Research

• Fishermen count losses as plant takes over beaches

  
  1 week ago
  New wave of hyacinth invasion hits Victoria, covers more than 1,000 hectares in the past one month.

• Experts rally countries to build research capacities

  
  1 week ago
  Research holds the key to unlocking the country’s potential, scholars say, amid renewed calls to have training institutions embrace innovation

• Report: Property prices slowing globally

  
  1 week ago
  Across the 20 cities tracked, average prime prices, the report says, rose by six per cent in the year to December 2017; by June 2018, this figure had

• Researchers identify erectile dysfunction gene

  
  1 week ago
  Researchers have identified a genetic variant that is partially responsible for erectile dysfunction

• 'Real' fake research hoodwinks US journals

  
  2 weeks ago
  Researchers expose what they see as ideological bias and a lack of rigorous vetting in the journals

• Agency wants logging ban lifted

  
  2 weeks ago
  Kenya Forest and Research Institute (Kefri) are lobbying for lifting of ban on logging of an invasive species to control its spread.

• Placing African universities in global knowledge production

  
  1 month ago
  Africa, specifically sub-Saharan Africa, accounts for 13.5 per cent of the global population but less than one per cent of global research output

• More married women go for abortion care

  
  1 month ago
  High rates of abortions were said to have been recorded in Nyanza, Western and Rift Valley regions.

• Nairobi listed most dangerous county for newborns in Kenya

  
  1 month ago
  At least 10,000 newborns in Nairobi do not have access to a facility with adequate resources for essential care.

• More telcos cut data cost - study

  
  1 month ago
  The average cost for 1GB in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Burundi, Kenya, and Rwanda is Sh704

• Cancer to kill 10 million in 2018, experts reveal

  
  1 month ago
  Cancer will kill nearly 10 million people this year, experts said Wednesday.

• Research key to Kenya’s socioeconomic transformation

  
  1 month ago
  Government has been advised to re-examine its public policy priority on education with the aim of shifting more resources to aid the enterprise of res

• Study shows medical cannabis effective in treating various health conditions

  
  1 month ago
  Researchers say many of 100,000 recorded users reported relief from various conditions including cronic pain and insomnia.

• Africa's second largest crocodile home fading

  
  1 month ago
  Lake Kamnarok in Baringo North faces three key enemies - water hyacinth, gully that is draining its water and siltation.

• County to exhibit in Mombasa next year

  
  1 month ago
  The County Government of Lamu will next year make a comeback presence in the annual ASK show after being absent for two years.

• Kefri puts invasive weed to good use

  
  1 month ago
  The weed, also known as Prosopis juliflora, has colonised critical grazing and farm lands in Baringo, Turkana, Garissa, Tana River and Lamu counties.

• Waiguru to sue IPSOS for defamation

  
  2 months ago
  She has instructed her lawyers to take up the matter urgently.