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Funds have fallen and the future is "worrying", the AU's science chief told the TWAS meeting, but some countries gave confident reports.

The academy of sciences for the developing world unveiled ambitious funding hopes at its general meeting in South Africa.

A global energy research network would boost "bottom up" mitigation strategies, says the World Economic Forum

New tactics in the drive to improve higher education in Africa were put forward at a UNESCO meeting.

The G8 countries have pledged to rejuvenate agriculture in the developing world, including a boost for research and its dissemination.

Biofuels from both food and non-food crops will be produced as a result of a research collaboration involving Brazil, Egypt and Sudan.

A new forum for technology transfer will aid the sharing of homegrown technologies across the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

A project connecting African hospitals and universities with their Indian counterparts via satellite will be expanded this year.

Common goals on biofuels and climate change have led Brazil and China to forge a research collaboration.

The Cuban and Ecuadorian governments have signed an agreement for cooperating on science, technology, health, education and energy.

The African Development Bank says it supports proposals for a fund that would help coordinate science, technology and education projects.

New commitments with Germany and several African nations bring Argentina's tally on science cooperation agreements to around 100.

The Middle East's first synchrotron, which opened last month, still has to find US$19 million for its planned 2.5 GeV machine.

The country's S&T minister has announced that Buenos Aires will be the first Latin American branch of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.

A technology transfer centre promoting industrial development and collaboration between Indian Ocean countries will be based in Iran.

Zimbabwean scientists have called for international collaboration to reignite the country's science, given hope by the new joint government.

Researchers in eight African countries will benefit from three US$800,000 grants from the Regional Initiative in Science and Education (RISE).

Egypt has set up a South–South cooperation centre to promote technology transfer and industrial development.

To adapt to climate change developing countries must share knowledge and learn from each other, says a leading climate scientist.

Institutions in Ghana, Mali, Mozambique and Tanzania have won an international cooperation award for their joint efforts in malaria research.