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FORIG takes steps to generate more revenue
The Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has signalled a shift towards the commercialization of its products and services.

Overstretched entrepreneurs say they can't find time for innovation
Small business owners are too busy to come up with new ideas

BILL GATES, MARK ZUCKERBERG AND 27 OTHER BILLIONAIRES LAUNCH CLEAN ENERGY RESEARCH FUND
Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg along with a roster of other high-profile billionaires have created a new global organization aimed at spurring investment in renewable energy technologies.

NIH-led effort details global brain disorders research agenda in Nature supplement
By Ann Puderbaugh
Infants are starved of oxygen during difficult births. Children's cognitive function is permanently damaged due to malnutrition or exposure to infections or toxins.

US and Canada partner to invest $21 million for environmental and occupational health research hubs in developing countries

NIH aims to increase collaboration on chronic diseases
Noncommunicable diseases kill 38 million people a year, most of them in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to the WHO.

US scientists explore research partnerships with Cuba
By Ann Puderbaugh
PHILADELPHIA - The recent thaw in U.S.-Cuban relations may provide opportunities to expand scientific partnerships between the countries, a topic explored in a panel dis

H3Africa spurs range of genomic research, training
By Cathy Kristiansen
African scientists have begun to study genomic influences on disease across their continent, from differences in the progression of HIV in children, to sleeping sickn

RESEARCH DATA ON GHANA BROADCASTERS FOR COUNTRY MEDIA RATINGS
The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has commissioned mobile survey specialist GeoPoll to provide media data to its members, who include TV, radio and web broadcasters across the c

Nevada Researchers Trying to Turn Roadside Weed Into Biofuel
Three decades ago, a University of Nevada researcher who obtained one of the first U.S.