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Translational research key to HIV vaccine
11 03 2010 New funding mechanisms to support translational research are vital to develop a successful HIV vaccine, says Wayne C. Koff.
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Temperature rise spreads malaria, scientists insist
11 03 2010 The hotly contested idea that climate change is increasing the spread of malaria has been supported by a review of recent studies.
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Sub-Saharan Africa news in brief: 10–24 March 2010
10 03 2010 Fund targets research for African small famers, maize for poor soils, researchers study East Coast fever, and more.
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Dengue programmes 'too paternalistic'
10 03 2010 Routine responses to dengue fever are top-down, which discourages individual engagement in control strategies, says a study.
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Wild turmeric effective in filariasis vector control
10 03 2010 Wild turmeric extract could help control the mosquito that spreads lymphatic filariasis, say scientists.
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Are new biofuels the ethical answer?
10 03 2010 New biofuels offer a sustainable source of energy but we must consider the ethical and social implications, say Joyce Tait and Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka.
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China must boost its global science impact, study finds
09 03 2010 China's global science influence is failing to match its increased investment in science, say researchers.
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GM crops flourishing in developing world, says report
08 03 2010 Six developing countries now devote over one million hectares each to GM crops, says a report.
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Hydrocarbon boom ‘may threaten Peruvian Amazon’
08 03 2010 A study on the impacts of hydrocarbon exploration on the Peruvian Amazon is urgently needed, warn scientists.
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The marriage of science and rainmakers
05 03 2010 Kenyan meteorologists are joining forces with traditional rainmakers to deliver communities weather forecasts as climate change takes hold.
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Egypt says it will propel African science agenda
05 03 2010 As Egypt takes the helm of the African science council, AMCOST, it says it will sustain mounting support for science on the continent.
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Chile to open up quake data to global community
04 03 2010 Chilean seismologists are taking the unusual step of allowing free access to their earthquake data, to promote global natural disaster research.
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Universities should invest in neglected tropical diseases
04 03 2010 Sandeep P. Kishore and colleagues call on universities to focus on research for neglected tropical diseases.
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Farmers blamed in Thai rice pest invasion
03 03 2010 Ecologists say Thailand's deadly outbreak of brown planthoppers has been caused by farmers' response to high rice prices .
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Typhoid bacteria take cover on gallstones
03 03 2010 Scientists have found typhoid bacteria's hiding place — on gallstones — and say this could explain how the disease is spread.
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China's agricultural patents on the rise
02 03 2010 China has boosted its agricultural patents in the last decade but this success does not extend to international applications.
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Support farmers to cut crop losses
02 03 2010 Reducing crop loss by keeping out alien pests and boosting plant health knowledge is crucial to food security, says CABI's Dennis Rangi.
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Andean countries ‘struggle to adapt to climate change’
01 03 2010 Andean countries have fragile climate change policies and focus mainly on mitigation, says a study.
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Science education goes on tour in China
01 03 2010 A new foundation in China hopes to increase the public's understanding of science by taking its lectures about hot topics on tour.
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Waste tea leaves could brew up biofuel
01 03 2010 A Pakistani study has found that waste tea leaves could be used as an alternative biofuel source.
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Guyana looks to Israel to face drought
27 02 2010 Guyana is looking to Israel for technology transfer and assistance to alleviate the effects of drought on the Latin American country.
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Economic crisis 'lowered global number of patents in 2009'
27 02 2010 Brazil filed the most international patents in Latin America in 2009, while the global total fell by 4.5 per cent compared with 2008, says a report.
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Two cultures but one message for climate change
26 02 2010 Tackling recent controversies about climate change data requires a robust partnership between the natural and social sciences.
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Africa Analysis: Continent's science plan needs refocus
26 02 2010 Africa's continental science plan still isn't coordinating donor funding. Will a new AMCOST chair meet the challenge, asks Linda Nordling.
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Network will bolster African fisheries research
26 02 2010 Africa has launched a university network to strengthen its fisheries sector through improved research and increased collaboration.
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