We are thrilled to announce that our startup TERRAXY has won the TAQADAM award!

The Agriculture group, represented by Nayara Musskopf and Aishah Alsamdani, won the ITAS Arab Youth Competition 2023 hosted by The University of Doha for Science and Technology (UDST) in Doha, Qatar between March 1-3, 2023.

Professor Himanshu presented the research "Nature-Inspired Coating Technologies for Global Food–Water Security", in Barcelona, from 27 - 29 April.

Dr. Adair Gallo Jr. has attended the 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, dedicated to Chemistry, that took place from 26 June - 1 July 2022, Lindau, Germany.

iLab's members were present in the 23rd edition of the International Conference on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis held in Ghent, Belgium, from 15th to 20th May.

Professor Himanshu and his team members were present to share their research on: “Zwitterions at Electrified interfaces” ,“How osmolytes influence hydrophobic and electrostatic forces between surfaces?”, “Contact electrification at Water-Hydrophobe Interfaces: Why does it happen, and how can we use it?"

Professor Himanshu Mishra and colleagues developed superhydrophobic sand (called SandX), a bio-inspired material comprising grains of sand or sandy soils coated in a nanoscale layer of paraffin wax.

Here, we investigate the effects of 1 cm-thick SHS mulching on the evapotranspiration and phenotypic responses of tomato plants as a model system under normal and reduced irrigation. Experimental results reveal that SHS mulching suppresses evaporation and enhances transpiration by up to 78%. SHS mulching also enhanced root xylem vessel diameter, stomatal aperture, stomatal conductance, and chlorophyll content index. These results underscore the potential of SHS for realizing food–water security and greening initiatives in arid regions.

The formation of hydrogen peroxide at the air-water interface in microdroplets is not spontaneous as previously believed but is instead driven by ozone.

© 2022 KAUST.

Scientists in Saudi Arabia have offered a new explanation for how hydrogen peroxide forms in water microdroplets produced by spraying and condensation.1 Led by Himanshu Mishra at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust), the group designed a set of experiments to show that water microdroplets are unable to produce hydrogen peroxide without the uptake and chemical transformation of ozone. In revealing the underlying mechanism of hydrogen peroxide production, they hope their work will help clarify recent speculation into this unique behaviour of water.

We solicit applications for Postdoctoral Fellow position in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics in Professor Himanshu Mishra’s research Group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia (Interfacial Lab).

We solicit applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position in Sustainable Technologies for Arid Lands Agriculture in Professor Himanshu Mishra’s Research Group (Interfacial Lab) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia (Interfacial Lab).

We solicit applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position in Surface Science: Adhesion and Wetting, in Professor Himanshu Mishra’s Research Group (Interfacial Lab) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia (Interfacial Lab).

We solicit applications for Postdoctoral Fellow position in Theory and Computation (Chemistry) in Professor Himanshu Mishra’s Research Group (Interfacial Lab) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia (Interfacial Lab).

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