KAUST R3T News
19 February, 2024
Giving voice to the voiceless through assistive technologyArtificial skin coupled with sensors and machine learning technology allows people with voice disorders to communicate using soundless mouth movements.
12 February, 2024
Shuffling the deck for privacyResearchers in Prof. Xin Gao's group developed a machine-learning approach aimed at preserving privacy while analyzing omics data for medical research.
14 February, 2024
AI tool predicts function of unknown proteinsPowered by logic and large language models, DeepGO-SE predicts the biological role of proteins and could be used to aid drug discovery.
05 February, 2024
Saudi solutions for global challengesWe are transforming healthcare: We are driving advances in healthcare, focusing on precision medicine, diagnostics, and therapies for global health challenges.
31 January, 2024
Greening initiatives that hit homeResearchers propose a pathway to create sustainable greening initiatives in the Middle East using existing technologies.
28 January, 2024
KAUST and amplifAI health combine technologies for early diabetes detectionThe partnership aims to significantly lower medical costs and protect patients from foot amputations.
23 January, 2024
AI for cells helps illuminate their identityKAUST researchers evaluated and augmented an AI algorithm developed by a team of Chinese and American scientists and highlighted its potential for understanding cell diversity and genetic mutations.
21 January, 2024
Dr. KID turns biological models into fun puzzlesAlgorithm creates tessellating triangular pieces to build physical replicas of structures such as cells or viruses.
16 January, 2024
Automated COVID-19 diagnosis, with wider potentialAn open-source, automated and cost-effective platform for COVID-19 diagnosis and analysis of genetic variants can be built from readily available materials, with big possibilities on the horizon.
04 December, 2023
The weird and wonderful world of Saudi Arabia’s microbiomesSaudi Arabia is home to microbial communities that can boost coral reef health, sequester carbon in the desert and enable plants to survive in the harshest environments — and that is just the beginning.
22 November, 2023
Safeguarding the right to be forgottenAn open-source software can help align artificial intelligence applications in healthcare with data privacy regulations.
25 October, 2023
Malaria protein discovery offers path for novel antimalarial intervention strategiesThe discovery of a recent malaria protein by Amit Kumar Subudhi and Professor Arnab Pain could lead to the development of vaccine-like “immune triggers“ for warding off natural malaria infections in people.
12 October, 2023
Picking the best methods for metabolomics researchComparison of different nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy methods has helped to identify the most robust approach for studying different types of biomolecules.
12 October, 2023
Lab-grown skin helps unlock secrets of mpox virus infectionSkin organoids offer a powerful platform for drug discovery in the ongoing fight against the virus formerly known as monkeypox.
26 September, 2023
COVID-19 mutations and their links with excessive immune responsesMutations on a key SARS-CoV-2 viral protein are linked to extreme immune responses and could offer a novel vaccine target.
07 September, 2023
Cutting the odds of drug-resistant pathogens emerging in wastewaterA complex interplay of factors influences the spread of superbug genes during wastewater treatment and reuse.
24 August, 2023
New gene-editing technique offers path to precision therapiesKAUST researchers have developed a gene-editing technique that provides a flexible and programmable platform for site-specific gene manipulations across all forms of DNA material.
01 August, 2023
Scintillating new X-ray imagingLess hazardous and more sensitive and eco-friendly scintillating compounds could greatly improve X-ray imaging technologies.
20 August, 2023
Rethinking and rigor brings promising protein for cancer therapyDrugs that inhibit a key protein should offer new targeted cancer therapy for leukemia and breast cancer.
20 August, 2023
KAUST new strategy 2023-2030KAUST’s strategy presents new opportunities to accelerate our positive impact on the world through alignment with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI) priorities, enhancing our global and local partnerships, and focusing on commercialization and economic impact.