'Seeds of Science', a vivid and inspiring documentary about the work done in Kenya by TWAS-supported scientists, will be broadcast in Italy twice in the coming week on RAI-TV's Friuli Venezia Giulia channel.

TWAS has expressed deep sadness at the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela and praised his legacy as an advocate and inspiration for education and science throughout the developing world.

Three distinguished researchers have been selected to give the TWAS Medal Lectures on their research next year at the Academy’s annual General Meeting. The lectures are one the organization’s highest honours, featuring some of the most prominent work by elected TWAS members.

As the Philippines struggles to overcome the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan, scientists and policymakers are realizing that improved education and communication will be crucial to limit losses in future disasters, says TWAS Fellow Lourdes Cruz, president of the nation’s National Research Council.

The government of a small, landlocked developing country wanted to provide electricity to the 40% of its citizens who had none. But there was no clear way to do so, and they could not count on their neighbours for help. So what creative strategy would allow them to connect their people to the national grid?

The opening of the new Ecuadorean Academy of Sciences will help the South American nation to build research strength and closer ties with TWAS and the global scientific community, TWAS President Bai Chunli said during a recent visit.

The US National Science Foundation, with the strong support of President Obama’s Office of Science, Technology and Policy and the US State Department, is organizing the inaugural meeting of the Global Research Council.

Science Minister Lino Barañao dreams of transforming Argentina into an international centre for research. When TWAS convenes in Buenos Aires for the Academy's 24th General Meeting, members will find that the dream is becoming a reality

TWAS will screen a new documentary film and participate in a photo exhibit in this weekend’s Researcher’s Night and Trieste Next events, which brings the public together the scientific institution clustered throughout the Trieste area.

A new book from TWAS and COMSATS profiles Colombia’s Centro Internacional de Física, which has built a reputation for excellence in Latin American science despite shifting financial and political conditions.