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Sciencetown
A podcast about the people, ideas and innovations that make KAUST the most unique research community on the planet. Each episode is a deep dive into cutting-edge tech, science and startup culture through the eyes of pioneering men and women. For more information visit sciencetown.kaust.edu.sa Hosted...
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25. Wastewater Solutions
In this final episode of the three-part Sciencetown series on innovative portable technologies, Julie West chats with Dr. Pascal Saikaly, a professor...
24. Cryogenic carbon capture
In this second episode of the three-part Sciencetown series on innovative portable technologies, Julie West chats with William Roberts, a professor of...
23. Portable biosensing technologies
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology are developing innovative portable technologies across scales and disciplines with a...
22. Algae — a metabolic treasure trove
Algae are a metabolic treasure trove. The ancient hybrid organisms, which come in various forms of seaweed and microalgae, bring incredible potential...
21. Edama & Natufia — agritech solutions
Two KAUST agritech startups are bringing innovative food production technologies to communities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and other global locati...
20. Jack Dongarra on supercomputing, connections with KAUST
Each year computer scientists at KAUST engage with peers at the annual SC conference, the largest supercomputing event of its kind in the world. Long-...
19. Probiotics for corals
Episode 19 explores the promising health benefits of probiotics — not for humans, but for corals. As more coral reefs around the world suffer from ble...
18. The incredible symbiotic kingdom Fungi
Fungal life, while intimately linked to our own, is not well understood. In this episode we speak with Merlin Sheldrake, author of Entangled Life, and...
17. The Anthropocene soundscape
The global ocean covers over 70% of our blue planet and yet we know vanishingly little about what lies below the surface. This was brought home recent...
Paula Moraga on modeling epidemics
Paula Moraga talks to us about the use of data analysis and modeling to better understand communicable disease. Moraga is an assistant professor of st...
Mohamed-Slim Alouini on 6G
Mohamed-Slim Alouini is a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at KAUST. Alouini joined Ben Stevens to talk about how wirele...
Exploring the brain with Carl Petersen
How do we know, what we know, about the human brain? We talk to Carl Petersen to find out. He’s the director of the Brain Mind Institute at EPFL. Pete...
16. Low-carbon transport
Transportation is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, so how do we clean up the way we move people and stuff around the plane...
15. BRUVS watching reef sharks
In early 2020, researchers from around the world wrapped up the biggest shark counting exercise ever undertaken. The result: Some reefs continue to su...
14. Geothermal energy can power your home and save the planet
Geothermal is a sustainable, abundant, and largely untapped energy resource. Around the world, countries are turning to this fascinating and perhaps l...
13. 6G is coming, and here’s how it will change your life
A team of global researchers is working to connect the 4 billion people around the world who remain unconnected. It's a topic that has come into harsh...
12. Maiden mission to Red Sea floor reveals surprising findings
Victor Vescovo is famous for traveling the greatest vertical distance possible without leaving earth, having summited Mount Everest and dove to the bo...
11. Collecting coronavirus samples in Saudi Arabia is harder than you think
Scientists are racing to understand the mechanisms of transmission, the most effective testing methods, and how we can all cope with the COVID-19 cris...
10. Where will the coronavirus strike next? Ask an ocean wave
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has transited the globe causing both disruption and calls to action for scientists and the institutions they work in. We reached...
9. How gene editing could save your life—or blow up evolution
Cheap, rapid genetic sequencing, big data, and supercomputing is opening up new possibilities for medicine at the individual level. But rapid advancem...
8. How binning the concept of waste could save Earth
In December the 25th conference of parties or COP25 took place in Madrid, Spain. We followed some of the world's leading experts on material flows, ca...
Tiny bits of lab-made DNA are set to transform drug delivery
Hanadi Sleiman, Professor of Chemistry and Canada Research Chair in DNA Nanoscience at McGill University, speaks with Nicholas Demille as part of a sp...
The business of building the next generation of medicine
Ian Campbell, the Interim Executive Chair for Innovate UK, speaks with Ben Stevens as part of a special Sciencetown series on personalized medicine. C...
Big data’s big impact on the future of medicine
Ajay Royyuru of IBM speaks with Ben Stevens as part of a special Sciencetown series on personalized medicine. Royyuru, who visited as part of the 2020...
The Saudi royal taking personalized medicine to the next level
Her Royal Highness Dr. Maha bint Mishari AlSaud, Vice President of External Relations and Advancement at Alfaisal University, speaks to Nicholas Demil...
Meet the professor building the drugs of the future
Professor Nicholas Peppas, the Cockrell Family Regents Chair at the University of Texas at Austin, speaks with Ben Stevens as part of a special Scienc...
Bonus: The science and big data driving F1 forward
We’re coming to you from Yas Island in Abu Dhabi for the penultimate race of the 2019 Formula One season. We’re down on the paddock to hear from the M...
7. What building the next Silicon Valley really involves
Startups, and the disruptive tech they espouse, promise jobs, economic growth, and smarter societies. With wild promise and profitability at stake, bu...
Bonus: Here’s what extreme computing will do for you
Supercomputing, extreme computing, high-performance computing—regardless of what you call it—it underpins much of the cutting-edge scientific research...
6. How to prepare for the new AI age
Computers are a ubiquitous part of life for more than half of humanity, as is the internet that links us all together. As Artificial Intelligence and...
5. How the combustion engine of the future will look
Ending use of the humble combustion engine, while an easy answer, has proven much more difficult to implement. In truth, we all love the luxuries that...
4. Is growing food in the desert really possible?
Join us as we explore some of the latest research into desert agriculture and why on earth anybody thinks it's a good idea. Scorching sun, infertile s...
Bonus: The science of making cow farts less unpleasant (for the planet)
In this special bonus episode, we speak with Carlos Duarte about seagrasses, how seaweed might mitigate cow farts, and how blue carbon might save the...
3. The glass-half-full future of making water in the desert
With our fresh water sources dwindling, the desalination of salt water is a viable solution. The trouble is, desalination, as it is done now, is highl...
2. Why your local skyscraper is the power plant of the future
Where is the bright, solar-powered future we've heard about for decades? We speak to the scientists turning skyscrapers into power plants, we explore...
1. The underwater robots set to explore the hidden deeps of the Red Sea
The Red Sea is considered a living model for the oceans of the future. We speak with researchers about corals and capitalism, whale shark cartoons, an...