Science

As traditional agricultural lands dwindle, experts look to make desert farming more sustainable. Government projects to reclaim Egypt's desert lands…

Most desert areas in Egypt are considered either uninhabitable wasteland, or vast quarries from which resources can be extracted. When…

Last week, the Health Ministry inaugurated the first national stem cell research center at Sheikh Zayed Hospital, where, according to Assistant…

All around Saint Catherine, in tiny spring-fed gardens, the Jabaliya Bedouin are cultivating medicinal plants. Just 10 years ago this…

PARIS — One of the world's biggest glacier regions has so far resisted global warming that has ravaged mountain ice…

Just across the street from Sayeda Zeinab Mosque in Old Cairo, your nose will detect before your eyes the small…

BRASILIA — The upcoming Rio conference on sustainable development must yield a commitment to manage the world economy in a…

The United States has regained the lead in the clean energy race, investing $48 billion last year to surpass China,…

JAKARTA — An 8.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia on Wednesday, sending residents around the region dashing…

New research has begun at AUC’s Energy Materials Laboratory, where scientists are attempting to efficiently turn solar energy into hydrogen…