Science Development Network

Islamic scientific channel

	Genetic engineered food in the Arab world…..environmental, health and socio-economic impact

	Food security …..The challenges of climate change and bio-fuel

	Engineers harness cell phone technology for use in medical imaging
	A new device that uses cellphones to make medical imaging much cheaper and more accessible to the poor

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News

	Mediterranean initiative to boost science -based investment launched
	43 leaders of the European Union, North Africa and Middle East countries have launched a new Union for the Mediterranean and issued Paris declaration aimed at boosting knowledge-based economic cooperation.

	Palestine to get Arab Centre of Excellence in Mathematics and Physics
	Palestine will have a regional Centre of Excellence in Mathematics and Physics (CEMP) in abid to serve as a focal point for research, programme development, training and knowledge sharing for Palestinian universities in particular and Arab universities in general

	UAE academy to tackle regional water shortages
	The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched an Arab Water Academy (AWA) to tackle water shortages in the region that will increase as a result of climate change.

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Muslim women in science

	New network to raise profile of Muslim women scientists
	A network has been created to promote the role of Muslim women scientists in science and technology development.

	US $ 5 million Arab initiative to boost science-based business
	plans have been unveiled for establishing a new Arab center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Lebanon in abid to promote knowledge-based economy development.

	Woman Scientist from Makkah Steals the Limelight at IDB Event

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Studies and reports

	Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research and Training Institute of COMSTECH

	Atlas of Islamic World innovation

	Establishing a Centre of Excellence in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Birzeit University, Palestine

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Feature

	Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative Aimed At Protecting African Medical Industries
	West African people should establish a medical anti-counterfeiting task force to promote local herbal medicines by protecting indigenous knowledge and genetic property and establishing benefit-sharing systems in addition to tackling the spread of cheap, fake medicines that are causing an unnecessary loss of life, according to the communiqué from a recent meeting.

	New Southern/East African Copyright Network Targets Protection, Local Innovation
	Seventeen African ministers of arts and culture have officially launched the newly formed Southern and Eastern Africa Copyright Network in a bid to strengthen regional collaboration and cooperation in the field of creative industries, copyright and related rights.

	Initiative Aimed At Boosting Knowledge And Technology-Based Legislation In Africa
	African countries recently approved a plan to set up a parliamentary knowledge network to enhance legislative and institutional capacity for creating science and technology-based legislation .

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opinion

	To whom it may concern….. Sponsor a tree if you cannot plant one

	First Egyptian Approval Of Genetically Modified Corn Raises Questions
	With Egypt’s recent approval of the cultivation and commercialisation of a pest-resistant corn variety that marked the first legal introduction of genetically modified crops into the Arab world, the Egyptian scientific community is having mixed reactions.

	Gulf states should work together on research
	A regional strategy and a focus on capacity building would strengthen Gulf investments in S&T, say Wael K. Al-Delaimy and Hilal A. Lashuel.

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Profile

	Mohamed Abdus Salam
	“Nobel Prize winner for physics in 1979 from Pakistan”

	Ahmed Zewail
	“Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1999 from Egypt”

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netwatch

	Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED)

	Supercourse .....A global repository of lectures on public health and prevention

	The Quran Miracles Encyclopedia

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Making the science work for Ummah`s needs

	Save and cheap drug for treating Hepatitis C patients
	Scientists found that the cheap and safe anti-clotting drug warfarin could treat Liver damage in Hepatitis C patients, according to results in the trial in mice.

	Method for producing inexpensive bio-fertilizer from industrial animal wastes
	Scientists have development an effective method to convert various types of industrial animal wastes into low cost and harmless bio-fertilizer.

	A new method to boost yields of rice-waste biofuel developed
	Scientists have developed a new method that dramatically increases the yield of a clean biogas fuel from rice straw.

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Science and technology education observatory

	Teacher Educators In Muslim World Form Association
	The International Conference on Teacher Education in the Muslim World (ICTEM) has agreed to set up an Association of Teacher Educators in the Muslim World as a platform to discuss important issues pertaining to teaching and seek solutions to common problems.

	African Union of Private Universities set up
	The cornerstone of African Union of Private Universities including 23 African universities from ten countries was set up to serve as a think-tank for the governments and peoples of Africa for leadership training in charting the direction, content, and pace of higher education programs and research for relevance to industrial, social, environmental, and scientific development of the continent.

	Iraq puts forward ambitious higher education plan
	Iraq has put science and technology at the centre of a proposed five-year, US$1 billion higher education plan.

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Spotlights

	Al-Salah.....Al-Salah الصلاة.....الصلاة

	To whom it may concern.....2 important words for all of us

	Miracle Pictures of Islam

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