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16 January, 2024

Automated COVID-19 diagnosis, with wider potential

An open-source, automated and cost-effective platform for COVID-19 diagnosis and analysis of genetic variants can be built from readily available materials, with big possibilities on the horizon.

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04 January, 2024

Probiotics offer protection for wildlife

An emerging conservation strategy could help wildlife to become more resilient against a range of environmental threats.

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08 January, 2024

From roots to shoots: decoding strigolactones in plant architecture and symbiosis

Better understanding of the roles of plant hormones could help to engineer advantageous traits into rice and other crops.

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13 December, 2023

The sweet smell of successful wastewater treatment

The use of engineered algae to deliver clean water and valuable co-products from treated wastewater opens new opportunities for water treatment.

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04 December, 2023

The weird and wonderful world of Saudi Arabia’s microbiomes

Saudi Arabia is home to microbial communities that can boost coral reef health, sequester carbon in the desert and enable plants to survive in the harshest environments — and that is just the beginning.

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20 November, 2023

KAUST study reveals how corals control their algae population, paving the way for coral reef restoration

A new study by KAUST researchers provides experimental proof to explain how corals and other symbiotic cnidarians control their symbiotic algae.

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19 November, 2023

KAUST Professor Raquel Peixoto wins inaugural Rachel Carson Prize 2023 for Applied Microbiology

KAUST Professor Raquel Peixoto wins inaugural Rachel Carson Prize 2023 for Applied Microbiology

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25 October, 2023

Malaria protein discovery offers path for novel antimalarial intervention strategies

Uncovering PfAP2-P’s role in parasite's immune evasion and development, opening doors to innovative anti-malaria approaches.

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26 October, 2023

Ammon's Horn, or The Mystery of the Brain"

KAUST’s Vice President of Research, Pierre Magistretti, alongside his wife, Christine, tells a Da Vinci Code-esque tale of 5 scientists competing for $100M and establishing a new institute dedicated to eradicating Alzheimer’s disease in his book "Ammon's Horn, or The Mystery of the Brain"

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23 October, 2023

A handful of seeds starts fruitful collaboration

An encouraging culture of collaboration between two research leaders has fostered exciting work that has resulted in a breakthrough in understanding the mechanism of cereal disease resistance.

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23 October, 2023

Microbiomes shaped by enzymes’ responses to ocean temperatures

The ability of marine microbiomes to respond to thermal variations in their habitats is controlled by enzyme adaptation.

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12 October, 2023

Picking the best methods for metabolomics research

Comparison of different nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy methods has helped to identify the most robust approach for studying different types of biomolecules.

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10 October, 2023

Discover the future of cancer drug design

In an article published on Pharmafile.com, KAUST Professor Lukasz Jaremko delves into the promising realm of targeted cancer drug design.

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08 October, 2023

Understanding the intelligence of decision making

New research into how humans and animals use complexity to make decisions offers some tantalizing insights into the nature of intelligence.

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04 October, 2023

3D scaffolds shed light on cellular behavior

Hydrogels that mimic natural environments help to reveal cellular intricacies often missed in traditional lab studies.

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