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Six international partners just pledged $42 million to fuel Africa's ambitious 10-year science and innovation strategy. The funding will help African nations build stronger research systems and solve local challenges through homegrown science.
South Korea's pioneering research institute started in a 10-pyeong room with three people and helped transform a poor nation into a tech powerhouse. Now KIST is tackling seven world-changing missions from AI to Alzheimer's drugs.
Scientists developed a smart synthetic skin that can hide images, change textures, and morph shapes on command, all from a single soft material. Inspired by octopus skin, this breakthrough could revolutionize camouflage, security, and robotics.
Scientists just figured out how to bring ancient smells back to life using molecular traces left on artifacts. Museums in Germany and Denmark are now letting visitors experience the actual aromas used in Egyptian mummification 3,000 years ago.
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A physicist reading bedtime stories to his son just created an app that identifies dinosaur footprints using artificial intelligence. DinoTracker could rewrite what we know about when birds first appeared on Earth.
A 17-year-old from rural South Africa developed formulas that could change how students solve math problems. Now she's presenting her research at one of the world's most prestigious science fairs.
Nigeria's top awards for literature, science, and creative arts just got a bold visual makeover that signals a new era for the nation's intellectual excellence. The redesigned logos celebrate 22 years of honoring Nigerian brilliance while positioning the prizes for global recognition.
The University of Wisconsin-River Falls just opened its new Science and Technology Innovation Center, a state-of-the-art facility designed to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. After years of planning and construction, students walked into their first classes this week in a building designed to last a century.
Nigeria's top science agency just signed a deal to turn academic research into real products that solve everyday problems. The partnership aims to end the cycle of studies that never leave the lab.
A UK-led space mission aims to create total solar eclipses on demand, giving scientists an unprecedented view of the sun's atmosphere to better forecast damaging solar storms. The innovation could protect our tech-dependent world from billion-dollar disruptions.
A biomedical engineer who spent his nights drumming in punk bands is transforming how scientists collaborate. His "jam session" approach is already sparking breakthroughs at NYU.