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Covid-19 Puts New Focus on Arab Youths’ Mental Health Needs
Young people report higher levels of anxiety and depression since the pandemic arrived. Researchers have begun exploring this phenomenon and…
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Jordanian Researchers Create a Cheaper, Faster Coronavirus Test
Researchers in Jordan have developed a new way to extract genetic material from a virus to speed up coronavirus tests.
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Tunisia’s Covid-19 Research Effort Brings Together Many Sectors
Engineering and medical schools are collaborating to design ventilators, and government projects are attracting hundreds of researchers. Industry and investors…
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Genetics and Artificial Intelligence Drive Qatar University’s Covid-19 Research
Scientists are using computer simulations to find drugs that might be effective against the new coronavirus and genetics to find…
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A Look at the Evidence: Do Jobs Create Peace?
The research is at times conflicting, but experts believe that employment ultimately can help foster social harmony in the right…
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A Small Network of Arab and German Academics Aspires to Have a Large Impact
An “academy” of early-career researchers in Germany and Arab countries promotes international, interdisciplinary research projects "on the boundary between science…
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Egypt Hopes to Strengthen Scientific Research Through ‘Science Up’
A new government program will use cash incentives, support for laboratory equipment, and a mentoring program to improve science at…
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Opinion
‘Talk to Me,’ Urges a Science Journalist Working in the Arab World
A science journalist who has covered the Arab world for six years discovers a stark contrast in communication when he…
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Artificial Intelligence Speeds Efforts to Enhance Online Arabic Content
The Arabic language is seriously underrepresented online. Computer science researchers in Qatar are developing tools to change that,
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Egyptian Human Rights Scholar Detained, Fanning Broader Fears
The recent imprisonment of Patrick George Zaki, a human-rights scholar and activist, renews fears about freedom of expression and freedom…
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