Mustafa(pbuh) Prize News

Prof. Jackie Y. Ying, 2015 Mustafa(Pbuh) Prize laureate, recently received the 2018 Turkish Academy of Sciences Prize in Science and Engineering Sciences from President Erdogan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara.

The 5th round of Science and Technology Exchange Program (STEP) in Islamic countries will be held in Pakistan this March for four days.

The call for Noor School Student Competition; commemoration of Ibn Razaz Jazari as well as the production and submission of 1,700 short films with the participation of more than 5,000 school students from seven countries ended and the laureates will be awarded in the upcoming event.

One of the major objectives of the 4th Science and Technology Exchange Program (STEP) in Islamic Countries, which is underway at Oman's Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), is to raise awareness of the significance of investment in research. MSTF Media has taken a closer look at the issue by sitting with one of the participants of STEP, Wael Mamdouh Ahmed, who is a professor of Nanotechnology at the American University in Cairo.

On the sidelines of the 4th Science and Technology Exchange Program (STEP) held jointly by Mustafa(Pbuh) Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF) and Oman’s Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) in Muscat, an exhibition dubbed EISA has attracted many visitors, including Chief Executive Officer of Oman Technology Fund, Yousuf al-Harthy. MSTF Media has sat with al-Harthy and talked to him about the significance of EISA.

For centuries, traditional medicine has been practiced in Islamic countries, but it is yet to find its footing and acceptance with public in large. In the 4th Science and Technology Exchange Program (STEP) held by Mustafa(Pbuh) Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF) in Muscat, Oman, MSTF Media has asked participants on the herbal medicine and its position in the market.

The third day of the 4th Science and Technology Exchange Program (STEP) in Islamic countries saw different panel discussions focusing on health, energy and water. MSTF media has taken a closer look at a panel themed with the applications of technology in health.

With banquet held near the iconic Sultan Qaboos University's watch tower and with music performed by the students of the university, the 4th Science and Technology Exchange Program (STEP) in Islamic Countries was all set for the closing ceremony.

The second day of the fourth Science and Technology Exchange Program (STEP) in Islamic Countries, which is going on at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman,  saw the holding of a panel discussion themed ‘STI and Future of Health with focus on drug discovery and drug delivery’.