African countries need to start producing and developing their own medical devices. Suitably skilled biomedical engineers are needed for this sort of innovation to take root.
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The region relies on seasonal flooding, yet energy demand is year-round.
This year is poised to go down as the hottest non-El Niño year ever recorded, with record low polar ice and extreme weather that left many regions battling bushfires and hurricanes.
With several terror attacks committed by Uzbeks abroad in 2017, one of the world’s harshest regimes is coming under scrutiny.
A group of fewer than 800 orangutans in northern Sumatra has been recognised as a new species - and they are already under threat from deforestation.
The mystery object seen moving through our Solar system shows the void between the stars is far from empty. So can we expect more interstellar visitors?
There are strong signs that Riyadh has begun a campaign to promote regime change. But the Saudi strategy appears to be backfiring.
With cutting-edge technologies and innovative business practices, Cape Verde can achieve its goal in a way that is cost-effective and equitable
Chronic kidney disease is a global problem with about 10% of the world’s population suffering from the disease.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) offer new opportunities for improving basic education in Africa.
New research is helping us understand exactly how Alzheimer’s works – and how to treat it.
Scientists can be overly thirsty for dinosaur blood.
Why do so many people queue overnight (or longer) for an over-priced, at best incrementally-changed gadget?
This highly-stylised slice of the Orient was originally a defence against racism.
If the US, simply focuses on trying to hunt down jihadist leaders in Niger it will be missing an opportunity to address the underlying causes of violence in the region.
After the Maduro regime won Venezuela’s recent gubernatorial elections, results are contested, people are desperate and the opposition has fractured. Can the resistance survive this setback?
Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect in the Manhattan bike path attack, wasn’t a devout Muslim. He cursed and came late to prayers. A terrorism expert explains why such a man may want to be a martyr.
Ecuador’s new president, Lenin Moreno, has been disavowed by the party that brought him to power after disputing with his left-wing predecessor.
Aliens are highly likely to undergo natural selection, shows new research.
With just 67 words, a British foreign secretary kicked off a hundred years of conflict and displacement.
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