The sample in question was collected by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt in December 1972, during the Apollo 17 mission.

Following surgery, the transplanted heart had performed very well for several weeks without any signs of rejection.

Tetra Pak Arabia Managing Director Niels Hougaard explains what lies ahead for F&B companies — bith regionally and globally — as they eye new goals.

TechWorks is a Jordanian platform aimed at bringing together youth, ideas and resources to jump-start innovations.

The head of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has urged ‘chemical companies’ to decarbonize promptly in order to improve what he termed as green credentials.

Among other things, NASA plans to use the Artemis missions to land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon.

Helium is used in the manufacturing of semiconductors, and its shortage is expected to exacerbate the paucity of computer chips.

Thanks to the explosive growth of the private satellite industry, the volume of imagery is greater and turnaround time faster compared to prior conflicts.

The Dubai World Dermatology and Laser Conference and Exhibition (Dubai Derma 2022) concluded its 21st edition on Wednesday, and registered total business deals worth more than AED2 billion ($540 million). The volume of business deals highlights the event’s ability to offer a platform for new partnership and investment opportunities for...

Companies holding the license will be able to work within a stimulating environment at the DIFC Innovation Hub.

The IPCC report will include a crucial 40-page summary for policymakers, expected to show that devastating scale of climate change impacts is just the beginning.

In the stores and buses of Iraq masks are rare even as Covid-19 spreads widely, vaccines are viewed with suspicion and the sick see hospitals as a last resort.

The Director-General of ICESCO Salim bin Mohammed Al-Malik met with Ambassador of Qatar to Morocco Sheikh Abdullah bin Thamer

The failure of countries to crack down on the marketing of breast milk substitutes means far too many children are still being reared on formula, the World Health Organization and the UN children's agency Unicef have warned in a new report.

India has unveiled the first part of a drive to attempt to turn the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases into a "hub" for green hydrogen.

Six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organization said Friday, with the continent largely shut out of access to Covid jabs.

The CDC carried out a study involving 379 babies aged up to six months, who were hospitalized in 20 pediatric centers from July 2021 to January 2022.

The European Union’s REACH inventory has covered only 150,000 out of 350,000 different substances and only a third of those have been the subject of detailed toxicity studies, and yet the results are alarming.

The UAE and Israel are inviting universities and research institutes in both countries to submit joint research proposals based on data collected from an Israeli Vegetation and Environment Monitoring New Micro Satellite, which monitors the environment and vegetation on earth. The UAE Space Agency, Israeli Ministry of Innovation, Science and...

The UAE has launched the "building future talents" to build 10,000 UAE public school female students’ skills in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

In 2017, Michel Roccati was in a motorbike accident that left his lower body completely paralyzed. In 2020, he walked again, thanks to a breakthrough new spinal cord implant.

Air pollution costs the Middle East and North Africa $141 billion per year, or around 2% of GDP on average, the World Bank said Monday, urging a green post-Covid-19 recovery for the region.

The company will make a rocket to bring back rocks from Mars.

The 7th International Date Palm Conference will be held at Emirates Palace Hotel, in Abu Dhabi, from 14th to 16th March, 2022, local media reports said. A total of 475 international researchers, and experts, from 42 countries are likely to attend the conference. Minister of Tolerance and Co-existence Sheikh Nahyan...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has launched a plan to tackle a chronic shortage of cancer care capacity in many poorer countries, with an initial focus on Africa.

Rwanda is keen to have the UAE’s cooperation to utilize geospatial data in developmental projects in key sectors.

Ice on a glacier near the summit of Mount Everest that took millennia to form has shrunk dramatically in the last three decades due to climate change, a new study has shown.

The UAE-Bahraini Light-1 CubeSat was successfully launched into orbit from the International Space Station, in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Light-1 CubeSat is a collaborative initiative of the UAE Space Agency, Bahrain’s National Space Science Agency, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, and New York University (NYU)...

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) announced that it will host the 17th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps 2023) for the first time in Gulf region, local media reports said. The conference will be held at the World Trade Centre in Dubai, UAE from March 6-10, 2023. Themed...

The fast spreading and heavily mutated Omicron variant has rapidly become the dominant variant worldwide since it was first detected in southern Africa 10 weeks ago.

The Advanced Electronics Company (AEC), a Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) company, will participate in LEAP technology conference, a global gathering for technology future and emerging experts. Saudi media reports said that AEC will display a complete range of solutions, systems, and products, including its flagship Data Diode, a next-generation...

Swiss based start-up THE JET ZeroEmission announced that it has inked an agreement with Zenith Marine Services LLC, a UAE based company; and DWYN LLC to manufacture and operate ‘THE JET’ – the first clean-energy, hydrogen-powered flying boat. Featuring an iconic design, the boat’s world premiere will be held in...

The design of the bloack diamond Enigma is based on the Middle Eastern emblem of the palm — also known as “khamsa,” “hamsa,” or "the five".

If all aircraft started using green hydrogen on eligible routes, it would 'reduce aviation's carbon emissions by 31 percent in 2050, representing a capping of emissions at 2035 levels,' found the International Council on Clean Transportation. However, this would not entirely eliminate CO2.

The research team recruited 1,000 low-income mothers and their newborn babies in four US cities for the randomized control trial.

The Sharjah Research, Technology, and Innovation Park (SRTI Park) revealed an ambitious plan to be executed in cooperation with the American University of Sharjah (AUS), targeting to launch an Applied Research Ecosystem for sustainable energy solutions to develop new technologies for generating Green Hydrogen, being one of the most promising...

Salem Humaid AlMarri, Deputy Director General of Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), has been promoted as the Director General of the Centre. The decision was issued by Dubai Crown Prince and President of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. With over...

Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) has launched an awareness campaign about cervical cancer and the importance of vaccination and screening in preventing the disease.

Abu Dhabi and South Korea have signed a partnership agreement to boost cooperation in the field of logistics and industries of life sciences and biotechnology.

Abu Dhabi's Blue Carbon Project is a promising initiative to prevent increased carbon emissions caused by the destruction of ecosystems, which ultimately leads to climate change, said a top official of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi (AED). Dr Shaikha Salem Al Dhaheri, Secretary-General of the EAD, said Blue Carbon refers...

The Saudi Food and Drug Authority has issued a guide explaining what fats are, their benefits, their sources and types, and the recommended amount for each.

The heads of the largest US airlines warned of a "catastrophic disruption" to travel and shipping if telecom firms rolled out their 5G technology as planned on Wednesday.

Malaria No More has announced the launch of a new global institute with the mission to combat malaria in the face of climate change and weather volatility.

The WHO's Covid-19 treatment recommendations are updated regularly based on new data from clinical trials.

The U3 nanosatellite was designed and developed at DEWA’s R&D Centre

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.

The Technical Advisory Group on Covid-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-Co-VAC), an expert group created by the WHO to assess the performance of such vaccines, said that simply providing fresh jabs of existing Covid vaccines as new strains of the virus emerge was not the best way to fight the pandemic.

US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations. The "historic" procedure took place Friday, the University of Maryland Medical School said in a statement on Monday.

The James Webb Telescope blasted off in an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana on December 25 and is heading to its orbital point, a million miles from Earth completed a tricky two-week-long deployment phase.

The virus mutant has spurred the world to record 13.5 million cases in the last week alone -- 64 percent higher than the previous seven days -- the global average of deaths dropped three percent. France's public health authority said Friday that the risk of hospitalisation was about 70 percent...