TWAS
TWAS
TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences, until 2004 named Third World Academy of Sciences and TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world before September 2012, is a merit-based science academy uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable development in the South . Its headquarters are located on the premises of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: TWAS
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