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خَمْسَةُ مَقَالَاتٍ عِلْمِيَّةٍ تَفُوزُ بِجَوَائِزِ مُسَابَقَةِ «صِفْرٍ»

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فَازَتْ خَمْسَةُ مَقَالَاتٍ بِجَوَائِزِ مُسَابَقَةِ «صِفْرٍ»، وَحَصَلَتْ سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ مَقَالَةً أُخْرَى عَلَى تَنْوِيهٍ شَرَفِيٍّ. وَتَدْعُو الْمُسَابَقَةُ الْمُشَارِكِينَ إِلَى تَحْدِيدِ مُشْكِلَاتٍ فِي الْعَالَمِ الْعَرَبِيِّ، وَاقْتِرَاحِ أَبْحَاثٍ عِلْمِيَّةٍ أَوْ هَنْدَسِيَّةٍ لِدِرَاسَتِهَا.

وَاسْتَقْبَلَتِ الْمُسَابَقَةُ ١٥٦َ مَقَالًا مِنْ ١٣٠َ مُشَارِكًا فِي ٢٩َ دَوْلَةً. وَنُشِرَتِ الْمَقَالَاتُ الْإِحْدَى وَالْعِشْرُونَ الْمُخْتَارَةُ فِي الْحَادِي وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ أُكْتُوبَرَ، وَيَسْتَطِيعُ الْقُرَّاءُ قِرَاءَتَهَا كَامِلَةً.

وَتَنَاوَلَتِ الْمَقَالَاتُ مَوْضُوعَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفَةً، مِنْهَا تَحْسِينُ سِجِلَّاتِ الزَّلَازِلِ التَّارِيخِيَّةِ، وَاسْتِخْدَامُ أَبْحَاثِ الْأَمْرَاضِ النَّادِرَةِ، وَمُتَابَعَةُ خَطَرِ سَرَطَانِ الْكَبِدِ. وَاقْتَرَحَتْ إِحْدَى الْمَقَالَاتِ دِرَاسَةَ طَرِيقَةٍ لِإِصْلَاحِ تُرْبَةٍ تَضَرَّرَتْ بِالْحَرْبِ فِي جَنُوبِ لُبْنَانَ.

وَهٰذِهِ الْمَقَالَاتُ لَيْسَتْ كُلُّهَا أَبْحَاثًا مُكْتَمِلَةً أَوْ نَتَائِجَ مُثْبَتَةً. وَقَالَ مُؤَسِّسُ الْمُسَابَقَةِ إِنَّ بَعْضَ الْأَفْكَارِ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى تَجَارِبَ وَتَمْوِيلٍ لِمَعْرِفَةِ مَا يُمْكِنُ تَطْبِيقُهُ. وَيَأْمُلُ الْمُنَظِّمُونَ أَنْ تَجِدَ الْأَفْكَارُ بَاحِثِينَ وَشُرَكَاءَ يُسَاعِدُونَ عَلَى تَطْوِيرِهَا.

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Five Science Essays Win Sifr Prize Awards

Five essays won awards in the Sifr Prize contest, and 16 other essays received honorable mentions. The contest invites participants to identify problems in the Arab world and propose scientific or engineering research to study them.

The contest received 156 essays from 130 participants in 29 countries. The 21 selected essays were published on October 21, and readers can read them in full.

The essays covered different subjects, including improving historical earthquake records, using research on rare diseases, and monitoring the risk of liver cancer. One essay proposed studying a way to restore soil damaged by war in southern Lebanon.

These essays are not all completed studies or proven results. The contest’s founder said some of the ideas need experiments and funding to determine what can be put into practice. The organizers hope the ideas will find researchers and partners who can help develop them.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
مُسَابَقَةٌ noun contest
مَقَالَةٌ noun essay
تَنْوِيهٌ شَرَفِيٌّ phrase honorable mention
مُشَارِكٌ noun participant
سِجِلٌّ noun record
نَادِرٌ adjective rare
تُرْبَةٌ noun soil
تَمْوِيلٌ noun funding
تَطْوِيرٌ noun development

Sources

  1. الجزيرة نت: صفر.. جائزة علمية لحل مشاكل المنطقة العربية
  2. The Sifr Prize: Results

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