s new 2014 Annual Report report reflects a year of progress and growth

The role of science in sustainable development will be the focus as more than 300 high-level experts and officials from across the globe open the 26th TWAS General Meeting in Austria.

Three researchers from the developing world have won awards in a competition sponsored by TWAS and ISTIC for ideas that could produce significant health and environmental benefits.

The Zayed International Prize for the Environment informs that the deadline for nominations of candidates for the 7th cycle of the "Young Scientist Awards" has exceptionally been extended to 20 November 2015.

At Trieste Next, African research leader Segenet Kelemu urged the scientific community to rethink future agricultural scenarios by addressing biotechnology for sustainable food production.

Aziz Sancar è uno dei tre scienziati che hanno individuato i meccanismi di riparo del DNA cellulare. Le sue ricerche potranno avere ricadute importanti nella formulazione di terapie innovative contro varie forme di cancro.

The question of how DNA repairs itself is central to the understanding of cancer and other human disease. For his work in this field, TWAS Fellow Aziz Sancar has been named a co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in chemistry.