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...Science
After AI, quantum computing eyes its ‘Sputnik’ moment
Cambridge, United Kingdom - Quantum computing promises society-changing breakthroughs in drug development and tackling climate change, and on an unassuming English...Science
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
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
