Science Development Network

Islamic scientific channel

	Message from Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud for young researchers

	Embryology in Quran

	ASIA: The Gathering Storm - the human cost of climate change

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News

	Tunisia launches first nanotech project
	Tunisia is the latest North African country to launch a nanotechnology project – monitoring the water of the Medjerda River.

	Cameroon puts brain drain into reverse
	Cameroon's government has diverted funds gained from a debt write-off to academic salaries — and has now boosted scientist numbers.

	Solar-powered irrigation a shining success in Benin
	Solar-powered water pumps mean more vegetables — and more money — for farmers in Benin, researchers find.

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Muslim women in science

	First annual Jeanie Borlaug Laube Women in Triticum Award for early-career women wheat researchers.
	Deadline: March 1, 2010

	منحة لوريال – اليونسكو لعام 2010 للعالم العربي

	Excerpt from a lecture by professor Salim Al-Hassani at Jeddah conference on knowledge economy, Saudi Arabia, January 2008

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Studies and reports

	State of world population 2009 "Facing a changing world: women, population and climate"

	Impact of climate change on Arab countries

	Swine flu vaccine - take or not take (Arabic)

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Feature

	Islamic Science: Past, Present and the Future

	Gem science in Islamic and eastern traditions
	Shaikh Abbas Borhany attempts to study and analyze the science of gems which the fields of Astrology, Numerology, Gemology, and other related sciences have been dedicated to solving the mysteries and conceptions behind it and its relation to man’s temperament.

	Why has the Muslim World made no contribution to science and technology?

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opinion

	The future of science in Islamic countries
	Professor Abdus Salam (1926-1996), First Muslim and the only Pakistani Nobel Laureate, expressed his views about science in the Muslim World.

	The house of wisdom: how the Arabs transformed western civilization

	S&T experts urge OIC nations to acquire emerging technologies
	Science and Technology (S&T) experts from the member states of the Organisation of Islamic States (OIC) have strongly recommended acquiring new and emerging technologies for rapid development in the region.

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Profile

	Muhammad Yunus
	Noble Prize Winner in economy in 2006 from Bangladesh

	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

	Science and technology Arabic videos

	Secrets of study abroad…..best universities worldwide

Pakistan's National Academy of Young Scientist (NAYS)

NAYS is a non-government organization of motivated young scientists of all science disciplines (Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Computational and Engineering Sciences), The purpose of NAYS is to promote Science in Pakistan by motivating young researchers and improving coordination among them, better utilization of available resources, developing a link between academia and industry, solving problem of young researchers and awareness to common public.

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Science and technology education observatory

	Towards the Islamic higher education Area…Taking up the challenges in a globalised world

	2008 academic ranking of world universities
	Out of the top 500 universities, It only has one single university from the Islamic world, namely Istanbul university in Turkey

	Arab universities and scientific research….international prospective (Arabic)

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Spotlights

	Strategy for becoming the happiest one in the world

	Ya Allah
	العودة الى الله والتوبة اليه

	Great Life Lessons

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