Twas in Action

Although massive amounts of data from sources such as Landsat have become open access, users still face many obstacles

In the 29 June 2011 edition of NATURE, TWAS executive director Romain Murenzi speaks about the need to encourage and support young scientists in Africa

Transparency was the often-repeated word at the session, "Under the Pressure Cooker: How Information Professionals Communicate Big Stories."

SciDev.Net has recently spoken with TWAS executive director Romain Murenzi about his plans for the Academy.

Last winter, Abdel Nasser Tawfik was an eyewitness to the birth of the Arab Spring in Cairo's Tahrir Square

Queena Ngo Lee-Chua, a recipient of the 2010 TWAS Regional Office in East and South East Asia (TWAS-ROESEAP) prize for the popularization of science, speaks about her passion for maths teaching

Africa's most important resource are its people, and especially its young people, say Mohamed H.A. Hassan and Daniel Schaffer

Roseanne Diab, executive director of the Academy of Science of South Africa, talks about the involvement of scientists from the developing world in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The agenda for nutritional research in Africa should be led by African scientists, says Patrick Kolsteren, coordinator of the European Union 'Sunray' project.

The nuclear accident at Fukushima Dai-ichi in Japan will slow but not stop the Arab region's recent efforts to embrace nuclear power