1) HVAC-R Expo (4-6 May):

For 4 consecutive years, Noor Scientific & Trade has played an active role in the HVAC-R Exhibition. This year, the company’s participation reached a new milestone as a Diamond Sponsor and exhibitor through one of the largest and most prominent booths at the exhibition, that attracted a remarkable number of visitors.

At HVAC-R 2026, Noor Scientific & Trade’s booth stood out as a destination for innovation, showcasing integrated, certified, and precision-engineered solutions designed to maximize performance, reliability, and long-term operational efficiency. Visitors explored a comprehensive portfolio spanning HVAC and chilled water systems, fire protection technologies, water systems and flow control solutions, and commercial kitchen ecology systems. Adding exceptional value to the experience, our esteemed international partners from Herz and Brannan joined our team on-site, engaging directly with industry professionals, sharing specialized technical expertise, and fostering meaningful discussions that addressed real-world project challenges and advanced engineering solutions.

2) Noor’s Biotechnology Scientific Seminar (19 May):

On 19 May 2026, Noor Scientific & Trade LLC, in collaboration with Merck Life Science, successfully hosted a distinguished scientific seminar entitled “Microbiological Monitoring in the Pharmaceutical Industry” at the Fairmont Nile City. The event brought together a remarkable assembly of pharmaceutical industry leaders, quality professionals, and technical experts from across Egypt, providing a premier forum for knowledge exchange, professional networking, and discussion of the industry's most pressing challenges and emerging opportunities. Throughout the seminar, participants gained valuable insights into evolving global regulatory expectations, advanced environmental monitoring strategies, next-generation sterility testing technologies, and state-of-the-art laboratory water purification solutions—highlighting the innovations that are redefining pharmaceutical quality assurance, contamination control, and regulatory compliance in an increasingly demanding landscape. The attendees enjoyed a memorable experience within a lovely surrounding atmosphere.

Egypt launches digital visa-on-arrival system at Cairo Airport

Egypt has signed two agreements to operate a new digital visa-on-arrival system at Cairo International Airport, marking a major step toward modernizing airport procedures and improving the travel experience, with plans to expand the system nationwide.

Under the new mechanism, eligible travellers can obtain a visa on arrival through self-service kiosks at airports, the official online platform, or a mobile application, with payment completed electronically and issuance in the form of a QR code verified at passport control.

About half of your body’s cells are bacteria.

Experts estimate that the human body consists of 39 trillion bacteria and 30 trillion human cells, a roughly 1:1.3 ratio. But because bacteria are so small, they make up about only 1% to 3% of our body mass. In the past, researchers thought we were much more bacteria than human, with a ratio of 10:1.

The 10:1 ratio is a popular textbook myth that was debunked by modern researchers .The most recent scientific estimates reveal that a typical "reference" adult human (weighing around 70 kg) hosts the following:

Human cells: ≈30 trillion + Bacterial cells: 39 trillion

Total Cellular Ratio: 1.3:1 (Bacteria to Human)

Concrete

Ancient Romans are credited as one of the first societies to use concrete in architecture. Incredibly, many of the ancient buildings are not only standing, but remain in good condition some 2,000 years later.

However, the ancient Egyptians used a crude form of concrete in their buildings much earlier in 3000 B.C., employing forms of concrete mixed with ash and salt water to create mortar.

Concrete is strong in compression but breaks easily in tension, so the invention of reinforced steel-concrete toward the end of the 19th century in France, which lends concrete some of steel's tensile strength, enabled concrete to be used more widely in construction.

Eid Al-Adha (May 27, 2026)

Eid Al-Adha, also known as the “Feast of Sacrifice,” is one of the two major Islamic holidays and is observed annually in Egypt and across the Muslim world. The holiday coincides with the Hajj pilgrimage season. The festival falls on the 10th day of Dhul-Hijjah, the final month of the Islamic lunar calendar. It coincides with the climax of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, which is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.

Eid al-Adha is typically greeted with joy and excitement and is marked with congregational prayers and festivities that usually include family visits, gatherings, outings and new clothes.

Many staff members are celebrating their work anniversaries at Noor Scientific & Trade LLC during May:

• El-Sayed Ismail is celebrating his 35th anniversary,
• Ahmed Ghareeb is celebrating his 31st anniversary,
• Adham Emam is celebrating his 4th anniversary,

Congratulations for all. Wishing them all the success.

Milli-Q IQ 7015 Lab. Water System:

Milli-Q® IQ 7015 integrated pure and ultrapure water system is the ultimate lab water solution. It produces ultrapure (Type 1) water and pure (Type 2) water with a production flow rate of 15 L/hr from tap water feed.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Production of (Type 2) & (Type 1) from tap water.
• RO with recovery loop reduces water consumption & increases filters lifetime.
• Electro deionization removes ions with self-regeneration of ion-exchange resins.
• Automatic recirculation of stored water.
• Mercury free UV lamps.
• TOC monitor with detection range 0.5 to 999.9.
• Remote access to your system and its data and Faster service.
• Pure, Type 2 water Resistivity at 25 °C : 10-15 MΩ·cm.
• Pure, Type 2 water Bacteria level: ≤ < 0.01 CFU/mL.
• Ultrapure, Type 1 water specifications:
• Ultrapure, Type 1 water Resistivity at 25 °C: 18.2 MΩ·cm.
• Ultrapure, Type 1 water Bacteria level : < 0.01 CFU/mL.

APPLICATIONS

Type II water (Pure water) applications:

• Preparation of buffers, pH solutions and microbiological culture media, reagents.

Type I water (Ultrapure water) applications:

• Preparation of HPLC mobile phases, blanks, samples and buffers in, HPLC, ICP-MS…etc.
• Preparation of media for mammalian cell culture, IVF, reagents for molecular biology…etc