Written by: Haneen Khamis Salim Al_Hinai Major : biotechnology Biofuel, extracted from natural sources like plants or animal residue, has emerged as a hopeful substitute for fossil fuels owing ...

Mushroom cultivation has gained popularity in the recent years and has emerged as a promising agro-based land-independent business. The Department of Crop Sciences at the College of Agricultural and M...

Aflatoxins are highly toxic and carcinogenic metabolites produced primarily by certain isolates of filamentous fungi viz., Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. These toxigenic fungi invade ...

Arid countries around the world, particularly in the Middle East, rely on seawater desalination process to produce fresh water. The rabid increase in the construction of the sea water reverse osmosis ...

Liss Cardenas is the first exchange student from the Latin American country of Chile to Sultan Qaboos University. She is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Marine Biology at the Catholic University ...

Researchers from the Department of Marine science and Fisheries, SQU grow fish not only for eating but also for finding cure to human diseases through several research projects. These researches are f...

An SQU study that assessed heavy metals in the water collected from the mine sumps and bore-wells of an abandoned copper mine in Lasail, northern Oman, has found that the water is extremely acidic wit...

A research study done at the College of Education at SQU, proposes a design framework for a Small Private Online Course (SPOC) for on-campus students at Omani higher education institutions. Mohammed A...

In the world, fresh water resources are becoming increasingly scarce, especially for the millions people who already lack access to clean water. Overuse of ground waters and their contamination are th...