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A coral identification workshop has been organized by KAUST with colleagues from Saudi Arabia’s gigaprojects to increase regional knowledge about corals, which are so important for the conservation of the Red Sea marine environment.

It’s not unusual for students from Saudi Arabia to come to KAUST for graduate studies – Saudi students comprise about a third of the student population. What is unusual, however, is for a student to come from the same town as the KAUST campus.

Noble laureate Toni Morrison once said, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”

A collaboration between two disparate research groups provides insights into a challenging problem in the field of enhanced oil recovery.

The inventors of the first semiconductor and the transistor effect won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956. Today, this technology permeates most aspects of modern life and much of KAUST’s research focus.

Science and art are fused through the ancient craft of glassblowing.

A chance conversation at a coffee break led two women into a fruitful collaboration that will continue long into the future.

Small affordable satellites provide more opportunities for enhanced monitoring of the Earth and its ecosystems.

What started in 2014 exploring the possibility of one-step conversion of crude oil to chemicals has bloomed into a major research partnership between KAUST and Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s flagship petroleum refiner.

A 10-year industry-academic collaboration is an ambitious endeavor, but a partnership between the Clean Combustion Research Centre at KAUST and the Transport Technologies Division at Saudi Aramco’s Research and Development Center has exceeded expectations in terms of nurturing tal­ent and achieving outcomes.

A membrane autopsy can be used to determine what is fouling the membrane and thus prescribe the best methods for cleaning as well as other ways to improve its efficiency.

Nanoparticles have a bright future in new ways with light and photonics. Deanna Lacoste, mechanical engineer at KAUST, has had a longstanding interest in nanoparticles and now, with KAUST support, is sharing that interest with Amal Alamri, electrical engineer from King Abdulaziz University (KAU) and KAUST alumna.

The challenges of food production and global food security require a long-term, multi-pronged approach.

Houses on the KAUST campus will trial an air conditioner that uses little energy

As Saudi Arabia charts a new future, one professor is challenging bright young minds to think how that future could be.

KAUST’s Circular Carbon Initiative (CCI) brings together many disciplines to fill an innovation gap and to support Saudi Arabia in its vision to achieve a circular carbon economy. Through the CCI, KAUST aims to change the carbon narrative to one of reduce, reuse, recycle and remove.

Regenerative medicine and coral restoration are just two of the areas where the emerging field of bioprinting research is having an impact.

Coral reefs are under threat from climate change and human activities, but new ideas are emerging that could help these ecosystems survive.

Supercomputers can work with vast amounts of data by performing computationally intensive tasks rapidly, saving time and money.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is shaking up the art world. A new style of art event shows how machine learning can be applied across artistic fields

With its location on the shores of the Red Sea and an international reputation for marine science, KAUST needs teams of skilled research divers with expertise in identifying key marine species. Now, marine researchers and partners from industry and other institutions can receive internationally accredited dive training on site, while others further develop their expertise in identifying corals.

Lockdown observation and analysis conducted at home have led to a pioneering intellectual framework for predicting the fate of evaporating liquid marbles.

Sampling feces seems like a long way from tackling global challenges, but for one KAUST researcher, it helped to address two very contemporary crises.

Modern research and technology are being used at KAUST to protect this very ancient crop.