| Science & Development Bulletin monitors science development and highlights the role of science and technology in establishing knowledge-based economy in the Islamic world. |
Issue No.63 – May 2010 |
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Islamic scientific channel |
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Pioneers of Science and Technology |
| 1001 Inventions promotes an accurate understanding of the exceptional advances in science, technology and culture made by Muslim civilisation during the 1000+ years labelled The Dark Ages by Western tradition. |
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Permaculture in Action - Greening The Desert |
| Geoff Lawton of the Permaculture Research Institute explains his use of landscape techniques to rehabilitate salty soils and create an oasis of sustainable agriculture in the Jordanian desert |
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News |
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IDB science & technology prizes won by 3 institutes |
| Isfahan Science & Technology Town (ISTT) in Iran, HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry in Pakistan and the Faculty of Engineering in the Islamic University of Gaza have won this year’s science and technology prizes of the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB). |
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Studies and reports |
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Feature |
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Obama's science envoys for the Muslim world |
| A few months ago, President Obama announced an outreach effort to bolster science & technology in the Muslim world. Three science envoys have now been appointed and they will travel to different Muslim countries to forge collaborations and to develop a deeper understanding of the challenges facing the Muslim world. |
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opinion |
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Facing the future -- science in the Muslim world |
| Jim Al-Khalili, a theoretical nuclear physicist at the University of Surrey, science communicator and author, talks about the current state of basic scientific research in Muslim countries, the rich history of Islamic discovery and what needs to be done to bring about a scientific renaissance. |
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Swine flu......
How to protect yourself and others
Arabic - English
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Meetings and conferences |
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The third conference of virology "Current Challenge of Viral Diseases"
Date: November 24-25, 2010
Location: Cairo, Egypt
International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal
Date: October 17-22, 2010
Location: Agadir, Morocco
12th International Conference of Agronomy
Date: Sep., 2010
Location: North Sinai, Egypt
International Conference on Material Imperatives in the New Millennium
Date: 29 Nov.-2 Dec. 2010
Location: Cairo, Egypt
The 3rd Scientific Conference of Animal Wealth Research in the Middle East & North Africa
Date: 17-18 December, 2010
location: Cairo, Egypt
Documents: 1 - 2
The 3rd Global Fisheries & Aquaculture Research Conference
Date: 17-18 December, 2010
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Documents: 1 - 2
The International Workshop on Industrial Biotechnology
Date: July 3-4, 2010
Location: Cairo, Egypt
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Academic job opportunities in the islamic world |
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