Developing world

• China moves to help high-tech firms

  But initiatives meet with mixed response.

  10 November 2009

• End of the road for Copenhagen?

  Expectations are dropping as December's UN climate talks get closer.

  10 November 2009

• Report row ousts top Indian scientist

  Ruckus over call for reform at national science agency raises questions about attracting expatriate talent.

  9 November 2009

• African academies show how science can save lives

  First joint report highlights importance of African scientists' advice to policy-makers.

  9 November 2009

• Carbon trading: How to save a forest - Premium content

  Projects in Madagascar could provide a model for stemming deforestation. But first these efforts must deal with the poverty and political upheaval that threaten forests, reports Anjali Nayar.

  4 November 2009

• Initiative targets malaria eradication - Premium content

  Focus shifts to blocking parasite transmission.

  3 November 2009

• Q+A: Aftermath of a tsunami - Premium content

  A natural-hazards expert talks about surveying the destruction in Samoa.

  3 November 2009

• Brazil mulls major climate action - Premium content

  If adopted, the move would put the country ahead of other developing nations on emissions curbs.

  2 November 2009

• Ozone protocol squares up to climate - Premium content

  Europeans back efforts to amend the Montreal Protocol to address global warming.

  28 October 2009

• Jury still out on HIV vaccine results - Premium content

  Some experts see hope in trial findings, but others say that the data do not back up such optimism.

  28 October 2009