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January 30th, 2014 | by
MuslimScienceDespite being a predominantly agricultural economy, Pakistan suffers from inadequate funding for agricultural research and development (R&D), a recent seminar held in Islamabad heard. A survey – presented at the seminar...
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MuslimScienceDr. Maryam Matar joined the list of amazing pioneers, shapers and emerging champions of science after a careful evaluation of her achievements. Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community...
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January 17th, 2014 | by
MuslimScienceA new ILO study examines the constraints on working women in Algeria and the opportunities available to them. ALGIERS (ILO News) – “I am proud of my work, but the men say that we have taken their jobs. Our society is...
Entrepreneurship
January 13th, 2014 | by
MuslimSciencelocalhost/muslim has the pleasure of presenting to you, the first ever List of ‘Top-20 Most Influential Women in Science in the Islamic World’. These are truly the unsung and little known heroines of the Islamic World...
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January 13th, 2014 | by
MuslimScienceBy Kit Eaton Remember the name, because you might see it again: Aisha Mustafa, a 19-year-old Egyptian physics student, patented a new type of propulsion system for spacecraft that uses cutting edge quantum physics instead of...
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MuslimScienceA Pakistani doctor won a $1 million grant on Tuesday to fight early child mortality in a small fishing village in southern Pakistan in a contest financed by an American entrepreneur to find innovative ways to save lives, The...
Entrepreneurship
January 13th, 2014 | by
MuslimScienceBy the Editors of localhost/muslim Dr. Rana Dajani obtained a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Iowa, USA; a Fulbright alumnus, she is currently Assistant Professor and Former Director of the Center of Studies at...
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MuslimScienceBy the Editors of localhost/muslim Human brains are hardwired to see patterns in things. This makes life easy for man as it allows him (or her) to conserve on processing power. Often these patterns manifest themselves in the form...
Public Policy
January 13th, 2014 | by
MuslimScienceBy: Alex Dehgan, former Science Advisor to Administrator of USAID. Dear Colleagues, December 13th will be my last day as the Chief Scientist for US Agency for International Development, and the end of nearly ten years of service...
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MuslimScienceA Book Review of Kenneth Miller’s “Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground between God and Evolution (Harper Perennial, 1999, ISBN 0-06-017593-1)” By the Editors of localhost/muslim Kenneth...