Saudi Arabia

An advanced numerical model is helping researchers better understand the variability of the Red Sea’s climate patterns.

A statistics-driven method to detect emerging problems in industrial processes could improve industrial safety, reliability and productivity.

New technique lays the foundation for greener transport fuels and next generation engines.

Carlos Duarte, Director of the Red Sea Research Center and the Tarek Ahmed Juffali Research Chair in Red Sea Ecology, was recently elected a fellow of the the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).

KAUST genetic detailing of rice plants in real-time highlights the roles of different loci in response to salt stress during growth.

Microscale energy storage units for wearable and miniaturized electronic devices are improved using porous materials.

Wafer-thin, scratch-proof films can generate a rainbow of colors using random metallic nanostructures.

Standardized reporting of energy conversion efficiency could help to develop photocatalysts to produce renewable fuels.

Sophisticated statistical methods can detect ozone pollution hot spots and monitor instrument failure.

Tin selenide is an effective host for storing sodium ions, making it a promising material for sodium ion batteries.

New heights reached for solids that capture carbon dioxide at low concentrations in gas mixtures.

Smart bandage technology provides instant updates on the condition of chronic wounds through a mobile phone app.

A clean, green, metal-free approach to making high-performance polycarbonates.

Software that automatically recognizes surfaces within complex three-dimensional images can benefit petroleum extraction.

Images of from a high-speed camera reveal a microbead formation process during the vapor explosion of liquid metal dropping into a pool of water.

Certain bacteria-based water treatment systems may help prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance.

Carefully-designed crystal structures can now be tuned to control how they transmit acoustic waves.

A genome for the blacktail butterflyfish may illustrate how reef fish adapt to challenging conditions in the Red Sea.

New sensor design paves the way for safer and more effective brain monitoring.

A biocompatible nanomaterial that can be controlled with light finds a use in gene delivery.

Antibodies directed against cancer stem cells could help patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

Carbon storage by coastal macroalgae is a significant, but neglected, aspect of the global carbon budget.

Satellite radar image analysis reveals that rifting in Iceland exhibits simultaneous horizontal and sideways movement.

Mapping the genetics underlying barley yields helps pinpoint mutations responsible for increasing the crop’s salt tolerance.

Tweaking the structure of metal-organic frameworks could transform the capacity to use methane as a fuel.

Machine learning techniques make it possible to reconstruct and generate characteristic building models from partial image data.

Imploding bubbles improve the growth of single-crystalline perovskite solar cell thin films.

High-resolution modeling improves understanding of dust flow from Africa across the Red Sea toward the Arabian Peninsula.

Surface deformation cause by magma rising within the crust may in turn have prevented a volcanic eruption in Saudi Arabia.

Atom-by-atom deposition leads to low-cost, high-performance transparent electronic materials.