Celebrate World Environmental Day

A new method to boost yields of rice-waste biofuel developed

Scientists have developed a new method that dramatically increases the yield of a clean biogas fuel from rice straw.

Researchers converted e-wastes into fuel

Researchers have developed a simple, efficient method for recycling printed circuit boards into environment friendly raw materials for use in fuel, plastic, and other useful consumer products.

Iraq puts forward ambitious higher education plan

Iraq has put science and technology at the centre of a proposed five-year, US$1 billion higher education plan.

Education Reform in Arab gulf states, American Style

The six member nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman – are undergoing a huge development in their higher education landscape that has attracted major American, British and Australian universities.

Roadmap for establishing information societies in MENA region

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries are active communications societies, but must work towards becoming active Information Societies

Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) : Capacity Building for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction

It summarizes STI capacity-building experience from developing and industrial countries as well as highlighting key issues for policy makers when addressing STI capacity building to alleviate poverty and to grow and diversify the economy

Could Science Solve Global Food Crisis?

Scientists are pondering a new 'green revolution,' half a century after the first one, to solve a growing food shortage that has reached crisis proportions in some countries.

Gulf states should work together on research

A regional strategy and a focus on capacity building would strengthen Gulf investments in S&T, say Wael K. Al-Delaimy and Hilal A. Lashuel.

Why the Muslim Nations lose their best and brightest to the West?

Omar Bagasra, Director of US-based South Carolina Center for Biotechnology reports about the brain drain problem and provides some suggestions to tackle it in the Muslim world.

To whom it may concern….the release of Bt corn in Egypt might harm poor farmers

Nagib Nassar, Egyptian scientist and professor of genetics and plant breeding at Brazil uinversity warn of the health, environmental and socio-economic impact of the release of genetically modified corn in Egypt.

Arab Youth Venture Foundation

Arab Youth Venture Foundation