Science & Tech

Climate change to force deadly diet shift By Tania Rabesandratana Climate change will severely impact global food production, causing an estimated 529,000 deaths by 2050 from resulting diet shifts compared…

A therapy that retrains the body’s immune system to fight cancer has provoked excitement after more than 90% of terminally ill patients reportedly went into remission. White blood cells were…

Q&A: Hurdles for female scientists in the Middle East By Lyndal Rowlands To mark the first International Day of Women and Girls in Science, SciDev.Net spoke with Princess Nisreen El-Hashemite,…

Apple is currently on target to start selling its next iPhone and iPad models the same week that the new products are introduced in March. Apple is currently planning to…

African nations poor at withdrawing unsafe drugs By Laura Owings Regulators worldwide take several years to withdraw medicines after adverse effects are spotted, and African countries are more likely than…

By Lou Del Bello An estimated 10.2 million people are now food insecure in Ethiopia, as a result of an exceptional drought exacerbated by the El Niño event that began last…

Barbara mental health hospital takes the assignment to search and collect mentally disordered people from outskirts and sea-shores. This time round 19 men and one woman have been admitted at hospital…

Astronomers announced Wednesday that they have found compelling evidence for a ninth planet lurking beyond Pluto on the outside of the solar system. The new report published in the Astronomical…

Shortened drug-resistant TB treatment trial raises hope By Linda Nordling [CAPE TOWN] A clinical trial in Francophone Africa has raised hope that a drastically shortened treatment for multi-drug resistant tuberculosis…