Japan puts world’s most accurate clock on sale for $3.3 million
The "Aether clock OC 020" is so precise that it would take 10 billion years for it to deviate by...
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Nobel-winning physicist ‘unnerved’ by AI technology he helped create
Washington, United States - A US scientist who won the 2024 Nobel physics prize for his pioneering work on artificial intelligence...
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UAE blazes a trail with AI, leads Europe and MENA
The Gulf country leads EMEA in the leverage of data, data science, and AI for the purposes of decision making...
- The UAE has established itself as a world leader in AI, having been the first nation to appoint a minister of state for AI
- Data science and AI are advancing, yet managers and non-managers in the UAE have different perceptions about data utility and AI's role
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Saudi Space Commission to launch ‘Madar’ training program for students, workers
Saudi Space Commission will help and train 1,000 students and workers about space to national capabilities, cadres and skills in...
- Saudi Space Commission will teach 1,000 male and female trainees from various scientific specialties about the space sector
- The program aims at raising the level of knowledge by providing theoretical and practical courses in the space sector
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UAE to chair Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space
The UAE has been chosen to lead the Committee on The Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPOUS) out of 100...
- COPOUS is one of the largest UN committees playing a major role in governing the exploration and use of space
- The Committee is part of The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), and reports to the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly
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Iraq battles with outbreak of deadly nose-bleed fever
Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq's worst detected outbreak of a...
- The sight of the health workers, dressed in full protective kit, is one that has become common in the Iraqi countryside, as the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever spreads
- Transmitted by ticks, hosts of the virus include both wild and farmed animals such as buffalo, cattle, goats and sheep
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Boeing Starliner completes key test mission to ISS
Astronauts living aboard the station opened the hatch and "greeted" the capsule's passengers: Rosie the Rocketeer, a mannequin equipped with...
- The gumdrop-shaped spaceship landed in a puff of sand at 4:49 pm local time (2249 GMT) in the New Mexico desert
- Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) was the last hurdle for Starliner to clear before it carries humans in another test flight due to take place by the end of this year
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From ‘child of war’ to two-term WHO chief
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the first African to head the WHO, was re-elected on Tuesday, tearfully accepting a second term as...
- The UN health agency did not provide a breakdown, but sources in the room said he had received 155 of the 160 votes cast
- The 57-year-old malaria expert has also increasingly been sounding the alarm over the heavy toll that conflicts like the war in Ukraine are taking on global health
Boeing’s Starliner docks with ISS in high-stakes test mission
NASA is looking to certify Starliner as a second "taxi" service for its astronauts to the space station a role...
- Starliner spaceship made contact at 8:28 pm Eastern time, 24 hours after it took off from the Kennedy Space Center
- Success of spaceship will be the key to re-establish Boeing's credibility after its first launch in 2019 which was failed to dock with the ISS due to software bugs
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MBRSC and EGA look to collaborate in field of research
Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA) are looking to collaborate in research and the use of...
- Al Marri was received at EGA's Jebel Ali site in Dubai by Chief Executive Officer Abdulnasser bin Kalban, and the company's leading technologists
- The two parties discussed potential future synergies, including the use of EGA metal by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre in constructing its next spacecraft
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Stay off social media to improve your mental health: Study
It’s no secret that too much social media can be bad for one’s mental health. Now, research suggests that taking...
- Staying off social media for a week meant, for some study participants, gaining about nine hours of free time, which improved their well-being, British researchers report.
- Those who took a break from social media had significant improvements in well-being, depression and anxiety, compared with those who continued to use social media, the study found.
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WHO renews ties with Saudi drug authority for global cooperation
The approval is expected to transform the regional center into a global center covering the eastern Mediterranean and Africa.
- The move aims to contribute to the SFDA in assisting emerging countries in monitoring and regulating medical devices and supplies
- It also looks to benefit from the WHO’s expertise in various regulatory and supervisory areas in medical devices and supplies
Japan puts world’s most accurate clock on sale for $3.3 million
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NASA to publish long-awaited UFO report
An independent team of 16 researchers shared their preliminary observations in May, finding that existing data and eyewitness reports are...
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ChatGPT diagnoses ER patients ‘like a doctor’
During a study in Netherlands, the chatbot outperformed doctors in some cases. At the same time, it showed some limitations.
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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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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...
- Once the spacecraft splashed down, the astronauts were carried out of the capsule and placed in a gurney-type transport
- Being the first Arab astronaut to do a spacewalk, Al Neyadi was seen smiling and waving to the camera after leaving the capsule
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Research finds link in the brain to explain obesity
Washington, US - A new scientific research has identified the link between memory and appetite in the human brain to...
- The research shows that individuals with obesity have poor connections between the dorsolateral hippocampus (dlHPC) and the lateral hypothalamus (LH)
- The dlHPC is located in the 'memory process' region of the brain, and the LH is in the region of the brain called 'homeostasis'
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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.