
Fireball Streaks Across Moroccan Sky at 36,000 km/h, Spotted by Spanish Researchers
A fireball crossing the Moroccan sky at a speed of 36,000 km/h was spotted on Friday from Andalusia by researchers from several Spanish institutes.

A fireball crossing the Moroccan sky at a speed of 36,000 km/h was spotted on Friday from Andalusia by researchers from several Spanish institutes.

Morocco has just signed a technology transfer agreement with Brazil in the field of electric mobility. The Green Energy Park (GEP), a solar energy research and training center based in Benguerir and INESC P&D Brasil, a scientific and technological network , have sealed this new partnership.

The oldest Acheulean in North Africa dating back 1.3 million years has been discovered on the outskirts of Casablanca . This information comes from Moroccan researchers who participated in the research program.

The book "Alboran Sea: Marine Ecosystems and Resources" was presented to the public on Monday. Published by Springer and coordinated by the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), it contains all the latest scientific information on the Alboran Sea, the most productive basin in the entire Mediterranean.

Moroccan health and biomedical research specialists stressed on Tuesday the opportunity for Morocco to manufacture a Covid-19 vaccine by Moroccan laboratories . This was during a scientific meeting held in Rabat in the presence of experts and specialists from several countries around the world.

A total of 854 candidates applied for the first call for proposals of the EXAF program. Among the five most represented countries is Morocco in the French-speaking section.

Moroccan dynamism has once again proven itself. In the Shanghai Ranking (Academic Ranking of World Universities), four Moroccan universities are among the best in the world in the field of physics.

Two Moroccan researchers from the Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rajaa Cherkaoui El Moursli and Farida Fassi, are on the list of the 50 best scientists in the world.

A new miniaturized portable device to detect Covid in 20 seconds. This is the result of research by scientists from the "Digitization & Intelligent Micro-Electronic Devices" center of the MAScIR Foundation, under Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. Designed to provide results on a smartphone, the test has several advantages, including the absence of reagents for its realization.

Le Morocco intends to plant 50,000 ha of argan trees by 2030 to meet the growing demand on the market. This ambition is part of the "Green Generation" strategy launched by King Mohammed VI.

Closely monitoring the evolution of the new Brazilian, South African and Indian variants of the coronavirus announced as more devastating and rapid, researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat call on Moroccans to redouble their vigilance by strictly observing the restrictive measures in order to reduce the spread of the virus in the Kingdom.

Of Moroccan origin, the immunologist who is currently developing a universal vaccine against coronaviruses with his team, has given the reasons for his departure from France. In an interview with Jeune Afrique , Lbachir BenMohamed retraces his stay in France, a country where science, he says, has no future.