- The red palm weevil is said to be a highly destructive pest that blights palm trees.
The tripartite agreement has been signed by the UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change and Environment
The other signatories are the Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
- The backing material of the device is made of suitable flexible plastics or polymer material, which can conform to the...
The university is looking to start marketing the patent as the next step, said Prof Ahmed Ali Murad, Associate Provost for Research.
A second application of the device is its functionality for vaccine development.
- According to WHO, the existing vaccines might prove less effective against the new Omicron variant as it counts more than...
Omicron is better at infecting those who are vaccinated or those earlier had Covid-19
According to the South African data, the new variant of Covid-19 is likely more transmissible than previous variants
- The WHO has made a ‘strong recommendation’ against the use of blood plasma in people who do not have serious...
Convalescent plasma is the liquid part of blood from a recovered Covid-19 patient that contains antibodies
It was one in an array of potential treatments investigated early in the pandemic, but has shown limited benefit
- Saudi Arabia has granted approval for people vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik jab to enter the country in a move that...
Foreign tourists vaccinated with Sputnik will still be required to quarantine for 48 hours and take a PCR test
The coronavirus outbreak has for a second year forced Saudi authorities to dramatically downsize the hajj
- 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













