» Muslims urged to remain focused on education

Muslims should hold steadfast to education if they want to regain their old glory in science and technology (S&T), scientists advise.

» First science café launched in the Arab world

The US-based royal academy of science international trust has launched the Science Café project in Beirut, Lebanon as the first scientific and cultural project of the kind in the Arab and Islamic world.

» Islamic conference boosts S&T with new resolutions

Member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) have endorsed several resolutions to enhance science and technology capacity in the Islamic world.

» UAE launches national authority for scientific research

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its first national authority for scientific research to coordinate and fund scientific research in the country.

» Science and higher education boost in Sudan

Sudan has launched a number of initiatives in abid to promote knowledge-based economic development.

» Philippine launches science and technology programme for halal industry

It will establish a halal testing laboratory for setting up a mechanism, technically and scientifically, to ensure that food products are fully halal, i.e. not contaminated with pork, swine oil…etc.

» Eflornithine is safe and effective as a first line treatment for human African trypanosomiasis.

Researchers have shown that treatment programmes for human African trypanosomiasis using eflornithine as first line treatment in Ibba, southern Sudan is safe and its efficacy compares favourably to results reported with melarsoprol under similar conditions.

» Low-cost and technically simple inhaled TB vaccine developed

Researchers have demonstrated that using the live attenuated tuberculosis vaccine bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG) as a spray-dried nanomicroparticle aerosol is effective in a trial on guinea pigs.

» Muslim nations need true education

The Muslim world is in need of high quality universities, libraries, resource centres and laboratories.

» E-readiness ranking 2008...Maintaing momentum

It presents a rival ranking from the Economist Intelligence Unit assessing the "e-readiness" of countries around the world how well economies have sustained their momentum from previous years.

» Turning Qatar into a Competitive Knowledge-Based Economy

It presents the four pillars of the knowledge economy including education; innovation; information and communications technology ; the business environment; and, a 5th pillar which encompasses social trust, cohesion and a change-friendly society. It also discusses challenges that Qatar might face in moving toward a knowledge-based economy.

» US-Islamic world science partnership… obstacles and opportunities

Although polling data from the Islamic world usually centers on angry views about the U.S. and its foreign policy, the Islamic world has very favorable views of U.S. science and technology, its colleges and universities, and American research and development capabilities. This report examines how effective US-Islamic world science cooperation is and how its efficiency and effectiveness could be enhanced?

» Livestock could help relieve poverty and hunger from Islamic counties

Islamic countries should concentrate on livestock production in abid to promote food self-sufficiency, Sahibzada Shafiullah Khan at Pakistan-based University of Livestock & Animal Sciences, suggests.

» Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World

» COMSTECH - OIC standing committee on science and technological cooperation

» Islamic World Academy of Sciences

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