Christine Ro

An innovative microinsurance product, the Extreme Heat Income Insurance, provides some financial relief to Indian female workers suffering in the heat.

Oversight of label claims is very limited

Even people who can access medicines with a verification service often don’t bother to use it. And this is where Chekkit has innovated a way to inculcate the habit.

A number of people believe that boosting Nigerian pharma manufacturing would make it less vulnerable to bad medicines in the supply chain.

The messaging tool can help to reach collaborators and study participants in areas where Internet connectivity is poor.

It's my first time drumming along with a robot.

Simple but effective

For decades, scientists have been developing soft robots inspired by a creature often taken for granted - the humble earthworm.

It's well-established that romantic relationships can improve your health and even help you to live longer. But does friendship bring the same benefits?

Egg prices have hit the roof. One beneficiary has been makers of egg alternatives.

Globally, the cholera situation is the worst it’s been in 20 years.

On a hill overlooking a small airport whose runway stretches into the Ligurian Sea sits the Unit for Visually Impaired People, part of the Italian Institute for Technology (IIT) in Genoa.

A microscopy kit that can be used with any smartphone