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Subra Suresh, pioneering researcher and TWAS Fellow, describes the impact of new technologies and multi-disciplinary research.

The TWAS executive director received an honourary PhD from the University of Johannesburg for his contributions to science and science education.

Deadline: 1 September. Nominations are open for a high-profile honour for early-career women scientists in the developing world.

At 25th General Meeting, prize winners will detail scientific research ranging from materials that assemble themselves to vaccines that may prevent liver cancer

Beatriz Barbuy, an eminent Brazilian astrophysicist, and Roddam Narasimha, an internationally renowned Indian engineer and physicist have been awarded the 2008 Trieste Science Prize.

The president of the African University of Science and Technology signes a five-year agreement of collaboration with TWAS.

The world's poorest countries and their allies should focus on Internet and communications technology to build momentum in science and engineering