"Migration and Science", an article in the most recent issue of the TWAS newsletter, takes a close look at the brain drain phenomenon.

“Nanotechnology could aid the future of development of the Arab region,” says Mohamed H.A. Hassan, executive director of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, and president of the African Academy of Sciences.

Pre-registration is now open for the second "Euro-Africa Cooperation Forum on ICT Research" that will be taking place at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 3 February 2010.

"Just 24% of the members of the Mexican Academy of Sciences are women," says Rosaura Ruiz, the academy's president.

TWAS, The Royal Society, London, and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are launching a major study on the governance of geoengineering.

TWAS is aiming to assist the training of a new generation of taxonomists in the developing world.

Colombia’s International Centre of Physics, which began as a training centre for young physicists, is now pursuing a broad research agenda with economic growth in mind.

Centres of scientific excellence meet in Trieste. TWAS is hosting the 13th annual meeting of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) today and tomorrow.

Efforts to improve public health in Pakistan have received a boost through an innovative programme that delivers basic medical care through the internet.

"Targeting TB in South Africa", an article in the most recent issue of the TWAS Newsletter, takes a look at the tuberculosis research being conducted by TWAS Associate Fellow Valerie Mizrahi from South Africa.