Twas in Action

The Global Network of Science Academies responded yesterday to the High Level Panel’s post-2015 agenda for global development and stressed the pivotal role of science in defining the agenda’s priorities.

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

Science diplomacy could help renew long-standing research and education networks linking nations of the region, with broad potential benefits.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences is making a significant new investment in five CAS-TWAS Centres of Excellence to build scientific strength in the developing world.

TWAS is teaming with the Global Virus Network to explore new initiatives that could help the developing world address the threat of deadly viruses.

A new global partnership programme backed by a trio of US government agencies is finding early success with a model that provides funding to researchers in developing nations

Academies of medicine across the world need to cooperate to enhance developing countries' ability to conduct, share and use their research, said Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford.

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.