Twas in Action

The International Year of Crystallography will bring global attention to a field which can be a major force for advancing knowledge and economic growth in the developing world.

TWAS gave John Fredy Barrera Ramirez, an optical physicist working on the use of light to encrypt data, the chance to conduct cutting-edge research in Argentina.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, contaminated or spoiled food is sold throughout the country.

TWAS expresses its condolences and sorrow for the sudden and unexpected death Friday of journalist David Dickson, who founded SciDev.Net, the influential science development news website, in 2001.