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A cell is the smallest structural and functional unit of living organisms. It consists of a membrane, genetic material, cytoplasm, and organelles. Cells can grow and divide through a process known as the cell cycle. This division varies depending on its purpose and the type of organism. The cell cycle is divided into several distinct stages, with specific proteins ensuring the accuracy of the division at the end of some phases. If cells continue to divide indiscriminately, beyond the natural cycle, they turn into cancerous cells, which may cluster together to form tumors.
 

How would you feel if you were told that there are about 8 billion libraries, each with about 46 bookshelves and a total of 20,000 to 25,000 books? Each library is estimated to contain about 3 billion pages of paper.

Materials engineering, as one of the core engineering disciplines, today encompasses a wide range of materials, including metals, ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, magnetic materials, photonic materials, and biological materials

In the early days of software, the typical image that came to mind was of a programmer writing code alone in the confines of their room, isolated from other collaborators, striving to create something valuable. However, today, this image is far from reality, with hundreds of thousands of programmers, each with their own expertise, working collaboratively to develop software systems. This naturally raises a question:  Are other skills beyond coding needed to develop software?

Having put his idea of Mining Software Repositories into practice, Ahmed Hassan focused on building a scientific community around this area of study. His dedicated efforts in this regard seem to have been as successful as his ideas in the field of MSR.

With a microscopic view of our surroundings, we step into a realm of the unknown—a world where countless microorganisms thrive, each telling a different story of life’s complexity. Among them, viruses, despite their relatively simple structure, remain some of the most enigmatic entities in existence. These beings blur the line between life and non-life. Their survival depends entirely on their unfortunate hosts, and outside their target cells, they are nothing more than dormant genetic packets.

If the history of computing were a tree, Sami Erol Gelenbe wouldn’t be a branch or the trunk—he’d be one of its most vital roots. 

The COMSTECH Year Book 2024, highlights a major collaboration between the Mustafa^(pbuh)Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF) and the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMSTECH).

This issue offers in-depth reports and interviews on some of the most significant scientific advancements worldwide. A new scientific adventure awaits inside!