As Africa leads the G20, it’s time to build digital infrastructure for all to access, writes Nshuti Mbabazi, managing director, Better Than Cash ...

[NAIROBI, SciDev.Net] More than 14 million children missed out on lifesaving vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough last year, putting global goals off track, new UN data shows.

[KAMPALA, SciDev.Net] In Uganda’s Kyaka II refugee settlement, once discarded food waste is being put to better use to provide clean cooking fuel for the community — and reduce deforestation.

Operated by Norway’s Institute of Marine Research and commissioned by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) under the EAF-Nansen Programme, the vessel supports sustainable management of ...

A permanent halt in funding from the biggest contributor to the HIV/AIDS effort could set back decades of progress and put millions of lives at risk, despite efforts by many low- and middle-income ...

Lab-grown skin captures the complexities of real disease to develop more effective treatments for scleroderma and other ...

According to the latest Nature Index, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg is one of the leading universities in the ...

Tohoku University researchers discovered some new principles that aid the electrochemical conversion of nitrate waste, an unwanted byproduct of ...

A new study from Gulf University for Science and Technology shows how integrating pragmatics and cultural linguistics into English language ...

This study investigates the efficacy of a new testing tool, a Web-based application known as the Academic Writing Wizard (AWW), in creating a unified ...

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a severe haemorrhagic fever virus transmitted by tick to animal and humans. Discovered ...

In many political systems, the will of the majority often silences minority voices. Federalism can help, but only if ...