An inexpensive passive cooling technology could be used to cool buildings in cities, reducing energy consumption.

The colonization of tomato plants with a beneficial desert root fungus protects against effects of salt stress. 

Zirconium-doped transparent electrodes boost the power conversion efficiency of perovskite-based tandem solar cells.

A more accurate and efficient method of capturing the local factors that lead to extreme rainfall enables better flood prediction across larger regions.

A new approach for training algorithms makes the machine learning process faster and more accurate. 

Microplastics in the water column are ingested by clams and become attached to their shells.

A precise method for stacking semiconductor thin films enhances optoelectronic device performance using quantum effects.

When a thin layer of water is squeezed between two hydrophobic surfaces, the laws of classical physics break down.

More accurate detection of hotspot clusters provides new insights into the behavior of air pollution.

Linking disease pathogens to clinical signs and symptoms through a database could support research into the molecular mechanisms of infectious diseases.

The dynamics behind microbial communities in granular-based wastewater treatment systems.

Cultivated date palms have co-evolved with desert bacteria for so long that their roots attract the microbes that provide the best chance for a long and healthy life.

Corals use sugar from their symbiotic algal partners to control them by recycling nitrogen from their own ammonium waste.

A deep learning model improves the ability to identify genes potentially involved in disease.

Understanding the situations when artificial intelligence can fail is critical for application of future autonomous vehicles and medical diagnostics.

Accounting for the quality of energy needed to run a desalination plant shows benefits of using waste heat.

Changes in composition are shown to affect light-harvesting layer crystallization and perovskite solar cell efficiency.

Genome editing techniques have the power to transform crop yields and plant resilience to feed the growing global population.

Mapping variations in sunlight across the Arabian Peninsula reveals a bright future for solar energy in the region.

The spatial variation in different air pollution components helps identify possible targets for pollution control.

Macroalgae is shown to be a major global contributor to carbon sequestration.

A communications concept could pinpoint a person infected with a deadly, contagious virus in the middle of a crowded airport.

A three-component light-harvesting layer boosts performance in an organic solar cell.

Overlaying two film layers patterned with a nanoscale array can manipulate the propagation of light to create a powerful ultrathin lens.

Ruthenium oxide is used to integrate energy-storing microsupercapacitors and thin-film electronics at the transistor level.

New experimental insights allow researchers to probe protein-DNA interactions with greater precision.

Automated imaging of underground salt bodies from seismic data could help streamline oil and gas exploration.

Pyramidal graphs resulting from statistical analyses of EEG recordings can improve our understanding of epileptic seizures.

Sediment libraries show marine ecosystems are accumulating oil pollution faster than ever.

New app aims to improve the statistical analysis of large datasets in plant science and beyond.

Computer simulation accurately captures the beguiling motion of a liquid magnetic material.

Record-breaking, high-efficiency single crystals bring perovskite solar cells closer to market.

An integrated system seamlessly harnesses sunlight to cogenerate electricity and fresh water.

A date palm seedling can pause its development to boost its resilience before emerging into the harsh desert environment.

Gossip is an efficient way to share information across large networks and has unexpected applications in solving other mathematical and machine-learning problems.

Exploring the links between natural climate cycles and the sea-surface temperature of the Red Sea reveals a cooling trend during the next few decades.

A biohybrid material that combines reduced graphene oxide with bacterial cells offers an eco-friendly option to help store renewable energy.

Insect-inspired design principles lead to first-ever water-repellent membranes made from water-wet materials.

A low-temperature method for making high-performance thermoelectric materials could recapture lost energy.

A universal query engine for big data that works across computing platforms could accelerate analytics research.

Powerful computer simulations are revealing new insights into water exchanges between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

Accelerating plant evolution with CRISPR paves the way for breeders to engineer new crop varieties.

A remote sensing algorithm offers better predictions of Red Sea coral bleaching and can be fine tuned for use in other tropical marine ecosystems. 

Protein found in gut-dwelling pathogens changes shape under human body temperatures, leading to toxins responsible for diarrheal disease.

Simulations unveil efficiency targets and design rules to maximize the conversion of light into electricity using organic solar cells.

Global water challenges addressed through improvements to desalination techniques and limits to waste.

Inkjet printing could produce high-efficiency organic solar cells with commercial potential.

Algal blooms in the Red Sea can be detected with a new method that accounts for dust storms and aerosols.

Imaging defects in MOF crystals, and monitoring how they develop, will allow control of defect formation to design better MOFs for many applications.

Arranging nanowires in bent configurations may make them less likely to fail inside electronic devices.

Predation, not resource availability, limits the abundance of coastal Red Sea bacteria.

The Formula 1 race track is the ultimate testbed for a KAUST researcher's latest work.

Mutations in a repetitive protein motif are responsible for a rare cognitive disorder.

World-class computing facilities at KAUST enable researchers to tackle complex questions in climate science and oceanography.  

Marine plastic pollution accumulates in mangrove forests and is a danger to sea life.

A graphene-oxide membrane design inspired by nature swiftly separates solvent molecules.

Automatic detection of uncharacteristic data sequences could change the way data is processed and analyzed.

Low-cost, stretchy sensors can be assembled inside the lid of a drug container to help monitor patient safety.

Modeling the 3D structure of Red Sea eddies shows how transport of energy and biochemical materials influences circulation patterns in the Red Sea. 

High-resolution imaging data collected by small satellites could transform how we monitor freshwater use in agriculture.

An interdisciplinary initiative is helping KAUST be at the forefront of a digital revolution, where sensors can find a use just about anywhere.

Nanotech-powered electrodes help solve the challenges of using sweat to assess biological conditions in real time.

A pioneering tagging system that monitors the movement and local environment of sea animals reaches deeper depths and higher sensitivities.

A tiny, portable radar device could allow visually impaired people, or unmanned moving devices, to detect objects in real time.

Understanding how bacterial metacommunities homogenize could help scientists predict future changes to ecosystems.

A virtual platform makes learning how to fabricate a semiconductor device easier, safer and more interactive.

Researchers disentangle the effects of introduced species on the marine environment. 

Fluorinated metal-organic frameworks make excellent materials for selective sensing and removal of toxic gases.

Unique membrane design prevents salt crusts from being produced during the distillation of brine water.

The latest statistical methods from research on complex high-dimensional environmental data also yield powerful tools for interpreting brain activity.

Predicting capricious pre-ignition combustion events could enable automakers to build powerful yet more efficient engines.

Single-molecule fluorescent measurements provide fresh insights into a process for keeping errors out of our genomes.

Aerial imaging of plant heights could help farmers manage field crops more effectively to increase yields and preserve resources.

In the harsh sand of the Namib Desert, the sheaths of speargrass roots co-opt any growth-promoting bacteria they can find.

The types of bacteria living in and around fiddler crab burrows vary widely between mangroves, but their functional activities are remarkably similar. 

Environmentally friendly method for making membranes adds greener options for processing industrial waste.

Unravelling the genes behind salt tolerance in crop plants is made easier using the latest sequencing and phenotyping technologies. 

Self-assembled channels in a polymer membrane could greatly enhance extraction of water from gases.

Electrosprays of water cannot reliably probe the air-water interface.

A metabolic compound that regulates growth of rice plants and limits witchweed infestation could boost crop yields.

Laboratory model breaks laws of heredity, opening up new research possibilities in genetics and synthetic biology.

Recreating the human mind’s ability to infer patterns and relationships from complex events could lead to a universal model of artificial intelligence.

Computer model learns to identify Twitter users’ evolving interests by analyzing their Tweets.

Rapid-fire photography reveals how even a nanoscale amount of surface roughness can unleash microbubbles that may interfere with coating technology.

Study illustrates the links between brain energy metabolism and neuronal activity.  

Desert bacteria protect food crops from salt toxicity.

Laser-induced graphene formation creates tailor-made sensors for monitoring ocean creatures and ecosystems.

Covalent organic crystal networks generate high-selectivity and high-flux membranes for organic solvent filtration.

Small tweaks in component ratios generate electronically different layers from the same material to create transparent transistors.

Combining a polymer and microparticles enables a new type of capacitor that could mimic the way the brain processes information.

A Nobel-winning method for observing single molecules in action provides the basis for unprecedented insights into polymer chain dynamics.

Hydrogen-powered cars and recycling CO₂ are just two of the myriad of applications that could spring from catalysts based on a new ligand platform.

Ambient energy emitted by cellular phones and modems can be captured and converted into electricity using unusually shaped technology.

A combined treatment may help tackle the rise of E. coli PI-7 in Saudi Arabia’s wastewater systems.

State-of-the-art techniques and software help researchers recreate cellular brain structures and model biochemical processes that support the brain’s energy demands.

An optical system for monitoring underwater sensor positions could enable large networks of devices to be deployed for ocean measurements.

A key protein is shown to be responsible for activating and controlling plant immune responses to bacterial infection.

Inkjet-printed device helps monitor a patient’s blood sugar levels without painful needles.

Determining the growth dynamics of Red Sea coral reefs has enabled researchers to establish a baseline to assess the effects of environmental change.

Inkjet-printed switches make multiple frequency bands easier and cheaper to manage in wireless devices.