Twas in Action

In cooperation with its Regional Offices, TWAS has selected 25 new Young Affiliates for 2009–2013.

The 2008 TWAS Prizes were presented to the recipients at the Academy's 11th General Conference and 20th General Meeting in Durban, South Africa.

After two decades of war, international sanctions and dictatorship, Iraq is beginning to rebuild its science base, as academics who fled the country are now slowly coming back home

Boosting agricultural research in the developing world is the key to ensuring food security for the world's poorest, says Adel El-Beltagy

Developing countries face a two-fold energy challenge, say Dilip Ahuja and Marika Tatsutani

A group of scientific academies in Africa encourages the G8+5 countries to help Africa stem the scientific brain drain.

TWAS awarded its first-ever Regional Prizes for Public Understanding of Science.

TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, has announced the winners of the TWAS Prizes for 2008.

TWAS has awarded its first Regional Prizes for Development of Educational Material and School Science Curricula.

The programme for TWAS's 18th General Meeting in Trieste, Italy, 13-14 November 2007.