Category Archives: Scientific News

Mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) are gearing up to initiate positive change in Saudi Arabia’s telecommunications market. The Saudi Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) recently qualified three consortia for MVNO licenses in a bid to stimulate competition and provide … Continue reading →

The Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) will award five endowments to promote the research careers of assistant professors currently resident at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) campus in Thuwal, near Jeddah, to advance research excellence in … Continue reading →

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – Philips Electronics Middle East hosted a panel discussion today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to announce its latest study, the Meaningful Innovation Index . Philips Meaningful Innovation Index is a 5000-person, multi-country survey looking at people’s needs, attitudes … Continue reading →

Symantec’sMonthly Intelligence Reports,which monitor spam, virus and phishing rates around the world, have recorded Saudi Arabia as one of the top recipients of in-bound spam – reaching a rate of 82.7 percent in January. In fact, Saudi Arabia has consistently … Continue reading →

The largest atlas in history has been published by Australian publishing company, Millennium House. The atlas, Earth Platinum, is leather-bound, weighs 200 kilograms, and measures 6ft x 9ft (1.8m x 2.7m). Only 31 copies of the atlas exist, making each … Continue reading →

Dubai – UAE Through an awards ceremony held on 26th December, Forbes Middle East acknowledged the achievements of editors-in-chief and other key figures from daily newspapers that earned the top spots on Forbes Middle East’s latest ranking of Top Media … Continue reading →

Strasbourg, 31.10.2012 – Under what circumstances is genetic testing foreseen? What does it look for? How should its results be interpreted? All questions are intelligibly answered in a new brochure produced by the Council of Europe, with the support of … Continue reading →