NYUAD and Dolphin Energy sign agreement to boost research into climate change
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Four space station crew members leave for Earth
WASHINGTON, US – Four astronauts left the International Space Station on Monday and were bound for Earth following a more than...
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UN reports to lay bare harrowing scale of climate impact
The IPCC report will include a crucial 40-page summary for policymakers, expected to show that devastating scale of climate change...
- The UN report on climate change will show that global warming already threatens billions of people and crucial ecosystems
- Climate change affects entire planet, but its impacts are often the hardest on the poorest and most vulnerable
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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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UAE focuses on developing a national astronaut team
"Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi is currently on the longest space mission in Arab history ... This mission has elevated the...
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UAE and UN to boost climate action cooperation in run up to COP28
New York, US--The UAE and the UN have discussed joint cooperation and partnership on government experience exchange, global climate action...
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UAE and Egypt to boost cooperation in higher education, scientific research
Cairo, Egypt-- The UAE and Egypt are looking to ramp up cooperation in the fields of higher education and scientific...
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Almost the entire world is experiencing record heatwaves
Record heat is forecast around the world from the United States, where tens of millions are battling dangerously high temperatures,...
- Authorities in many countries have been sounding the alarm, advising people to avoid outdoor activities in the daytime and to be wary of dehydration.
- Scientists insist global warming - linked to dependence on fossil fuels - is behind the intensification of heat waves in the world.
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India launches an unmanned spacecraft to land on Moon
India launched a rocket carrying an unmanned spacecraft to land on the Moon, its second attempt to do so as...
- "Chandrayaan-3... has begun its journey to the Moon. Health of the spacecraft is normal," the Indian Space Research Organization said on Twitter.
- The world's most populous nation has a comparatively low-budget aerospace program that is rapidly closing in on the milestones set by global space powers.
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Yahsat to invest US$100m
It is for capital expenditure of T4-NGS satellite program.
- The program, the next-generation telecommunications system for Thuraya, is scheduled to begin operational service in H1 2025.
- The total cost of the program is up to $550 million, including manufacturing, launch, insurance and new ground infrastructure.