UAE’s satellite, developed by Emirati engineers, launched from California to aid disaster relief and earth observation
With cutting-edge features like high-resolution imaging and electric jet propulsion, MBZ-SAT will enhance environmental surveillance, disaster management, and infrastructure monitoring,...Technology Science
Saudi Space Agency launches ‘Space Futures Centre’
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi Space Agency (SSA) announced Sunday the launch of the Centre for Space Futures, the...Science
Can pee help feed the world?
In the past, urban excrement was transported to agricultural fields to be used as fertilizer along with animal manure, before...Chemical fertilizers create emissions of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide, contributing to climate change.
Urine is not normally a major carrier of disease, so the World Health Organization recommends leaving it for a period of time, although it is also possible to pasteurize it.
UAE to send astronaut on six-month International Space Station mission
The United Arab Emirates announced Friday it will send an astronaut on a six-month mission to space, as it seeks...The country signed "a new agreement to send the first Arab astronaut on a long 180-day mission to the International Space Station", tweeted UAE's vice president Sheikh Mohammed.
The astronaut will be part of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission, scheduled for launch in 2023.
Videoconferencing hinders creativity, study finds
The pandemic has changed the nature of office work, propelling a massive rise in videoconferencing that looks unlikely to abate...Seeking to find out how this huge change affects creativity, US researchers studied 1,500 employees of a telecommunications company in Finland, Hungary, India, Israel and Portugal.
The pairs who spoke in person came up with around 15 percent more, according to the study published in the Nature journal.
Saudi Arabia lifts ban on poultry and eggs from Denmark
Saudi Arabia had stopped the imports as reports of avian influenza, or bird flu, emerged from across the world.Food products have a significant role in Denmark’s economy
Two-thirds of his country’s exports are mainly food products
Turkey partially lifts COVID-19 mask mandate
The move follows similar actions by European countries, which lifted the mask mandate partially or entirely.Mask use would still be in place in mass transit and hospitals
It would go when the number of daily cases ‘drops below 1,000’
UAE vows ‘responsible’ artificial intelligence rollout
The world's first minister for artificial intelligence says the United Arab Emirates isn't only looking for economic benefits as it..."We are looking at AI as a tool," he told AFP in an interview in Dubai. "It's a tool that we need to use to unleash the quality of life aspect."
The UAE also calls AI "machine intelligence", defining it as a branch of technology enabling systems to "think, learn, and make decisions like humans."
China expands mass testing as lockdown fears grow
Under its zero-Covid policy, China has used strict lockdowns, mass testing and severe travel restrictions to stamp out infections. But...China is struggling with a new wave coronavirus infections, and it reported 52 new Covid deaths on Tuesday
Officials ordered people in 12 central districts to undergo three rounds of PCR testing
A UK study says only 29% Covid patients fully well one year on
Not even one in four people have completely recovered from Covid a full year after being hospitalized with the disease,...The study involving more than 2,300 people also found that women were 33 percent less likely to fully recover than men.
The most common long-Covid symptoms were fatigue, muscle pain, poor sleep, slowing down physically and breathlessness
Dalai Lama urges reduction of fossil fuel to fight climate crisis
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urged the public to reduce fossil fuel use during a meeting with activists to...The 86-year-old -- who is now living in exile in India's Dharamshala -- was presented Friday with a block of ice carved from one of the fast-melting glaciers
Mounted on a wooden stand, the hunk of ice was meant to highlight the effects of climate change on the Tibetan plateau
UAE-made MBZ-SAT to be launched in late 2023: Al Marri
The satellite made by Emirati engineers will support the Emirati space sector as it is the most advanced high-resolution satellite...The satellite made by Emirati engineers will support the Emirati space sector as it is the most advanced high-resolution satellite in the region
Al Marri said that a specialist team was sent to South Korea 17 years ago, which led to the establishment of the current Emirati space programme
