KAUST, a dream came true

Saudi Arabia, I'm so proud of you! :D

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Is this really happening in Saudi Arabia?? I hope it becomes # 1 in the world! it's just a dream of mine :)

Plus, I found out the following.. Hmmm interesting :P

• Supercomputer: Shaheen -- the Arabic word for peregrine falcon -- is the fastest supercomputer in the Middle East and one of the most powerful in the world. Developed with IBM, it is capable of 222 teraflops, or 222 trillion floating point operations per second. In non-technical language, this means Shaheen can solve 222 trillion complicated calculations per second.
• Visualization: CORNEA is a fully immersive, six-sided virtual reality facility that gives students and researchers the ability to turn data into 3D structures that they can interact with and examine. It was built in partnership with the University of California, San Diego.
• Nanofabrication, Imaging, and Characterization: A clean-room environment equipped with leading-edge tools to support research in advanced materials, biotechnology, electronics and photonics, and MEMS/NEMS. The Imaging and Characterization Labs include a suite of 10 advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometers and facilities for scanning, transmission, confocal, and Raman microscopy, magnetic and thermal measurements, allowing scientists to examine nanostructure devices and surfaces down to the level of individual atoms.
• Coastal and Marine Resources: Located next to the Red Sea, the Coastal and Marine Resources Lab facilitates marine research. The facility builds and deploys modern oceanographic instrumentation and provides operational services to support research vessels for marine exploration, diving, and sampling. Indoor and outdoor seawater facilities allow researchers to culture marine organisms.
• Analytical Core: These labs boast highly skilled staff focusing on spectroscopy, chromatography and mass spectrometry, trace metals analysis, wet chemistry, and surface analysis.
• Biosciences and Bioengineering: These facilities include genomic and proteomic labs essential to the study of cellular molecules for DNA sequencing and genetic analysis, as well as the investigation of cellular processes. The genomics facility is equipped with robots and laboratory automation

And.. tadadadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa........

KAUST is the first mixed-sex university in Saudi Arabia, Saudi authorities hope the mixed-sex center will help modernize the kingdom's deeply conservative society. The religious police will not operate on-site. Women will be allowed to mix freely with men and drive on campus, and they will not be required to wear veils in the coeducational classes.

Read more on Wikipedia & The official website of KAUST.