“We are points of order in a disordered universe. This is an expression of how we feel about being ruled by physics in all our emotions and reactions. It’s how we interpret, describe and live our lives within this system.” … Read more
Welcome to the first of a series of tips from the Nature Research Academies to help researchers navigate the academic landscape. In this competitive landscape where no research is complete without publication, researchers are pressured to publish scientific articles. However, writing a paper in academic English presents many challenges, especially for non-native speakers. In this blogpost, we will introduce the three writing principles that good writers use to reach their readers better. Read more
Kuwait has greenligted the creation of a DNA database of all its 1.3 million citizens, and 2.9 million foreign residents – a surprising move that DNA privacy advocates deem “ill advised.” … Read more
New research shows that date syrup – a delicacy popular in the Middle East and a culinary essential in countries like Iraq – can inhibit the growth of bacteria faster than manuka honey. Read more
Two people, with similar circumstances, can experience the same stressor – death, trauma or even bankruptcy – and one could go on to develop depression while the other would weather the crisis and come out unharmed. What makes the difference between one and the other? Why do some function normally following a crisis, or are more resilient, while others become emotionally crippled by it? Read more
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is between a rock and a hard place – asked to condemn the flogging of a Saudi blogger, perhaps try to influence the sentence, in a country that doesn’t forgive opposition, and shuns dissenters. Read more
A new class of diabetes therapy, soon to be available on the markets, including in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, is the first to target the kidney, say experts, and is hailed as “revolutionary” by Boehringer Ingelheim, the pharmaceutical producing it. Read more
Early conversations between physicians and diabetes patients are not only critical for patients’ emotional well-being but they also predict the degree to which patients keep up with treatment. Read more
A group of 18 Nobel Laureates, “friends of KAUST,” Saudi Arabia’s foremost research institution, pleaded with the countries’ leading academics in an open letter to stand up against oppression of free thought; more precisely to openly decry the public flogging of blogger Raif Badawi. Read more
Despite the destruction war yields, there’s a biological benefit for engaging in it, a study that observed nomadic herders in South Sudan and southwest Euthopia reveals. Read more