A World of Science in the Developing World

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“….The public and policy-makers are increasingly looking to the scientific community to address critical global problems.

Finding solutions will require the collective insights and experience of scientists, policy-makers, industry and non-governmental groups. A World of Science in the Developing World reflects the expertise of members and associates of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, and coincides with its twenty-fifth anniversary…”

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Jacob Palis is president of TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, in Trieste, Italy. He also serves as president of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world • Trieste • Italy •
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From Philip Campbell, editor-in-chief of Nature publications - . doi:10.1038/twas08.4b Full Text | PDF

Editor's Notes- Ehsan Masood and Daniel Schaffer 5 . doi:10.1038/twas08.5a Full Text | PDF

Features

Worlds Apart Together - Mohamed Hassan , 6-8 . doi:10.1038/twas08.6a Full Text | PDF

Losing Faculties - Phillip Griffiths - , 9-11 . doi:10.1038/twas08.9a Full Text | PDF

Caution: Men at Work - Çiğdem KağitÇibaşi, , 12 . doi:10.1038/twas08.12a Full Text | PDF

Learn to Earn - Calestous Juma, , 15-17 . doi:10.1038/twas08.15a Full Text | PDF

Joining the Fast Lane - Ismail Serageldin, , 18-20 . doi:10.1038/twas08.18a Full Text | PDF

Pressure Points

Food Fault Lines - Hans Herren, , 21 . doi:10.1038/twas08.21a Full Text | PDF

Home Sickness - Thomas G. Egwang, , 22-23 . doi:10.1038/twas08.22a Full Text | PDF

Cold Shower - Mohamed El-Ashry , 24 . doi:10.1038/twas08.24a Full Text | PDF

People Power - Dilip Ahuja , 25 . doi:10.1038/twas08.25a Full Text | PDF

Pumping Renewables - Josè Goldemberg , 26-27 . doi:10.1038/twas08.26a Full Text | PDF

Warming Signs - Mohan Munasinghe , 28-29 . doi:10.1038/twas08.28a Full Text | PDF

Let Deserts Be - Farouk El-Baz , 30 . doi:10.1038/twas08.30ª Full Text | PDF

Lost Diversity - Abdul H. Zakri , 31 . doi:10.1038/twas08.31ª Full Text | PDF

Urban Future - Hans van Ginkel , 32-33 . doi:10.1038/twas08.32a Full Text | PDF

The Science of Influence - Raghunath Mashelkar , 34 . doi:10.1038/twas08.34a Full Text | PDF

Frontiers

Space Landings - Turner Isoun , 35 . doi:10.1038/twas08.35a Full Text | PDF

Nano Rising - Bai Chunli Full Text | PDF

Physics Now - Reza Mansouri Full Text | PDF

Water Woes - Akissa Bahri Full Text | PDF

Bio-Revolution - Indira Nath Full Text | PDF

Back to Nature - Iqbal Choudhary Full Text | PDF

Do the Maths - Lê Dũng Tráng Full Text | PDF

A Better Pill - María G. Guzmàn Full Text | PDF

Creative Accounting - Partha Dasgupta , Full Text | PDF

End Note- Basics Matter - C. N. R. Rao Full Text | PDF

Viewpoints

Money counts but merit and freedom count even more - Ahmed Zewail Full Text | PDF

More than good enough to do world-class research - Zohra Ben Lakhdar-Akrout Full Text | PDF

Air pollution is a global problem with local solutions - Mario Molina Full Text | PDF

It is the knowledge (not digital) divide that matters - Abdul Waheed Khan Full Text | PDF

Science is helping Rwanda give up the ghosts of the past - Romain Murenzi Full Text | PDF

The green revolution is slowing. What next? - Luis Rafael Herrera-Estrella , 29 . doi:10.1038/twas08.29ª Full Text | PDF

International collaboration is part of science's DNA - Martin Rees , 31 . doi:10.1038/twas08.31b Full Text | PDF

Chemistry needs a new formula for success - Atta-ur-Rahman , 33 . doi:10.1038/twas08.33a Full Text | PDF

Why poor countries need nuclear research capacity - Ana Mariá Cetto , 37 . doi:10.1038/twas08.37ª Full Text | PDF

What others can — and cannot — learn from China - Lu Yongxiang , 38 . doi:10.1038/twas08.38b Full Text | PDF

Research is no luxury - Berit Olsson, 42 . doi:10.1038/twas08.42b Full Text | PDF