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Science & Research

Science & Research covers the water, energy, climate and research questions behind decisions taken in Egypt, from the Nile and the electricity grid to the institutions and specialists studying them. Reporting explains the constraint behind an announcement, not only the announcement.

Sand dunes in the Egyptian desert

Egypt lands COP18: the world’s desertification summit comes to the Sahara’s doorstep in 2028

Science4 min read
A dark fossilised shark tooth embedded among small shells and pebbles on a beach.

Seven sharks, one plateau: Cairo University uncovers a 70-million-year-old fossil site in the Western Desert

Science4 min read
The Nile below the Aswan High Dam

Cairo Water Week returns in October, and the arithmetic behind it has not softened

Science4 min read
Rows of solar panels at a desert power plant

Sun, wind and the grid: the unglamorous half of Egypt's energy transition

Science4 min read