The first issue of the Observatory Journal has been published!
This journal is presented to all science and technology enthusiasts through the efforts and collaboration of science communicators and scientists.
#Mustafaprize#Observatory#Science#tech#TechNews
This observatory is home to scientists who possess the art of exploring the latest scientific and technological findings and presenting them in simple language to the public, reminding them of the sweetness and importance of science.
Today the Observatory that you see, hosts researchers who engage in discussions about complex and cutting-edge scientific concepts. These discussions range from quantum physics to dark energy, and from stem cells to cancer vaccines.
🔶A New Observatory is Born.
The first issue of this English journal, which was unveiled at the second Sci_Feast and coinciding with World Science Day, will be published in the coming days.
💸Tawfiq Al-Lawati during the 6th STEP said “As much as you get the advantage of making a place for people to have their prayers, if you change people's life educationally, you will also be rewarded by #Allah. #Waqf or #charity is not only about making mosques.”
#Islam
💡A new study co-authored by Kamaruzzaman Sopian, director at the Solar #Energy Research Institute of the National University of #Malaysia, shows that despite the fast development of solar power in Asia, no country in the region has adequate panel recycling laws.
📢Mustafa(pbuh) Science and Technology Foundation has moved the 5th Exposure of Industries to Scientists’ Achievements (#EISA) summit to a fully virtual format which will be held from November 30 to December 7, 2020.
🔴For further information, visit eisa.mstfdn.org
💥During Royan Institute's webinar held on October 4, 2020,
Ali Khademhosseini, the 2019 Mustafa(pbuh) Prize laureate, delivered a lecture on personalized tissues and technology platforms based on 3D #bioprinting.
🔆“Obstacles and difficulties in fields of study such as Membrane Technology are mostly related to #funding. #Research needs to be commercialized after it is done."
-Ismail Koyuncu, Participant of STEP 6
💥#BioNTech, co-founded by 2019 Mustafa(pbuh) Prize laureate Ugur Sahin, and #Pfizer recently announced that preliminary, peer-reviewed data from their ongoing German Phase 1/2 Study of BNT162b1 were published online in the journal Nature.
#COVID__19#vaccine
💡A virtual workshop on Preparative #HPLC was hosted by the Mustafa(pbuh) Science and Technology Foundation #Laboratory Network on September 28-29, 2020. Alireza Ghasempour delivered lectures during this #workshop, which was attended by enthusiasts from different countries.
🔆“There does not exist any border among #scientists. We have to come together and share our #knowledge and technological capacities for the sake of improving the quality of human life.”
-Rustam B. Rustamov, Participant of STEP 7
💥According to Mohammad Abdolahad, a 2019 Mustafa(pbuh) Prize laureate, and his #research team, "one of the most important factors to designate and specify different cells is to study their #dielectric and electric #cell#membrane characteristics."
#cancer
📚Despite the #Coronavirus pandemic, a significant number of #school students participated in the 4th round of Noor school #student#competition, in recognition of Prof. Omar Yaghi. Two-thousand four hundred and nine students in 1087 teams participated in this round.
🔆“At the end of the day, good #research projects come from multidisciplinary approaches and work shared among #Islamic scientists and among Islamic institutions.”
-Salim Al-Harthi, Participant of STEP 6
📢Royan Institute hosted an international webinar on Tissue Engineering on October 4, 2020. This virtual event featured keynote lectures from prominent #scientists, including Ali Khademhosseini, the 2019 Mustafa(pbuh) Prize laureate.
#tissue_engineering
💥Khuloud Al-Jamal and her research team have developed an exosome #biosensor suitable for the point-of-care testing (POCT) diagnosis of pancreatic #cancer.
🔆“A #science journalist should not hurry to publish #news, as a #scientist does not hurry to publish the result of her/his #research."
-William Odinga Balikuddembe, Participant of STEP 6
🗞In a story recently published in Physics Today, Johanna L. Miller points to the inaccurate coverage newspapers, websites, and publications provide of #science news.
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