India’s solar mission Aditya-L1 enters Sun’s orbit
New Delhi, India - India's solar observation mission on Saturday entered the Sun's orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success...Global Science
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...Business Science Tech & Media
SABIC chairman urges chemical companies to ‘decarbonize’
The head of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has urged ‘chemical companies’ to decarbonize promptly in order to improve what...Yousef A. Al-Benyan, chairman of SABIC, was speaking at the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association Leaders’ forum in Dubai
Al-Benyan identified three priority transformation areas for the chemical industry: partnerships and collaborations; agility; and new business and operating models
Bahrain signs Artemis Accords to bolster space cooperation
Among other things, NASA plans to use the Artemis missions to land the first woman and first person of color...Joining the accords will give Bahrain new opportunities for cooperation and investment in the space field
It is also expected to facilitate the exchange of expertise among its signatories of the Artemis Accords
Russia sanctions pile on helium industry woes
Helium is used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, and its shortage is expected to exacerbate the paucity of computer chips.Russia is expected to eventually produce the equivalent of a third of the world's current helium production
However, with Western sanctions over the Ukraine invasion, experts worry that gas won't reach the global market
How commercial satellites are shaping the Ukraine conflict
Thanks to the explosive growth of the private satellite industry, the volume of imagery is greater and turnaround time faster...Thanks to the explosive growth of the private satellite industry, the volume of imagery is greater and turnaround time faster compared to prior conflicts
A growing army of open-source intelligence analysts offer near real time assessments of battleground developments
UN chief flays world powers for ‘criminal’ lack of climate leadership
UN chief Antonio Guterres blasted world powers for a "criminal" abdication of leadership after the release Monday of an extensive..."Nearly half of humanity is living in the danger zone -- now. Many ecosystems are at the point of no return -- now," he said
Guterres said coal and fossil fuels are "choking humanity" and called for G20 economies to follow up on their commitments to stop funding coal abroad by ending its use at home
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
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
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
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
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
