Biopharming technique yields cost-effective and environmentally friendly antimicrobial peptides.

Addressing global challenges of food security and malnutrition is a key motivation for KAUST research leader Salim Al-Babili.

A purpose-built lab is enabling bioprospecting for local strains of microalgae and helping to shape the future of Saudi Arabia’s algal biotech industry.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has successfully launched a Cubesat satellite with its partner Spire Global on the SpaceX Transporter-7 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in the United States.

Pioneering single-cell sequencing technology sheds light on risk of mitochondrial genome editing and hidden mitochondrial mutations in human oocytes and synthetic embryos.

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Sami G. Al-Ghamdi meticulously models the environmental impact of every conceivable element in our urban systems to create a realistic picture of potential damage and options to minimize it.

Minimalist art has inspired a set of tools to maximize coral restoration.

Understanding the role of a key protein in plant immunity could inform the development of crops that are resistant to multiple pathogens.

Improving the efficiency and sustainability of water desalination is critical to address global water scarcity.

An electroactive bacterium generates well-defined nanosized metal catalysts with remarkable water-splitting performance.

Working with doctors at two Saudi hospitals enables KAUST researchers to trial and validate novel biosensors for rapid disease diagnostics.

A newly found protein complex plays a vital role in RNA protection and stability during its journey between DNA and the cell’s protein factory.

Researchers have successfully cultivated a novel salt-tolerant bacterium from the Red Sea that effectively removes nitrogen from high-salinity waste water.

Research to underpin key government strategies for greening the desert, regenerating mangroves and meeting Saudi Arabia’s net zero targets by 2060.

Evolution of lactate-mediated nerve signaling probably enabled memory systems, a comparative gene study shows.

There are new things to learn from each sample of sediment that I collect.

​A decentralized wastewater treatment and reuse unit invented at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has been installed in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia.

The drive to research tangible solutions to address climate change meant a leap from marine science to terrestrial agriculture for graduate student Clara Stanschewski, now studying quinoa.