Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Reserve: A hub for over 40,000 beehives
The reserve is a sanctuary for plant life, home to over 180 recorded species, making up 7.5 percent of the...
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Gemini’s inaccurate AI racial images warn of tech titans’ power
AUSTIN, US – For people at the trend-setting tech festival here, the scandal that erupted after Google's Gemini chatbot cranked out...
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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
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UAE cooperation could help Rwanda launch own satellites: Minister
Rwanda is keen to have the UAE’s cooperation to utilize geospatial data in developmental projects in key sectors.
- Geospatial data is globally being leveraged and utilized in policy decisions and program implementation
- A Rwandan minister said her country knows UAE is advanced in this area, would like to learn from it
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A study says top Everest glacier is shrinking
Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the...
- The South Col formation may already have lost around 55 meters (180 feet) of thickness in the last 25 years, according to research led by the University of Maine
- Carbon dating showed the top layer of ice was around 2,000 years old, suggesting that the glacier was thinning more than 80 times faster than the time it took to form
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UAE-Bahraini Light-1 CubeSat launched into orbit from ISS
The UAE-Bahraini Light-1 CubeSat was successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station, in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace...
- Light-1 CubeSat is a collaborative initiative of the UAE Space Agency, Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, and NYU Abu Dhabi.
- The Light-1 CubeSat represents the region’s first scientific mission to monitor and study Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes (TGFs) from thunderstorms and lightning.
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UAE to host International Conference on Space Operations next year
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) announced that it will host the 17th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps...
- Scientists, practitioners, engineers and leaders in the space industry will participate in the event.
- UAE’s Mars 2117 Strategy seeks to be the first to establish a human colony on the Red Planet.
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Two UAE astronauts conduct spacewalk training at NASA’s neutral buoyancy lab
Houston, United States - As part of NASA’s 2021 astronaut candidate class training programme, Emirati astronauts Nora Al Matrooshi and...
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Russia launches first Moon mission in nearly 50 years
The spacecraft, which will remain on the Moon for a year, will be tasked with "taking (samples) and analysing the...
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 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...
- The Egyptian minister noted the depth of the ties across all levels between the two countries, especially in scientific, cultural and educational fields
- The UAE official applauded the relations between the UAE and Egypt, noting the latter's role in the education field and stressing UAE's resolve to deepen ties
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Sultan Al Neyadi takes part in Dreams experiment aboard ISS
DUBAI, UAE - The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) on Sunday announced the successful execution of the Dreams experiment...
- The experiment was conducted in collaboration with the European Space Agency, French space agency CNES and Toulouse University Hospital.
- The Dreams experiment is to investigate the sleep patterns of astronauts in the microgravity environment on the ISS.
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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.