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Bird flu 'may not be so deadly'Bird flu may be far less lethal to people than the World Health Organization's assessment of a death rate topping 50 percent, scientists said on Thursday. Scientists led by virologist Peter Palese of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New Y More… |
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DuPont sees strong long-term growthDuPont, one of a leading market-driven science companies, expects full-year 2011 sales to be up about 20 per cent, with double digit increases in most segments, said a top official. “DuPont expects nearly $12 billion of revenue from produc More… |
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Insead hosts Policy Breakfast seminarLeading international business school, Insead, along with the Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee (TDC), hosted a Policy Breakfast seminar aimed at professionals concerned with government policy. Insead’s Policy Breakfasts are a ser More… |
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Yahsat’s 1st satellite placed in positionThe first satellite of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has arrived at its point of operations, 52.5 degrees east, roughly above the United Arab Emirates. In this operational position, satellite Y1A now looks down on a serv More… |
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Yahsat’s 1st satellite all set for launchAl Yah Satellite Communications Company's (Yahsat) first satellite Y1A has been loaded on the Araine 5 launch vehicle in preparation for launch on March 30 French Guiana time (March 31 Abu Dhabi time). Yahsat is fully owned by Mubadala More… |
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Indian economist wins $300,000 Zayed PrizeSir Partha Dasgupta, the Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at Cambridge University in the UK, has won the $300,000 Zayed International Prize for Scientific and Technological achievements in the environment. Sir Dasgupta is one of the lea More… |
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Qatar-led team discovers new planetA Qatar-led international team has made its first find in its search for planets orbiting distant stars. It has found a huge gas giant, 20 per cent larger than Jupiter that orbits a star 500 light years away, according to a report in our s More… |
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Intel science contest launchedIntel Corporation and Science Age Society (SAS) today announced the launch of the first “Intel Science Competition - Arab World” that will take place in Egypt. The event will host the brightest students from 10 Arab countries at Bibl More… |
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DuPont Q3 sales grow 17pc to $7bnDuPont announced sales of $7.0 billion in the third quarter, an increase of 17 per cent versus the prior year, principally reflecting 14 per cent higher volume, and 22 per cent increase of sales in emerging markets. Third quarter 2010 earn More… |
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New hi-tech centre to help Bahrain businessesBahrain is set to establish a first-of-its-kind Nanotechnological Centre, which would supply ready-to-use products in the GCC that would be used in several areas such as medicine, motor transport and construction. The centre aims to create More… |
