US, Russian, Belarusian astronauts return to earth after 14 days in space
Moscow, Russia - A NASA astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and Belarus's first ever space traveler on Saturday returned to Earth safely...Science
NYUAD and Dolphin Energy sign agreement to boost research into climate change
Abu Dhabi, UAE--A unique national capacity-building fellowship model offering outstanding Emirati graduates the opportunity to gain experience in a cutting-edge...Science
Malaria No More and CPC of Abu Dhabi to fight the disease
Malaria No More has announced the launch of a new global institute with the mission to combat malaria in the...It has partnered with the Crown Prince Court of Abu Dhabi (CPC) and the Reaching the Last Mile program to achieve its objective
The announcement was made at the summit event of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, during a session focused on climate change
WHO approves two new Covid-19 treatments
The WHO's Covid-19 treatment recommendations are updated regularly based on new data from clinical trials.Arthritis drug baricitinib, used with corticosteroids to treat severe or critical Covid-19 patients, led to better survival rates
Also recommended was synthetic antibody treatment Sotrovimab, for people with non-serious Covid-19 at the highest risk of hospitalization
DEWA invites people to live coverage of its nanosatellite launch
The U3 nanosatellite was designed and developed at DEWA’s R&D CentreThe satellite will be launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex (SLC-40) in Florida, USA.
MD & CEO of DEWA Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer will attend the launch along with officials from DEWA, SpaceX, and NanoAvionics.
European archaeologists back in Iraq after years of war
The modern history of Iraq -- with its succession of conflicts, especially since the 2003 US-led invasion and its bloody...The modern history of Iraq -- with its succession of conflicts, especially since the 2003 US-led invasion and its bloody aftermath -- has kept foreign researchers at bay
Iraq's Council of Antiquities and Heritage director Laith Majid Hussein said he is delighted to play host, and is happy that his country is back on the map for foreign expeditions
World economy at risk as Omicron engulfs Europe
More than half of people in Europe will likely catch Omicron by March, the WHO has said amid a World...The WHO's regional director for Europe Hans Kluge described a ‘new west-to-east tidal wave sweeping across’ the region
The WHO's European region covers 53 countries and territories including several in Central Asia, 50 of them had Omicron cases
Repeated Covid-19 boosters is not a viable strategy: WHO
The Technical Advisory Group on Covid-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-Co-VAC), an expert group created by the WHO to assess the performance...The group under WHO called for the development of new jabs that protect people who get Covid-19 against falling seriously ill
It added that such vaccines should also be better at preventing people from catching the virus in the first place
Arab Parliament for the Child to hold a session remotely
Ayman Othman Al Barout, Secretary-General of Arab Parliament for the Child (APC), has announced the third session of the Parliament...This decision announced at the organizing committee meeting came in the wake of taking precautionary measures to preserve the health of children who are members of APC
Al Barout emphasized that APC had three previous successful experiences in holding remote parliament sessions due to the pandemic
NASA sets ‘amazing milestone’ as it deploys Webb telescope in orbit
The James Webb Telescope blasted off in an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on December 25 and is heading...The NASA team declared all major deployments successfully completed as the mirror was latched into place at 1817 GMT
The engineers sent a command from the Space Telescope Science Institute for the final section of golden mirror to unfold
World passes 300 million Covid cases as Omicron breaks records
The virus mutant has spurred the world to record 13.5 million cases in the last week alone -- 64 percent...In the past seven days, 34 countries have recorded their highest number of weekly cases since the start of the pandemic, including 18 nations in Europe and seven in Africa
While far more contagious than previous coronavirus variants, Omicron appears to cause less severe illness than its predecessors
CES show highlights: Robo-dogs, self-sailing boat, brain tech
The CES tech show in Las Vegas closed its 2022 edition on Friday, after pushing ahead with a significantly downsized...French startup Wisear is working on technology that detects the signals that zip between the brain and certain muscles, in order to use them to operate connected devices
The Boston Dynamics robot dogs -- the ones compared to the killer four-legged bot in a dystopian "Black Mirror" episode -- are back and this time they are going to the metaverse
