Twas in Action

The world of science communications is changing at an unprecedented pace, says Nature’s editor-in-chief Philip Campbell, "making it hard to predict what the future will hold."

Despite small strides in advancing research and development, the Arab region still lags far behind other regions in investments in science, technology and innovation.

Assessments on ecological footprints are blurring the distinctions between developed and developing countries, says Mathis Wackernagel, president of the Global Footprint Network.

TWAS editor Daniel Schaffer is in Paris at 'Berlin7', an international open access conference held at the Université Panthéon-Sorbonnes, where he spoke to Zhang Xiaolin

IMPA's long-standing programme to improve the teaching of highschool mathematics in Brazil has turned to the internet to help advance its goals.

Science and diplomacy are closer than we think, argues David Miliband, UK foreign secretary, at the IAP General Assembly taking place at The Royal Society in London.

Economics professor Partha Dasgupta says we need new economic indicators that take into account the value of ecological systems.

The director general of the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, discussed the valuable role that science and technology can play in disaster forecasting

"Migration and Science", an article in the most recent issue of the TWAS newsletter, takes a close look at the brain drain phenomenon.

“Nanotechnology could aid the future of development of the Arab region,” says Mohamed H.A. Hassan, executive director of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world