Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 23 October 2013 4 projects nominated for grants up to $2 million; 10 projects awarded $270,000 Grand Challenges Canada, funded by
United Nations University – BIOLAC (Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean) 2 Sept. 2013 Marking 25th year, UNU-BIOLAC also announces brokered breakthrough to diagnose
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Saving Lives at Birth 31 July 2013 Some 22 projects from nine countries: Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Italy, Senegal, Spain, Uganda, UK
Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge MA 3-Jun-2013 The world can only meet its future food needs through innovation, including
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 29 April, 2013 59 creative, out-of-box health innovations devised in 13 low- and middle-income countries, plus 43 from Canada, share $10.9
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 22 Nov. 2012 Grand Challenges Canada awards 68 $100,000 seed grants to innovators worldwide Some 51 innovators in 18 low and middle
Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health, Toronto 1 Nov 2012 Researchers identify building blocks of trust: Honesty, transparency, capability, accountability, solidarity and generosity Trust between
Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Malaysia / Malaysian Industry‑Government Group for High Technology 1 Nov 2012 ‘Nutrition transition’ common to Mexico,
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 10-Oct-2012 On World Mental Health Day, Grand Challenges Canada funds a burst of 15 innovative projects spanning the globe — Asia,
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 14-Feb-2012 The impact of unsafe water and sanitation on the death rates of children
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 16-Dec-2011 Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invest almost $32 million in the discovery and development of
Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Smithsonian Institution 27-Nov-2011 Global ‘barcode blitz’ accelerates; 450 experts converge on Adelaide Nov. 28-Dec. 3 The newfound scientific power
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 7-Nov-2011 A new hand-held device called the Electronic Nose, which has the potential to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) in symptomatic patients, was
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 13 Jul 11 Fredros Okumu, Tanzania Tanzanian researchers are awarded a two-year grant to further develop a device that uses human foot odor to
Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment, Toronto 15-Jun-2011 If parents do just 5 things to safeguard their kids’ health: Dust, use green cleaning products,
Canadian Environmental Law Association, Toronto Training, caution essential to avoid release of brain-damaging lead, other toxic substances Home energy retrofits tackle climate change and when
United Nations University – Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) 1 May 2011 The US Environmental Protection Agency is stepping up international efforts to help curb
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 12 December 2010 Africans strengthen ability to meet health needs in sub-Sahara with homegrown science solutions, but many products stagnate
Harvard Kennedy School Cambridge,MA,USA 2-Dec-2010 Africa can feed itself. And it can make the transition from hungry importer to self-sufficiency in a single generation. The
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 14 September 2010 The lure of greater profits elsewhere in the world may divert bio-pharmaceutical firms in developing countries from
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health 10 May 2010 ‘South-South’ biotech collaborations boost health, economies: Study The availability of more affordable drugs, vaccines and diagnostics that
Census of Marine Life Washington DC 18-Apr-2010 Microbial mat the size of Greece found on oxygen-starved South American seafloor; Scientists puzzle out Neptune’s riotous diversity