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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The feline frontier: NASA sends cat video from deep space
The video was beamed to Earth using a laser transceiver on the Psyche probe, which is journeying to the main...
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Covid tears through Iraq as vaccinations lag
In the stores and buses of Iraq masks are rare even as Covid-19 spreads widely, vaccines are viewed with suspicion...
- "More than 95 percent of those sick with Covid-19 in intensive care are unvaccinated," said Ali Abdel Hussein Kazem, assistant director of the facility
- Since January, Iraq's 40 million people have been confronted with a fourth coronavirus wave but -- unlike other countries -- the government has not imposed any restrictions
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UN slams ‘aggressive’ marketing by formula-milk makers
The failure of countries to crack down on the marketing of breast milk substitutes means far too many children are...
- The $55-billion formula milk industry is said to systematically deploy aggressive marketing strategies
- It is said to spend up to $5 billion a year to sway the decisions of parents on how to feed their infants
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Strong protection for babies born to Covid-vaccinated moms: study
The CDC carried out a study involving 379 babies aged up to six months, who were hospitalized in 20 pediatric...
- Babies born to mothers vaccinated during pregnancy were less likely to be hospitalized with severe Covid
- A baby who died because of Covid during the research was born to a mother who was not vaccinated
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Plastic, chemical waste exceeded planet’s safe limit: study
The European Union’s REACH inventory has covered only 150,000 out of 350,000 different substances and only a third of those...
- There are an estimated 350,000 different manufactured chemicals on the market and large volumes of them end up in the environment
- Since 2020 plastic production has increased to 367 million tones but less than 10 percent of the world’s plastic is currently recycled
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Israel, UAE invite joint research proposals from varsities, research institutes
The UAE and Israel are inviting universities and research institutes in both countries to submit joint research proposals based on...
- Successful proposals will be selected by a joint UAE-Israel committee, which will choose one project to be funded.
- The selected research project will receive $200,000 of funding from the UAE Space Agency and Israel Space Agency.
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UAE to train 10,000 female students in various fields
The UAE has launched the "building future talents" to build 10,000 UAE public school female students’ skills in the fields...
- The initiative is based on introducing an interactive smart application that includes more than 450 activities on 21st century skills
- The smart application presents three innovative reward categories for students participating in the initiative, based on the points they accumulate for every step they complete
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An implant that puts life back into immobile legs
In 2017, Michel Roccati was in a motorbike accident that left his lower body completely paralyzed. In 2020, he walked...
- The implant sends electrical pulses to his muscles, mimicking the action of the brain, and could one day help people with severe spinal injuries stand, walk and exercise
- The idea of using electrical pulses to address paralysis stemmed from technology used to regulate pain, and the researchers said they see scope for further applications
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Air pollution costs MENA $141bn per year: World Bank
Air pollution costs the Middle East and North Africa $141 billion per year, or around 2% of GDP on average,...
- Environmental pollution will cost some nations in the region including Egypt, Lebanon and Yemen more than 3% of their GDP
- The report singled out "low environmental standards" in the transportation and industry sectors, the use of low quality fuel
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Lockheed Martin nets NASA deal
The company will make a rocket to bring back rocks from Mars.
- According to the US space agency's statement, Lockheed Martin has won a NASA contract to build the rocket which will bring the first Mars rock samples to Earth in the 2030s
- NASA will launch a plan in 2026 to send the mini-rocket to Mars, carrying another rover responsible for collecting the rock samples
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IAEA unveils new plan to bolster cancer care
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched a plan to tackle a chronic shortage of cancer care capacity in...
- The total number of cancer deaths worldwide is forecast to rise by 60 percent in the coming two decades, to 16 million people every year
- Rays of Hope builds on the IAEA’s six decades of experience and expertise in nuclear science to diagnose and treat different types of tumors
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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Saudi astronaut concludes pioneering space research
The experiments by Barnawi, focused on understanding the behavior of immune cells in space, could lead to the prevention and...
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China launches mission with first civilian to space station
Shenzhou-16 is the first mission to Tiangong since it entered its "application and development" stage, authorities said. Shenzhou-16 will carry out...
Saudi Arabia enters a new era of tech and innovation
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Musk secures approval for direct brain-computer interface technology
Neuralink said clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its first in-human clinical study is "an important...
- The aim of Neuralink implants is to enable human brains to communicate directly with computers, the Tesla boss said
- Elon Musk said the company would try to use the implants to restore vision and mobility in humans who had lost such abilities
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Saudi astronauts at ISS make amateur Radio Contact with students in kingdom
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi astronauts Rayyanah Barnawi and Ali Al-Qarni have used the Amateur Radio on board the International...
- The call, made in coordination with the Saudi Space Commission (SSC), aimed at raising students’ awareness about space sciences and technology
- Barnawi and Al-Qarni answered students’ questions which were centred around life in space and the daily routine on board the ISS
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Humans must stay in control of AI, European trade union chief warns
BERLIN, GERMANY — No employee should be “subject to the will of a machine”, European trade union chief Esther Lynch...
- In the same way that EU treaties protect health and safety in the workplace, rules are needed to guarantee “the human-in-control principle” when it comes to AI, Lynch said.
- Lynch, general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation since last December, will head the four-day ETUC Congress that kicks off in the German capital.