‘Radical collaboration’ essential for climate adaptation
To boost climate adaption, experts say ‘radical community-research collaborations’ are needed.
‘Only 20% of climate change studies written by women’
Despite progress on gender representation in science and research, disparities still exist. Women author fewer of the papers that are published in journals than men, according to the findings by the scientific publisher Elsevier.
Alarming inequalities stifling global war against AIDS
The world is losing the battle against AIDS due to ongoing discrimination around preventative medicines, testing and treatments, an international conference has been warned.
Research disrupted as Academy of Sciences’ crisis lingers
Research projects are left in limbo as donors halt funding to the African Academy of Sciences, writes Gilbert Nakweya.
Water scarcity among top 10 food security threats
Increased demand for water will be the biggest threat to food security in the next two decades, says a new report that calls for collaboration between scientists and policymakers to boost resilience in global food systems.
Award-winning research tests heat tolerance by trees
Rwanda has set itself the ambitious target of becoming a carbon neutral economy by 2050. With forest conservation and expansion central to these goals, ecologist Myriam Mujawamariya, is on the frontline of science aimed at achieving this.
‘Accelerating new, existing vaccines’ use curb drug resistance’
Trials of new vaccine candidates must be accelerated and existing vaccine use stepped up to prevent life-threatening infections that can no longer be beaten by antimicrobial medicines, says World Health Organization (WHO).
‘Use wild species sustainably for world food needs’
1 in 5 world people rely on wild species for income or food. Therefore, more sustainable use of the species must be prioritized in order to attain UN development goals, authors of a landmark report, have advocated.
Need for ‘global response’ as typhoid resists antibiotics
A research analysis has indicated that the bacteria which causes typhoid fever is becoming increasingly resistant to common antibiotics used to treat the disease.
Worldwide, about 1bn people lack access to disability aids
According to a United Nations report, about one billion children and adults with disabilities, and older people, are unable to access the assistive technology they need.
