Prescription drugs overused and abused in the Mideast
It turns out that, in the Middle East, getting access to prescription medications for serious ailments, in the absence of supervision, can sometimes be as easy as picking up an over-the-counter...
View ArticleThe origins of cats
One of the cat skeletons excavated from a site in Egypt.© Hierakonpolis Expedition A new study reveals some fascinating insights into the origin story of the cat, arguably the internet’s most favorite...
View ArticleCholera in Yemen: Death by numbers
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that the number of suspected cholera cases in war-battered Yemen this year hit the half a million mark. According to the same report, released this...
View ArticleProbing a new algae species for clues into plant adaptation
An investigation of the genome and phenome of a green alga called Chloroidium sp. UTEX 3007 has revealed, for the first time, certain adaptive traits that help algae acclimate to desert environments....
View ArticleBlood on the lab bench
Scientists in Qatar have taken research into organ development one more step into the future by expanding the potential for creating personalized blood and heart tissue in the lab. The scientists,...
View ArticleCuneiform clay tablets discovered in Kurdistan
The tablets are valuable and could reveal insights into Bronze age Iraq.Peter Pfälzner, University of Tübingen University of Tübingen archaeologists unearthed 93 clay tablets adorned with cuneiform...
View ArticleGold motifs from Tutankhamun’s tomb hint at Levantine influence
Photographer: Christian EckmannRGZM, DAI Cairo and University of Tübingen Tutankhamun’s tomb is the gift that keeps on giving, it seems, as archaeologists continue to uncover new “treasures” after...
View ArticleSo you want to be a better writer?
Credit:Pixabay This is a guest post by Lea Gagnon, an Editorial Development Advisor in Nature Research Welcome to the first of a series of tips from the Nature Research Academies to help researchers...
View ArticleAlive in the universe
This is a guest post by Sarah Hiddleston Nature Middle East has an exciting contribution to the grande dame of art events –The Venice Biennale. For more than 120 years the Biennale has attracted...
View ArticleLife = matter + information. Or does it?
This is a guest post by Sarah Hiddleston Eileen Haring Woods “We are points of order in a disordered universe. This is an expression of how we feel about being ruled by physics in all our emotions and...
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