World’s biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission
Clark, Philippines - NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world's biggest flying laboratory, in...Global Health Science
Japanese lander disabled again but could restart after two weeks
Tokyo, Japan - After a brief awakening, Japan's Moon lander is out of action again but will resume its mission if...Science
WHO says no Omicron deaths yet, as variant spreads worldwide
There had been a spike in the number of children under five admitted to hospital since Omicron emerged.Mild symptoms as headaches, sore throat, and coughs reported on those afflicted of Omicron
The first detected in South Africa omicron variant of COVID-19 has now reached to 38 countries
Seven Covid jabs as third dose can boost immunity: study
Seven jabs used as boosters against Covid-19 mostly produced a strong immune response, though results varied depending on the vaccine...Last June researchers in the UK looked at about 3,000 people to compare various combinations of jabs and their effects after a third dose
Patients in the study, published in leading medical journal The Lancet, had been fully vaccinated either with AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech
WHO warns of ‘toxic mix’ as EU chief mulls mandatory Covid jabs
Nations with high vaccination rates are also struggling to contain rising infection numbers of Covid-19.Dozens of countries have imposed travel restrictions mostly targeting southern African nations
Omicron threatens the world’s recovery and lowered growth estimates from 5.7% to 5.6%
United States is world’s biggest plastic polluter, report finds
Overall, the US contributed around 42 million metric tons in plastic waste in 2016 — more than twice as much...On average, every American generates 130 kilograms of plastic waste per year
Britain is next on the list at 99 kg per person per year, followed by South Korea at 88 kg per year
WHO urges ‘rational’ measures against Omicron Covid variant
The World Health Organization called Tuesday for countries to keep calm and take "rational" measures in response to the new,...First reported to the WHO in southern Africa less than a week ago, the new strain has rapidly spread across continents
The UN health agency has cautioned against such restrictions, fearing that blocking travel from countries where new variants are first spotted could be unfair
Qatari institute and Scripps Research sign pact to develop novel medicines
Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI) biomedical institute and Scripps Research will collaborate under an agreement to accelerate biomarker and drug...The partnership will enable the exchange of expertise and capabilities between laboratories of both institutes.
Projects led by Scripps Research will focus on developing therapies for intestinal and lung repair.
World races to contain new Covid variant
Fears mounted Saturday that a highly-infectious new coronavirus strain was pushing its way into Europe as the world brought the...South Africa complained that it was being "punished" with air travel bans for first detecting the strain
Scientists are racing to determine the threat posed by the heavily mutated strain, which is more transmissible than the dominant Delta variant
UAE gets its first driverless autonomous vehicle
Khalifa University has thus become the first university in the UAE to deploy an Autonomous Vehicle (AV) on campus that...The driverless and 100 percent electric shuttle is the first-ever autonomous vehicles to be deployed in the UAE in a mixed traffic mode
The Khalifa University AV can detect and avoid potential obstacles thanks to the onboard sensors, Light Detection and Ranging, cameras, GPS etc
B.1.1.529 is ‘variant of concern,’ as WHO names it Omicron
WHO says the new variant ‘has a large number of mutations, some of which are concerning.’WHO said the Omicron strain was first reported officially by South Africa on November 24
However, the first known confirmed B.1.1.529 infection was from a specimen collected on November 9
UAE and Italy to scale up collaboration in bio-sciences
The UAE and Italy can join forces to lead the world through the "structural shift" underway in the biomedical sciences..."There is ample scope to work together in new areas, such as biomedical technology"
UAE was able to respond to 80% of the global and regional demand for medical supplies and aid by distributing more than two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines
