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Space tourism port to be sited in Abu Dhabi
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Tourists will be able to journey to outer space via Abu Dhabi as part of a deal by a local investment group to take a stake in the world's first commercial space travel operator, the two companies said on ...
Wind, salt and water are leading indicators of land degradation in Abu Dhabi
May 06, 2009 |
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Desert environments are characterized by poor vegetative cover, strong winds, dry, non-cohesive sandy soils, and hyper-arid conditions. In this context, the land resources of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the United Arab Emirates ...
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Robots primed for 'are you being served' role in Arabic
Nov 03, 2009 |
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A laboratory in the UAE has built what it says is the world's first Arabic-speaking robot which could soon go into mass production to serve as staff in shopping malls.
Bridge opens China's 'last virgin island' for development
Nov 01, 2009 |
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China on Saturday opens a new bridge over the Yangtze that will pave the way for rapid development of the country's "last virgin island," Chongming -- now just an hour's drive from booming Shanghai.
The pain of torture can make the innocent seem guilty
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 26, 2009 |
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The rationale behind torture is that pain will make the guilty confess, but a new study by researchers at Harvard University finds that the pain of torture can make even the innocent seem guilty.
Multivisceral transplant survival rates improve with new treatment
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Data from the largest single-center experience of adult and pediatric intestinal and multivisceral transplantation show that survival rates have improved with the advent of innovative surgical techniques, novel immunosuppressive ...
Taiwan's chip makers still face dangers: analysts
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Taiwan's chip makers, powerful drivers of growth on the island, may have survived their worst crisis ever, but lacklustre sales and new rivals still make these risky times.
Home, James - public transport gets personal
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project has developed technologies that pave the way for highly efficient unmanned public transport systems in our cities.
Arabic chemists from the 'Golden Age' given long overdue credit
Aug 17, 2009 |
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You've heard of Louis Pasteur and George Washington Carver, no doubt. And probably Joseph Priestley, one of the founders of modern chemistry. Names like Antoine Lavoisier, John Dalton, and Amadeo Avogadro ...
Tuberculosis drugs under development expected to have major impact on the disease
Aug 03, 2009 |
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The latest drug regimens, vaccines and diagnostic tools under development to combat tuberculosis could have a potentially large impact on the disease once they become available, according to research findings published in ...
BlackBerry maker: UAE partner's update was spyware
Jul 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- BlackBerry users in the Mideast business centers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi who were directed by their service provider to upgrade their phones were actually installing spy software that could allow outsiders to peer ...
AMD stock sinks on profit-margin worries
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Advanced Micro Devices Inc. narrowed its loss in the second quarter, though not by as much as Wall Street hoped. Its sales slumped 13 percent.
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