24 February 2010
"Just 24% of the members of the Mexican Academy of Sciences are women," says Rosaura Ruiz, the academy's president.
News
18 March 2010
TWAS, The Royal Society, London, and the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) are launching a major study on the governance of geoengineering.
12 March 2010
TWAS is aiming to assist the training of a new generation of taxonomists in the developing world.
12 May 2010
Colombia’s International Centre of Physics, which began as a training centre for young physicists, is now pursuing a broad research agenda with economic growth in mind.
12 May 2010
TWAS is hosting the 13th annual meeting of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South
13 May 2010
Efforts to improve public health in Pakistan have received a boost through an innovative programme that delivers basic medical care through the internet.
1 June 2010
"Targeting TB in South Africa", an article in the most recent issue of the TWAS Newsletter, takes a look at the tuberculosis research being conducted by TWAS Associate Fellow Valerie Mizrahi
7 June 2010
Lidia Brito from Mozambique, the new head of UNESCO's science policy division, outlines her plans for helping to strengthen the role of science in both development and diplomacy
11 June 2010
Globalization is a driving force in today’s world. And, not surprisingly, it’s a source of a great deal of discussion and debate
18 June 2010
"It's the landscape that defines the Mediterranean region," says Paolo Lombardi, director of the WWF Mediterranean Programme Office. "And we are treating the Mediterranean region's landscape badly."