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Space tourism port to be sited in Abu Dhabi

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

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

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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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EMI joins Universal-backed music video site Vevo

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Music videos from Norah Jones, Coldplay, Katy Perry and other artists under EMI Group PLC are headed to an online music video venture, Vevo, set to launch Tuesday with a gala in New York.


Software may speed journey from catwalk to consumer

Software may speed journey from catwalk to consumer

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest fashions could find their way from catwalk to consumers faster in the future, thanks to the work of a student at The University of Manchester.


Palazzo Versace Hotel

A View From the Other Side: Dubai Plans to Cool Sizzling Sandy Beach

Technology / Energy

created Dec 15, 2008 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (28) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dubai's out this world's Palazzo Versace located in the Culture Village has hired Hyder Consulting to use their innovative engineering talents to cool off the hotel/condominium resort's sizzling ...


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Robots primed for 'are you being served' role in Arabic

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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.


BlackBerry maker: UAE partner's update was spyware

Technology / Software

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(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 ...


Study calls for new approach to teaching English as a lingua franca

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

A study at the University of Leicester highlights the need for a new approach to the teaching of English pronunciation given that English is now a lingua franca, with more non-native speakers in the world than native speakers.


Multivisceral transplant survival rates improve with new treatment

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


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Is the Dead Sea dying?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The water levels in the Dead Sea - the deepest point on Earth - are dropping at an alarming rate with serious environmental consequences, according to Shahrazad Abu Ghazleh and colleagues from the University ...


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Intel denies seeking to derail AMD spin-off

Technology / Business

created Jan 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Intel Corp. on Friday fired back at Advanced Micro Devices Inc., denying its rival's charge that Intel was trying to derail a planned spinoff.


The bird sanctuary facilities built on the wetlands surrounding the Dongtan Eco-City project on Chongming Island

Bridge opens China's 'last virgin island' for development

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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.



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