Twas in Action 30 November 2018 Hassan elected TWAS president Mohamed Hassan, a distinguished and highly influential Sudanese advocate for science in the South, will take office in 2019. > SEE MORE
Twas in Action 28 November 2018 Gbenoudon wins 2018 TWAS-Abdool Karim Prize Sedaminou Judith Gbenoudon, an immunologist from Benin, won the TWAS-Abdool Karim Prize for her achievements in malaria research. > SEE MORE
Twas in Action 28 November 2018 Winners of 2020 TWAS Prizes announced TWAS has announced the winners of the TWAS Prizes for 2020 at the Academy's General Conference in Trieste, Italy. > SEE MORE
Twas in Action 27 November 2018 TWAS elects 46 new Fellows The 2019 class is nearly 30% women scientists and, for the first time, more than 100 countries will be represented in the Academy. > SEE MORE
Twas in Action 27 November 2018 Mashelkar wins TWAS-Lenovo Prize The Indian polymer scientist is honoured for seminal research on smart gels that led to a long list of further discoveries > SEE MORE
Twas in Action 27 November 2018 Solving the sandy soil puzzle Congolese scientist Lydie-Stella Koutika wins the Al-Kharafi Prize for work investigating how to enrich poor soil. > SEE MORE
Twas in Action 27 November 2018 Tchakouté Kouamo wins TWAS-Atta-ur-Rahman Award The Cameroonian chemist was honoured at the 28th TWAS General Meeting for developing an environmentally friendly cement > SEE MORE
Twas in Action 27 November 2018 ICTP's Quevedo Wins Salam Medal ICTP Director Fernando Quevedo has been awarded the TWAS-Abdus Salam Medal at the Academy's 28th General Meeting in Trieste, Italy. > SEE MORE
Twas in Action 27 November 2018 Elhaj wins 2018 TWAS-Samira Omar Prize Sudanese researcher Hazir Farouk A. Elhaj honoured for contributions to energy production in Sudan. > SEE MORE
Twas in Action 27 November 2018 Yeya Tiemoko Touré wins 2018 TWAS-C.N.R. Rao Award Malian entomologist wins TWAS-C.N.R. Rao Award for his research on the genetics of malaria mosquitoes > SEE MORE