SciDev.Net: The ' Africa Innovation Outlook 2010', prepared by the African Science and Technology Indicators Initiative (ASTII) covers 19 countries from across the continent and aims to plug an information gap on the state of science in Africa.The report says that Africa’s share of global science continues to decrease, and increasing African competitiveness “will require greater investment in human capital development, the strengthening of scientific institutions and equipment, as well as significantly higher funding for science.”
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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