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A US study published October 11 measured acoustic-driven magnetic resonance at 655 MHz in a heterostructure formed by bonding the films and removing a carrier substrate.
The two countries’ petroleum ministers signed a cooperation framework covering crude and product trade, storage, logistics, petrochemicals and potential joint investment.
Source: Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
A survey of 384 students at Shiraz found the strongest AI-use preferences in research and writing and self-directed learning. Technical design and art scored lower.
Source: Scientific Reports, Exploring artificial intelligence usage preferences among medical students in Iran: a cross-sectional study
Iraq’s Ministry of Planning held a data-analysis course using seven quality tools for State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) staff from 5 to 11 October. The ministry’s 11 October announcement said 29 company employees took part.
Qatar and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum in Riyadh on 11 October to establish a framework for cooperation across parts of the energy sector. It covers subjects ranging from oil and gas to renewable energy and carbon management. The agreement will take effect after legal procedures in both countries are completed.
Saudi Arabia’s SDAIA said it has linked the National Register of Persons with Disabilities to the National Data Bank. The integration is intended to enable authorised use of connected health, education, employment and social-service information. Officials also said the data bank connects more than 600 government systems and that over 314 government data-management offices have been established.
Source: Saudi Press Agency (SPA), reporting SDAIA National Data Management Office
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum on 11 October to cooperate on electricity and renewable energy. Its framework spans grid interconnection and electricity exports, storage, smart grids, AI and localisation of related supply chains. The announcement sets out no project capacity or implementation timetable.
Source: Kuwait Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy
At the close of a four-day ExpoBéton in Kinshasa, participants called for stronger urban planning, land security, construction oversight and a national infrastructure pact.
Source: Office of the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rome researchers compared radiomics and machine-learning models using non-contrast MRI from 41 patients. The best FLAIR model reported an AUC of 0.82; the authors call for larger multicentre validation.
Source: Scientific Reports, Radiomics and machine learning analysis to differentiate low grade glioma and encephalitis on non-contrast MRI
A study involving researchers affiliated with institutions in Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia analyzed 45 groundwater samples in Algeria. Its models estimated selected water-quality indicators from the limited sample.
Source: Scientific Reports, Machine learning assessment of industrial corrosion and public health risks in data limited aquifers of Northeastern Algeria
A King Abdulaziz University-linked model classified traffic congestion as low, medium or high using an open Kaggle dataset. The paper reports 94.07% test accuracy and a 94.15% mean across ten-fold cross-validation.
Source: Scientific Reports, Explainable artificial intelligence of things integrated spatio-temporal feature modeling for traffic congestion framework on intelligent urban mobility system
Texas Tech researchers’ RATED method combines semantic search with feedback on whether tools work at runtime. The new EcoAgent benchmark contains 5,172 tools and more than 210,000 query-tool pairs.
Source: arXiv, RATED: Reliability-Aware AI Agent Tool Retrieval via Execution Dynamics (arXiv:2610.13889)
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