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Can Brazil use its booming economy and abundant natural resources to become a life sciences juggernaut, asks Gene Russo.

Money is no object at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology — but will sumptuous surroundings promote research?

Post-apartheid South African science faces many challenges but boosts in science spending mean the country is making strides.

Electing a new UNESCO director-general could be a turning point for its science, but can the candidates meet the challenge?

The United States should invest in developing-world health and science for diplomatic and ethical reasons, argues one of its top science advisers.

Iraq is rebuilding its science base but fear of attack means refugee academics are slow to return, reports Brendan O'Malley.

Following 40 years of persecution and governmental indifference, science and scientists are back on the Argentinian agenda.

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

Opinions on China's recent US$3.7 billion GM roll-out remain divided, with concerns over potential risks and regulation loopholes.

Mozambique's science and technology minister, Venâncio Massingue, tells SciDev.Net how he hopes to ensure that science benefits everyone.

Science must take the lead role in economic development, says Chinese premier Wen Jiabao.

Leading geneticist Samir Brahmachari explains why India should kickstart a new open source approach to drug discovery for diseases like TB.

David Baltimore, Nobel laureate and last year's AAAS president, tells SciDev.Net what it takes to develop good scientific institutions.

The Gulf States are investing in radical initiatives to strengthen science but results are not guaranteed, reports Waleed Al-Shobakky.

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

The Organization of the Islamic Conference is reforming its science programme. But will change lead to better science? Wagdy Sawahel and Ehsan Masood report.

Scientists in the Himalayas are battling poor resources to protect the area from the effects of climate change. T. V. Padma reports.

T. V. Padma reports on Bhutan's dilemma: how to reconcile conservation, economic development and happiness in a modern world.

India's new Ministry of Earth Sciences is leading ocean exploration and science in the Indian and Southern Oceans, reports K. S. Jayaraman.

Attempts to adjust gross domestic product across China by accounting for its toll on the local environment are floundering, Jane Qiu reports.