Saudi Arabia ranked first in the Arab world and 30th globally in the British “Nature” index for evaluating countries, universities and public and private institutions for quality of scientific research in 2022. The kingdom’s ranking comes from the collected data approved by the magazine based on scientific publication in the...

While countries, cities and companies have massively ramped up net-zero emissions promises in recent months there remain "major flaws" in many plans, according to an analysis published Monday that raises fears of potential large-scale greenwashing by businesses. Faced with mounting urgency and public pressure as deadly and costly climate impacts...

The world needs "early, aggressive and sustained" government intervention to cut aviation emissions if Paris Agreement temperature goals are to be met, a think tank said Thursday. The 2015 Paris climate treaty enjoins nations to cap global warming at "well below" two degrees Celsius, and 1.5C if possible.

Saudi Arabia's cabinet has endorsed the setting up of Health Holding Co. and charter of the National Health Insurance Center.

The UAE has been chosen to lead the Committee on The Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPOUS) out of 100 member states.

Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it had named a senior diplomat as its first climate envoy, as officials vow to ramp up oil production while pursuing ambitious goals for emission cuts. The appointment of Adel al-Jubeir to the envoy role was announced as part of a series of royal orders decreed...

Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq's worst detected outbreak of a fever that causes people to bleed to death. The virus has no vaccine and onset can be swift, causing severe bleeding both internally and externally and especially from the nose.

World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it is working closely with 'partners' to  better understand the extent and cause of an outbreak of monkeypox.

NASA is looking to certify Starliner as a second "taxi" service for its astronauts to the space station a role that Elon Musk's SpaceX has provided since succeeding in a test mission for its Dragon capsule in 2020.

Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and Emirates Global Aluminum (EGA) are looking to collaborate in research and the use of EGA's UAE-made aluminum in space.

It’s no secret that too much social media can be bad for one’s mental health. Now, research suggests that taking even a brief break from social media platforms can ease symptoms of depression and anxiety, media reports said. Staying off social media for a week meant, for some study participants,...

The approval is expected to transform the regional center into a global center covering the eastern Mediterranean and Africa.

Leaving a fine mist of disinfectant in their wake, China's hazmat-clad health workers are cleaning homes, roads, parcels and even people.

America recorded its first coronavirus death, on the West Coast, in early February 2020. By the next month, the virus was ravaging New York and the White House was predicting up to 240,000 deaths nationwide. But those projections were way off.

Saudi Space Commission Board of Directors Chairman Abdullah Amer Alswaha is on a tour of the US to develop the space sector and cooperate with various space and technology organizations.

Earlier this year, the UAE rose to the top of Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking, outperforming European countries in terms of containing the spread of the pandemic

Crew-3 carried out hundreds of scientific experiments, including growing chilies in space to add to the knowledge of cultivating crops on long-term missions, and exploring how concrete hardens in space.

In the past, urban excrement was transported to agricultural fields to be used as fertilizer along with animal manure, before chemical alternatives began to displace them.

Having struggled to deal with the loss of a loved one and postpartum depression, Hammad and Takalam co-founder Inas Abu Shashieh acknowledge that embracing one’s own vulnerabilities is often the first step towards improving mental health.

The pandemic has changed the nature of office work, propelling a massive rise in videoconferencing that looks unlikely to abate as homeworking becomes more entrenched.

Saudi Arabia had stopped the imports as reports of avian influenza, or bird flu, emerged from across the world.

The move follows similar actions by European countries, which lifted the mask mandate partially or entirely.

Under its zero-Covid policy, China has used strict lockdowns, mass testing and severe travel restrictions to stamp out infections. But authorities are increasingly struggling with the impact of these protocols on the economy and business morale, especially when outbreaks appear in the country's most important cities.

Not even one in four people have completely recovered from Covid a full year after being hospitalized with the disease, a UK study indicated Sunday, warning that long Covid could become a common condition. The study involving more than 2,300 people also found that women were 33 percent less likely...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urged the public to reduce fossil fuel use during a meeting with activists to mark Earth Day, warning that the climate change crisis transcends national boundaries. "In my own life I have witnessed the decline in snowfall, first in Tibet and later, in Dharamshala,"...

The satellite made by Emirati engineers will support the Emirati space sector as it is the most advanced high-resolution satellite in the region.

Cultivating alternative energy sources is an urgent priority in India, which burns coal to meet nearly three-quarters of the energy needs of its 1.4 billion citizens.

The report said that the climate state is rapidly aggravating poverty and instability, and is likely to amplify the economic burden on governments struggling to manage COVID-19

Disasters caused by climate change since 2000 have killed approximately 2,600 people, affected seven million others, and caused $2 billion in direct material damage. It may have also reduced annual economic growth by 1-2 percentage points on a per-capita basis, it adds.

Cargo ships use a particularly dirty type of fuel but the shipping industry has sought to shift to cleaner-burning LNG.

It has said a shot for multiple variants is coming by 2022-end.

The UN chief said countries need to fulfil and accelerate dose-sharing and donation commitments in order to reach the billions who have so far not received vaccine shots.

Iraq is particularly vulnerable to climate change, having already witnessed record low rainfall and high temperatures in recent years.

Axiom sees the voyages as the first steps of a grander goal: to build its own private space station. The first module is due to launch in 2024.

The crypto-creation center would be located in west Texas and equipped with Tesla solar panels and batteries.

The W boson governs what is called the weak force, one of the four fundamental forces of nature, and therefore a pillar of the Standard Model.

Takeoff is set for 11:17 am (1517 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a SpaceX rocket.

People who are vaccinated and have had a booster shot against Covid-19 recover from symptoms from the Omicron variant more than three days earlier than those with the Delta variant, a study said Friday. The swifter recovery suggests "that the period of infectiousness might be shorter, which would in turn...

Test milestones will be posted on NASA's blog for the Artemis mission, and the world will see the glimpse of rocket venting vapor on the launch pad on NASA's YouTube channel.

Two new studies have highlighted the importance of getting jabbed for those who have natural immunity after recovering from the disease.

Israeli PM who also visited the northern Israeli city of Hadera on Sunday after gunmen shot dead two police officers.

As Morocco withers under its worst drought in 40 years, experts warn that a combination of climate change and bad resource management could trigger severe drinking water shortages.

Researchers are considering a mutual fund to compensate farmers in the event of losses linked to the reduction of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides.

It will be possible to see the crescent with a telescope, but not the naked eye, from parts of the Islamic world on April 1.

For a 50/50 chance of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5C, 19 countries in which per capita GDP would remain above $50,000 without oil and gas revenue must end production by 2034. Included in this tranche are the US, Norway, Britain, Canada, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Nearly 200 nations gathered Monday to grapple with a question that will outlive Covid-19 and Russia's invasion of Ukraine: how does a world addicted to fossil fuels prevent carbon pollution from making Earth unlivable?

The French-Tunisian setup includes the "Palm Lab," where engineers, architects and artists discuss how to conserve the oasis of agriculture.

SSC’s Board of Directors Chairman Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha signed the MoU with the UK’s Minister of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng.

A Russian-European mission to land a rover on Mars has been suspended due to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency announced Thursday, as Moscow said it regretted the “bitter” decision. The ExoMars mission had been set to use a Russian launcher later this year to send a...

Russia called a meeting of the 15-member Security Council to repeat its previously made, unsubstantiated claims that Ukraine, with US help, had operated a network of 30 laboratories carrying out ‘very dangerous biological experiments’ aimed at spreading ‘viral pathogens’ from bats to people.