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MRI scans could transform scientists' understanding of cerebral malaria but the technology is barely used, say researchers

Deaths from diarrhoea in over-five-year-olds far exceed established estimates, according to a new study.

Strong intellectual property rights do not always ease the transfer of climate technologies and may even hinder it, claims a study.

The Thailand HIV vaccine trial reveals the human body's fighting response to the virus, a conference has heard, but many questions remain.

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

South-East Asia's mosquitoes bite at dusk so bednets are of limited use — but treated hammocks could be a useful addition.

Researchers have found a way to spin fabric from water hyacinth, turning the much-criticised weed into a potential windfall.

An experimental HIV vaccine trialled in Thailand has reduced infection rates for the first time, by almost a third.

Researchers hope that a newly-identified parasitic fly may one day help curb the high cost of termite damage in Southeast Asia.

Unless old water systems are modernised, Asian countries will have to import "politically untenable" amounts of food.

A study looking at malaria parasites' response to artemisinin-based antimalarial drugs confirms growing resistance in western Cambodia.

Researchers have called for government measures to cap the spread of an Ebola virus in pigs in the Philippines.

Barack Obama has outlined a commitment to improving science and technology relations with Muslim communities around the world.

Mutation or mixing of the swine flu virus is likely to be occur in resource-poor tropical countries, say scientists.

A synthesis of over 3,400 Pacific Ocean studies reveals threats to coastal communities but also widely applicable potential solutions.

The Asian Development Bank says Vietnam is particularly vulnerable to climate change and calls on South-East Asia to embark on adaptation.

NASA has developed an improved cyclone prediction method that could plug data gaps and increase warning times in vulnerable regions.

Developing countries have been funded to take part in the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation scheme.

Poor pay for Vietnamese scientists is hindering science development in the country, according to a new report.

Cambodia is at surprisingly high risk of climate-related disaster but the Indonesian capital Jakarta tops the list for South-East Asia.