A newly published study by researchers at two Moroccan universities describes AdaptVote, a low-power digital-voting prototype that can store votes during internet outages. The researchers stress that it remains an academic prototype rather than an official electoral system.
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence has begun a 25-year study in Abu Dhabi. The project will use health, lifestyle, genetic, sleep, and blood-glucose data to support earlier prediction and prevention of disease.
New government data show that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has passed 3,000 deaths and 6,100 confirmed cases. Health agencies are expanding testing, treatment, and research on vaccines and medicines.
An Egyptian archaeological mission has found the Old Kingdom tomb of the official Sekhentiu-Ptah at Saqqara, along with connected burial shafts and many funerary objects. The discoveries may help researchers study burial practices and the site’s reuse over time.
A Nile crocodile was transported from Jordan to Sudan and returned to Dinder Reserve. The operation involved Sudanese and Jordanian partners and animal-protection organizations.
Archaeologists found a stone statue, estimated to be about 11,000 years old, at Karahan Tepe near Şanlıurfa in Türkiye. The statue shows a person seated on a leopard and may offer new information about early human life.
China has delayed its Chang’e-7 lunar mission because it did not meet launch conditions for this year’s planned window. The mission includes LunaHcam, a Bahraini-Egyptian camera that will study materials on the Moon’s surface.
Saudi researchers have published a review of microgravity and space-medicine research. It describes Saudi genetic and space-science programmes while noting that the field remains early and that long-term medical benefits still need evidence.
A newly published study by researchers at Sultan Qaboos University found that floods increased microplastic pollution at most sampled sites in Oman’s Wadi Al Khoud. The sharpest rise was recorded near a flood-retention dam.
An Egyptian archaeological mission discovered three tombs from different historical periods at Sheikh Subi in the Bahariya Oasis. The finds include mummies, coffins, pottery vessels, small bottles, and stone offering tables.
