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7 storiesUAE becomes first Arab state to join Antarctic research body SCAR
The UAE has joined the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research as an associate member, becoming the first Arab state to do so in the body's 68-year history. The membership was approved in August 2026 during SCAR Delegates Meetings held a…
Deisseroth, Hegemann and Nagel win 2026 Nobel medicine prize for optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to US scientist Karl Deisseroth and German researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for developing optogenetics, a technique that uses light to control individual nerve cells in t…
UAE-built asteroid probe reaches flight readiness ahead of 2028 launch
The UAE has unveiled a UAE-built probe for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt, saying it has reached flight readiness. The probe will fly aboard the MBR Explorer, scheduled to launch from Japan in March 2028 on an eight-year, roughly…
Dubai Municipality joins Digital Twin Consortium, platform maps 195,000 buildings
Dubai Municipality said it has joined the Digital Twin Consortium, an international community of government entities, organisations, companies and experts working on digital twin technologies, standards and applications. The municipality, r…
Sheikh Hamdan attends unveiling of UAE-built probe for asteroid belt mission
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Supreme Space Council, witnessed the unveiling of the probe for the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt. The probe was developed, assembled and te…
UAE-built Altair-1 satellite reaches orbit as first of 10-satellite constellation
Altair-1, described by the outlets as the first commercial satellite built in the UAE, launched aboard SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. It deployed, acquired a signal and is now in co…
Abu Dhabi transport department signs digital infrastructure partnership with Siemens
Abu Dhabi's Department of Municipalities and Transport signed a strategic partnership with Siemens to work on municipal data and analytics, utilities and infrastructure, and intelligent mobility. The agreement was signed at the Liveability …