SpaceX blasts off to ISS with US, Russia astronauts on board
Just minutes after the launch, as the rocket soared over the Atlantic, it was moving at a speed of 6,000...Science
Japan’s Moon craft SLIM revives after lunar night
TOKYO, JAPAN – Japan's Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night, the country's space...Business Global Science
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
