Category: Making a difference

Arnab Pain and colleagues had the foresight to be prepared to sequence the SARS-CoV-2 virus and place its local variants on the global genome map.

When the SARS-CoV-2 virus began to spread across the globe, researchers from KAUST rapidly mobilized into teams to confront the challenge, often with support from other hospitals and universities in Saudi Arabia. They reflect on their experiences.

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

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