Blood on the lab bench
Scientists in Qatar have taken research into organ development one more step into the future by expanding the potential for creating personalized blood and heart tissue in the lab. Read more
2014 Year in Review: Nature Middle East highlights
In retrospect, 2014 was a mixed bag for the region – with some significant research produced on one hand, but on the other, in some countries, education, health and sectors in academia received some hard blows as a result of conflict and war. Read more
Qatar’s peculiar research funding dilemma
While most countries around the world are dealing with shrinking budgets for science research, Qatar has a surplus that the small Gulf state doesn’t know what to do with. Read more
Desert farming pilot yields positive results
After two and a half years if research and testing, the Sahara Forest Project pilot in Qatar has started to yield results, and initial findings are showing good results for arid land agriculture. Read more
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