Chemical Engineering
A scalable membrane for energy-efficient crude oil-to-chemicals separation
A new membrane could reduce reliance on energy-intensive distillation for selected crude oil separation steps.
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Electrical Engineering
New research tool for precision substance delivery in plants
A reusable system combines microneedles with a miniature pump to deliver chemical and biological substances into specific regions of living plants, giving researchers greater control over experiments.
Bioscience
The hidden coordination behind DNA copying
A KAUST study reveals how the molecular machinery that copies human DNA keeps its many parts working in step before cells divide.
Marine Science
Extreme heat leaves corals short of oxygen
When exposed to acute heat stress, corals can suffocate, rapidly losing their tissue before showing the familiar signs of bleaching.
Plant Science
Beneficial bacterium helps plants stay fertile in the heat
Researchers at KAUST have discovered how a beneficial bacterium switches on plants’ natural defenses against heat stress.
Earth Science and Engineering
El Nino’s long reach influences Red Sea salt balance
El Niño-Southern Oscillation drives major year-to-year changes in surface salinity across the Red Sea, with the strongest influence occurring in October.
Marine Science
Sustainable seafood sources could help close global nutrition gaps
Aquatic invertebrates are rich sources of essential nutrients and could contribute to global nutrition security if sustainably managed.
Bioengineering
New gene insertion method for plant engineering
By adapting a natural genetic element, researchers insert large genes into tobacco and rice.
Marine Science
Corals show ‘vaccine-like’ responses after pathogen exposure
Exposure to cells from a coral pathogen appears to prime corals to respond more effectively to future infections.
Marine Science
Tracing 700 million years of cell evolution
A new AI tool helps identify hidden similarities across distant species.
Electrical Engineering
Wearable microneedle patch could improve drug monitoring
A wearable patch with microneedles coated in DNA molecules tracks levels of antibiotics in the body in real time.
Statistics
Smoothing the math of spatial networks
A new statistical approach could make modeling spatial networks more accurate and efficient.
Computer Science
Virtual reality headsets open a window into the mind
AI models can use data from motion sensors to infer what users perceive, but the research reveals privacy risks.
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