Scientists launch hub to channel quantum power for good
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Scientists will work to channel the huge emerging power of quantum computers for the common good at a...
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Musk says patient moves cursor with brain implant
The Neuralink startup, cofounded by Musk in 2016, aims to build direct communication channels between the brain and computers. The...
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Robotic suit gives paralyzed children gift of walking
The mechanical joints of the battery-powered titanium suit adapt intelligently to the motion of each child, according to the European Patent...
- The suit helps to achieve in record time rehabilitation goals that would take months to achieve with conventional therapies
- The benefits include muscle strengthening, improvement of the digestive and respiratory systems and a major mood boost
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Trust in digital services increases across MENA region despite rising online security threats
MENA residents' satisfaction and expectations about how services can and should be delivered have been radically altered due to the...
- MENA residents' satisfaction and expectations about how services can and should be delivered have been radically altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Increased interest and spending on technological infrastructure, especially artificial intelligence is in line with the global trend toward digitization
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Dubai’s Museum of the Future to house Global Futurist Society
The Global Futurist Society headquarter at the MOTF creates a physical center for international and cross-border dialogue.
- The Global Futurist Society headquarter at the MOTF creates a physical center for international and cross-border dialogue
- It will harness the knowledge and expertise of local and global networks and members of the constituent parties to shape practices in future
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World’s first space tourist plans new flight to Moon with SpaceX
Musk has promised the rocket will complete its first orbital test this year, and a version of Starship has already...
- The weeklong mission would see Starship fly within 125 miles of the lunar surface before returning home
- The voyage will take place after Elon Musk's company has finished developing its prototype Starship rocket
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Human brain cells implanted in rats offer research gold mine
Researchers implanted the groupings of human brain cells, called organoids, into the brains of young rats. The rats' age was...
- Scientists can assemble small sections of human brain tissue made from stem cells in petri dishes, and have already done so with more than a dozen brain regions
- But in dishes, "neurons don't grow to the size which a human neuron in an actual human brain would grow," said Sergiu Pasca, the study's lead author
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DEWA invites proposals for work on sixth phase of solar park
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has invited international developers to send their Expressions of Interest (EOI) to implement the...
- The 900 MW sixth phase of the Solar Park will be implemented using photovoltaic solar panels.
- The production capacity of clean energy has reached about 12.1 percent of Dubai’s total energy mix.
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‘Unit 3 of Barakah Plant linked to UAE’s transmission grid’
The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) announced that Unit 3 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant has successfully been connected...
- Unit 3 will add another 1,400 megawatts of zero-carbon emission electricity capacity to the national grid.
- The nuclear sector is a vital part of the UAE’s clean energy system of multiple low-carbon technologies.
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Nobel winner’s discoveries can lead to cancer breakthroughs
The multitude of applications made possible by Carolyn Bertozzi's findings are impressive: delivering treatments with extreme precision, understanding better how...
- When Carolyn Bertozzi started her research in 1997, the Stanford professor was aiming only to observe the evolution of certain molecules on the surface of cancer cells
- Using bioorthogonal chemistry, "we made a new type of medicine, which basically acts like a lawnmower," says Bertozzi
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Two Americans and a Dane win chemistry Nobel
The award marks the second Nobel for 81-year-old American Barry Sharpless, who won the chemistry Nobel in 2001.
- Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless (both US) and Denmark's Morten Meldal were honoured "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry".
- "Among many other uses, it is utilised in the development of pharmaceuticals, for mapping DNA and creating materials that are more fit for purpose," the jury said.
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Trio win physics Nobel for quantum mechanics work
Their discoveries in the field of quantum mechanics have paved the way for quantum computers, networks and secure encrypted communication.
- Alain Aspect (France), John Clauser (US) and Austria's Anton Zeilinger were honored "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities".
- The Nobel season continues this week with the announcement of the winners of the Chemistry Prize on Wednesday, followed by the much-anticipated prizes for Literature on Thursday.
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Iran and Russia sign deal to build research spacecraft in two years
Tehran, Iran-- Iran and Russia are looking to build a research spacecraft within two years and in this connection top...
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Lab-grown human ’embryos’ offer new research hope
The research and other recent work shows "that models of human embryos are getting more sophisticated and closer to events...
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Sultan AlNeyadi is back but his mission will continue, says MBRSC
According to MBRSC, Sultan AlNeyadi will continue his mission in order to benefit from the scientific experiments that he took...
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Global space economy is worth billions, say experts
ABU DHABI, UAE - The global space economy has great potential in terms of economic prospects, with the sector going...
- Several studies by specialised global institutions indicate that the global space sector will be worth over US$1 trillion in the next few years.
- The space economy grew 8 percent in 2022, with its value totalling US$546 billion, and is projected to grow by 41 percent in the next five years.
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AlNeyadi conducts over 200 research experiments on board ISS
ABU DHABI, UAE - Over the course of a six-month space mission on board the International Space Station (ISS), UAE...
- These research experiments were held in collaboration with 10 international space agencies and 25 esteemed UAE and global universities.
- The experiments covered a range of topics including the cardiovascular system, back pain, protein crystallisation growth, epigenetics, immune system,
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UAE astronaut Al Neyadi’s return to earth delayed
Dubai, UAE - UAE Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi's return journey from the International Space Station (ISS) has encountered a delay...
- NASA and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) now anticipate Al Neyadi's return to Earth on September 4, contingent upon improved weather conditions
- Sultan Al Neyadi will be joined by his fellow Crew-6 members, including NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, as well as Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev