Tag: KAUST

Seaweed fashion brands can source from Saudi Arabian sea

From Red Sea seaweed to runway-ready fabric, Saudi Arabia is quietly reshaping fashion’s material future. KAUST scientists, designers, and textile innovators are proving that sustainability can begin in local ecosystems. As seaweed becomes wearable, fashion is learning to grow not from fields — but from tides.

Saudi greenhouses to feed desert people

With its resilient hybrid tomato rootstocks already available in the market, iyris has proven the commercial viability of their technology in open-field trials.

Egypt’s agritech startup Viridia wins green $100K accelerator prize in Saudi Arabia

Egypt-based agritech Viridia Tech has been named the overall winner of the 2024 Mega Green Accelerator, awarded the $100,000 grand prize in Saudi Arabia for their impactful data analytics platform, which helps farmers grow crops more sustainably and efficiently.

New water gen from air invention, uses biomimicry, the sun and salt channels

A new advance in water generation from air looks at how plants cool themselves using ion channels.

Naked Immersions Takes Interspecies Connectivity to Extremes

A naked Russian diver plunged into freezing Arctic seas to frolic with Beluga whales. Was it a (literally) splashy...

Saudi Arabia Nanomaterials Inspired by the Lotus

Lotus flowers were once considered sacred in Egypt and parts of Asia. They hold a secret to a clean...

KAUST’s Breakwater Beacon is a Mashrabiya Lighthouse for Saudi Mariners

Ever wonder what an Arabian lighthouse looks like? Mariners approaching the Red Sea harbor at Thuwal, about one hour...