SciDev.Net, the first global website dedicated to both reporting on and discussing the role of science and technology in meeting the needs of the developing world, will be officially launched this month. The project, which is receiving editorial support from the world's two leading scientific journals, Nature and Science, has been undertaken with the cooperation of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). Funding for the project comes from the UK Department for International Development, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the International Development Research Centre in Canada. To learn more about SciDev.Net and/or to register to receive regular e-mail alerts providing information on new material added to the site each week, visit www.scidev.net or contact info@twas.org.