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More funding and freedoms are needed if the Arab world is to reach its goal of becoming a knowledge-based society, a report finds.

The United States has launched a fund to promote Islamic technology, the latest step in fulfilling President Obama's promises to the region.

Iranian professors around the world are petitioning colleagues in Iran to attack plagiarism after alleged instances in academic journals.

The academy of sciences for the developing world unveiled ambitious funding hopes at its general meeting in South Africa.

Patent applications can be filed and processed in Arabic for the first time, thanks to the newly enhanced status of Egypt's patent office.

An awards ceremony recognising Arab women scientists has enabled many to meet face-to-face for the first time.

Leaders of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, which opened this week, have stated their global aims.

Researchers have developed a model for greening the Sahara desert and say the method could help curb climate change.

The UAE's US$15 billion plan to be a green energy centre includes a research centre which has just admitted its first students.

Africa has plenty to offer at climate negotiations in return for financial help, says its newly-elected climate leader.

The first funds for Algeria's US$1.4 billion science and technology programme have been released.

The recently formed International Renewable Energy Agency has chosen to make the Middle East its home.

The United Arab Emirates is soon to send its first earth-observation satellite into space, and hopes the venture will boost its development.

An African country is to host the World Conference of Science Journalists for the first time.

Biofuels from both food and non-food crops will be produced as a result of a research collaboration involving Brazil, Egypt and Sudan.

The Egyptian research community is set to get a boost with a new digital library and discounted access to top international journals.

Arab scientists are competing to win funding for inventions in a new reality television show created to boost public interest in science.

Morocco is investing more in science with plans to make universities financially independent and upgrade the scientific infrastructure.

Barack Obama has outlined a commitment to improving science and technology relations with Muslim communities around the world.

A state-of-the-art research facility in Saudi Arabia aims to stem the region's brain drain and promote nanotechnology research in the Arab world.