How social media can ‘trigger’ eating disorders in young people
Paris, France -- Social media can push vulnerable young people towards developing eating disorders by glorifying thinness and promoting fake,...
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‘Something new for the honey market’: Austria trials DNA testing to uncover fraud
Voels, Austria -- At a laboratory in Austria's mountainous Tyrol province, scientists are DNA testing about 100 honey samples a...
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Cancer-causing compounds found in everyday food
The 10 nitrosamines -- which are not intentionally added to food but which can form during its preparation and processing...
- Nitrosamines have been detected in foods including cured meat, processed fish, cocoa, beer and other alcoholic drinks, the EFSA said.
- The agency advised a balanced diet with a wide variety of foods to reduce consumption of nitrosamines.
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Big asteroid to zoom between Earth and Moon
The asteroid, named 2023 DZ2, is estimated to be 40 to 70 metres wide, roughly the size of the Parthenon,...
- At 19:49 GMT on Saturday the asteroid will come within a third of the distance from Earth to Moon, said Richard Moissl, the head of the ESA's planetary defence office
- The asteroid will again swing past Earth in 2026, but poses no threat of impact for at least the next 100 years -- which is how far out its trajectory has been calculated
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First 3D-printed rocket blasts off but fails to reach orbit
Billed as less costly to produce and fly, the unmanned Terran 1 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11:25...
- While it failed to reach orbit, Wednesday's launch proved that the rocket -- whose mass is 85 percent 3D-printed -- could withstand the rigors of lift-off
- The successful launch came on the third attempt, It had originally been scheduled to launch on March 8 but was postponed at the last minute because of propellant temperature issues
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UAE’s Rashid Rover completes lunar orbit insertion
The first Emirati rover to land on the moon is now on its way to completing the third milestone, the...
- The first Emirati rover to land on the moon is now on its way to completing the third milestone, the Arrival Phase, which will be the most intense part of the mission
- The ambitious mission aims to study the surface of the moon and is funded by the ICT Fund of the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority
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SEWA discusses water desalination technologies for sustainability
SHARJAH, UAE - Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority (SEWA) participated in a discussion on modern and innovative technologies in...
- SEWA seeks to increase desalinated water production in Sharjah by establishing a plant in Hamriyah to produce 90 million gallons daily.
- SEWA also wants to raise the production efficiency of Al Hamriyah plant to a maximum capacity of 20 million gallons of clean water per day.
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NASA, Axiom Space show off new spacesuit for Artemis astronauts
The suit revealed at an event at the Johnson Space Center in Houston features greater flexibility and thermal protection than...
- Axiom Space was awarded a $228.5 million contract to design the suit -- the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit in space jargon -- for the mission known as Artemis III
- The spacesuit modeled by Stein featured a cover layer in all black with blue and orange trim which Axiom Space said was required to conceal the suit's proprietary design
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‘European Space Agency to intensify cooperation with UAE’
"I have decided to send a group of people from my ESA team to the UAE to see which domains...
- Aschbacher says ESA's plan is to establish navigation and communication around the moon and on the moon surface, just like having a mobile phone on Earth
- He believes unifying people is one of the beauties of space exploration, besides developing technology, attracting young talents, fostering stem education, and economic growth
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First fully Bahrain satellite to be named ‘Al Munther’
Manama, Bahrain -- The first fully Bahraini satellite will be named “Al Munther”, Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported on Sunday,...
- The mission of the satellite will include capturing images of Bahrain and its regional waters and collecting data that will feed into several sectors
- It will provide space data on Bahrain that will be analysed using a line-up of Bahraini innovations that will be part of the satellite's load
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NASA SpaceX Crew-5 returns to Earth after 5-month mission
Crew-5, which launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral in early October 2022, was the fifth mission in space for Wakata and...
- The SpaceX "Endurance" capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico shortly after 9:00 PM (0200 GMT) off the west coast of Florida
- Before leaving the ISS, Crew-5 were met by the successor Crew-6 mission members, who launched March 1 from Cape Canaveral
NASA to reveal names of 4 astronauts who will fly around Moon in 2024
NASA administrator Bill Nelson said the crew members of the mission known as Artemis 2 would be revealed on April...
- The ambitious program aims to return humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo missions ended in 1972
- NASA hopes to establish a lasting human presence on the lunar surface and later launch a years-long trip to Mars
How social media can ‘trigger’ eating disorders in young people
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UAE announces its participation in Nasa’s Lunar Gateway Station
Abu Dhabi, UAE - The UAE has announced its participation in developing a module on Nasa’s Lunar Gateway Station alongside...
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India’s solar mission Aditya-L1 enters Sun’s orbit
New Delhi, India - India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success...
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Invest Qatar launches azure open AI GPT-powered chatbot ‘Ai.SHA’
DOHA, QATAR - The Investment Promotion Agency Qatar (Invest Qatar) has partnered with Microsoft to develop Ai.SHA, an innovative AI-powered...
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SpaceX launches secretive US military spacecraft on research mission
The Pentagon has released little information about the space drone and its mission, which was initially scheduled for December 7,...
- The rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:07 pm Eastern Time (0107 GMT Friday)
- It is unclear where exactly the uncrewed and autonomously operating spacecraft is headed on its seventh mission
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Artists utilize technology against AI copycats
NEW YORK, US - Artists under siege by artificial intelligence (AI) that studies their work, then replicates their styles, have teamed...
- Created in just four months, Glaze spun off technology used to disrupt facial recognition systems.
- Glaze essentially outthinks AI models when it comes to how they train, tweaking pixels in ways indiscernible by human viewers
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sets new launch attempt for Tuesday
The company finally announced a December 18 launch from its base near Van Horn, Texas. But on the day itself...
- Jeff Bezos' space company has not launched a rocket since an uncrewed September 2022 crash placed its program on hold while it carried out fixes and awaited regulatory approval
- Though the rocket will carry a payload of science experiments, not people, mission NS-24 must succeed before Blue Origin can return to taking thrill-seekers to final frontier