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A tiny solar-powered microscope with no lens could be a cheap and disposable alternative for malaria diagnosis

Nanotechnology could help give millions clean drinking water. David J. Grimshaw outlines the potential, the progress and some of the risks.

Can nanosponges solve a continent's water contamination problems? Munyaradzi Makoni investigates.

The Internet is spreading to villages in the developing world — but sometimes in unexpected ways, reports Katherine Nightingale.

Text messaging to ensure that TB patients in developing countries take their medication every day is showing promise in trials.

Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.

Researchers have devised a version of the web that requires cellphones instead of computers, targeted at people who cannot read or write

A mobile phone application called EpiSurveyor proved instrumental in monitoring and containing a polio outbreak in Kenya.

Thailand is pumping money into nanotechnology but a dearth of scientists and engineers could be a barrier to success.

The Maldives has launched a pioneering system for its citizens to bank primarily using mobile phones.

Despite the acceleration of mobile technology in the developing world, the humble text message reigns supreme.

The digital audio medium of podcasting is being adapted by developing nations to give local people a voice. Katherine Nightingale reports.

An eminent Indian scientist believes India can close the urban-rural divide with information technology, writes Daemon Fairless.

Learning Braille can be a formidable challenge in developing countries. Supriya Kumar profiles a new device that's addressing the task.

T. V. Padma takes a look at methods that are helping the developing world's blind people see again, and helping them live more easily.

The rapid growth of technology parks in the Arab world has so far created more expectations than outcomes, reports Waleed Al-Shobakky.

Arguments over management of the planned East African Submarine System could mean economic disaster for businesses, writes Lloyd Gedye.

Mobile phones will soon make tracking epidemics and receiving healthcare much easier, reports Manasee Wagh.

A new entrant is heating up the competition to provide low-cost computers to students in the developing world, writes Bobbie Johnson.

Solar and wind energy are being used by Namibian rural network providers to power communications base stations, reports BBC Online.