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IAEA Offers Climate Change Strategies. Introducing nuclear technologies in areas such as crop breeding, soils and ground water management and flue gas filtering could be central in mitigating phenomena caused by climate change. Full Story »

IAEA Nominates New Collaborating Centre. Argentina´s Balseiro Institute, the second in South America, on Wednesday became the IAEA´s 14th Collaborating Centre, ... Full Story »

Taking Stock: The Fight Against Cancer. The IAEA´s Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) took the occasion of the 53rd IAEA General Conference to brief Member States and donors on progress of its work to fight the growing cancer pandemic in developing countries since 1997. Full Story »

Under the leadership of Werner Burkart, IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Sciences and Applications, the IAEA is helping Member States achieve their development targets. Read Brochure »

Coordinated Research Activities Annual Report and Statistics for 2008. In 2008, over six million Euros were awarded in support of the IAEA Coordinated Research Activities implemented via Coordinated Research Projects (CRPs) which bring together research institutes from both developing and developed Member States to collaborate on research topics of common interest. Read the full CRA Annual Report »

Cancer Spotlight on Asia and Pacific Region. Some of the world´s leading cancer control specialists met at IAEA headquarters in Vienna 29 June – 1 July to discuss strategies for fighting the growing cancer burden in Asia and the Pacific region. Full Story »

International Cooperation Can Help Curb Pandemics. [...] New technologies emerging every day, many of them nuclear and related techniques, are essential pieces in ensuring appropriate diagnostics and control of animal-origin disease such as avian and H1N1 influenza pandemics, known as zoonotic diseases. Full Story »

Nuclear Focus on Animal Production and Health. An international symposium focusing on the use of nuclear technologies to enhance animal nutrition and reproduction strategies and to detect and control animal-origin diseases that can be transmitted to humans, such as Influenza-A (H1N1), popularly known as swine flu, and avian influenza, opens today in Vienna. Full Story »

Improving Livestock Productivity in Honduras. Honduras is poised to bring a set of integrated laboratory-based services for the benefit of cattle farmers, as an IAEA-supported project to improve livestock productivity moves into its third phase. Full Story »

IAEA challenges radiotherapy industry to produce cheaper equipment - International Conference on Advances in Radiation Oncology, Vienna, Austria.
The International Atomic Energy Agency today issued a challenge to medical equipment manufacturers, calling for the development of cancer therapy equipment that is robust, portable, easy to use and more affordable. Full Story »