A tight line and a keen eye led KAUST’s Vice President for Research to spot a new species of bream now named in honor of two beloved women.

A cross-disciplinary project results in improved efficiency for seismic processing, with promising applications for the energy industry.

The numerous potential applications of MXenes spark a diverse range of research across KAUST and farther afield.

Lessons from Al Wahbah crater

High school students had the opportunity to work with a KAUST research team to create a new model of a bacteriophage, a virus that attacks bacteria, and test the team’s new prototype software.

A fascination with desert plants and their survival mechanisms has led to a game-changing discovery for improving crop productivity under stress conditions.

Patients, clinicians and researchers all benefit from KAUST’s collaborations with Saudi hospitals. Patients with difficult genetic conditions can access the latest diagnostics. Researchers and students interact with clinicians and hear real-world stories from patients, which helps them understand societal impacts of their work and motivates them even more to pursue excellence in research.

What if artificial intelligence could look at the world and understand it like we do?

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.

Satellite data delivered directly to a computer can tell a geophysicist much of what they need to know, but fieldwork still adds value to their work.

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.