Recent News

Zewail City Scientist Awarded in Global Women in STEM Conference
El-Badri dedicated the award to the young women and students at Zewail City, saying; “I look forward to seeing them excel and achieve the epitome of their professional careers in science.”

Zewail City’s students won the second place in the International Minesweepers Competition 2016
The students’ proposed project called “Montu rover” which is a land rover that scans the whole field autonomously.

Researchers Identify Potential Reason behind Colorectal Cancer Resistance to Chemotherapy
The researchers discovered that a specific modification in a protein called histone that wraps the DNA made repair much faster in cancer cells, which resulted in therapy resistance.

Zewail City’s Students honored for achieving high scores in Physics GRE Test
Physics major undergraduate students have recorded high scores in the 2015 Physics Graduate Record Examination (GRE) test.

Anchoring gold Nanoparticles within the Backbone of POPs to Control their Catalytic Activity
A novel pathway to immobilize gold (Au) nanoparticles within microporous organic polymers

Zewail City Co-organizes Conference for Innovation in Tackling Egypt’s Challenges
Zewail City of Science and Technology and the Association of Egyptian-American Scholars (AEAS) are organizing the 43rd Annual Conference of Association of Egyptian-American Scholars (AEAS) entitled “Innovations to Solve Egypt’s Challenges in the Next Millennium”

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 goes to the researchers developed the world’s smallest machine
The three scientists succeeded in building molecular-scale machines

Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 goes to the revealing of exotic phases of matter
This year’s Nobel laureates used concepts from topology to describe electronic properties of matter

New Stable Natural Drug Nanoformulation Brings Hope for Diabetes Type 2 Patients
Researchers encapsulated Silymarin in nano-sized particles

Mostafa El-Sayed: Zewail City’s New Chairman
Dr. Mostafa El-Sayed was elected to be the new Chairman of Zewail City’s BoD, and successor to the founder of the City, Dr. Zewail.

Zewail City Researcher won Al-Shrouk Academy Award 2015/2016 and IEEE Senior Membership
Dr. Obayya congratulates Dr. Mohamed Farahat for his achivements.

Zewail City: Innovative Porous Polymers for Photochemical Catalytic Applications in Energy and Environment
Development of novel pathway to construct platform solids for applications in photochemical heterogeneous catalysis.

New Hope for Treating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Novel therapeutic nano-formulation with potential for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Zewail City Hosts Science Camp
Zewail City of Science and Technology, in collaboration with Zewail City's Student Union, has organized its first science camp on August 13, 2016 at the City’s premises in Sheikh Zaid. The three-day camp was open for 15 to 18-year-old students.
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An Inhibitor Implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease May Hold Promise in Suppressing Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity
In a new research paper, a group of Zewail City researchers investigate new inhibitors that could suppress the doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.