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Pakistani-Australian Migrapreneur wins Commonwealth Youth Award for cofounding a startup incubator
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Pakistani-Australian Migrapreneur wins Commonwealth Youth Award for cofounding a startup incubator

May 10th, 2018 | by MuslimScience
Usman Iftikhar an Australian engineer of Pakistani decent won the prestigious Commonwealth Young Person of the Year award at a ceremony held at the London’s Queen Elizabeth II Center last month. 27-year-old Usman was awarded...
Hyperloop prototype unveiled in Dubai
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Hyperloop prototype unveiled in Dubai

April 13th, 2018 | by MuslimScience
Dubai is constantly pushing the frontiers of technology and innovation in a bid to establish itself as a global city and a regional hub for growth and advancement. With the global introduction of high speed modes of...
Pakistani students win a silver medal at the iGEM World Championship
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Pakistani students win a silver medal at the iGEM World Championship

November 30th, 2017 | by MuslimScience
Boston,USA: A team of twelve undergraduate students from the Institute of Integrative Biosciences, CECOS University, Peshawar won a silver medal at this year’s International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) competition...
Mobility for Refugees Wins $1M Hult Prize
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Mobility for Refugees Wins $1M Hult Prize

October 12th, 2017 | by MuslimScience
New York City: Four students of Pakistani American descent won the coveted $1m Hult Prize in New York City last month. They were handed over their award by former US President Bill Clinton. Recent graduates of the Rutgers...
A Pakistani Entrepreneur devises a novel walking aid to treat the Parkinson’s Freeze
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A Pakistani Entrepreneur devises a novel walking aid to treat the Parkinson’s Freeze

September 6th, 2017 | by MuslimScience
Neha Chaudhary, a 24 year old Pakistani has invented an award winning smart walking stick for people suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Intrigued by this invention, the Muslim Science team approached Neha to gain more insight...
Scientists at KAUST draw inspiration from insects for developing a liquid repellent material
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Scientists at KAUST draw inspiration from insects for developing a liquid repellent material

August 7th, 2017 | by MuslimScience
KAUST, Saudi Arabia – 30 July, 2017 A group of scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have developed an environmentally friendly omni-phobic (liquid repellent) material, it was learnt today....
Creating a Persian Silicon Valley – Iran’s Emerging Innovation and Startup Eco-System
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Creating a Persian Silicon Valley – Iran’s Emerging Innovation and Startup Eco-System

July 2nd, 2015 | by MuslimScience
By: Athar Osama Legend has it that that the seeds of what we know today as the Silicon Valley were laid at the Stanford University and the Stanford University Industrial Park when a Stanford Professor Frederick Terman who loaned...
Smart windows could save energy
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Smart windows could save energy

February 17th, 2015 | by MuslimScience
Smart windows could save energy Tiny droplets sandwiched between glass panes turn cloudy when it’s hot outside; this filter out some warming sunlight BY SID PERKIN At temperatures above 32 °C (90 °F), a new “smart window”...
Ancient Egyptians transported pyramid stones over wet sand
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Ancient Egyptians transported pyramid stones over wet sand

May 7th, 2014 | by MuslimScience
Few have travelled to the pyramids of Egypt and not wondered how an ancient civilisation without modern technology could have constructed structures so large they can be viewed from space. Some have theorised they were...
Plan9 – Bringing Ideas to Life
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Plan9 – Bringing Ideas to Life

March 21st, 2014 | by MuslimScience
By Areej Mehdi Entrepreneurship can be a lonely, dark place. For Pakistani tech entrepreneurs, that seems to be literally true (what with power shortage amounting to 12 hours a day sometimes). Pitted against this lack of funds,...