Is Autonomous Driving coming to the UAE?
26 Apr 24
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26 April 2024
Lab ChatSelf-driving vehicles are already being trialled in several sites around the world, including Shanghai in China and Phoenix in the USA. Now, thanks to a new potential collaboration between the UAE’s Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) and a South Korean autonomous driving company, the technology could be soon coming to the UAE, as well.
The partnership is still in the developmental s...
22 April 2024
Lab ChatThanks to its sweet taste and endorphin-releasing properties, sugar has been an integral part of the human diet for millennia. It can be used to enhance all manner of foods and drinks, from breakfast items and desserts to smoothies, hot beverages and cocktails. However, it comes with an array of unwanted side effects, which is why people all around the globe are seeking to reduce their sugar co...
19 April 2024
Enviro ChatThe twin phenomena of global warming and climate change have increased awareness surrounding our environmental obligations, with most governments around the world agreeing on the need to transition to sustainable sources of power generation.
But while green energy does produce lower (or no) emissions, it’s also generally intermittent by its very nature. The sun doesn’t always shine and the w...
15 April 2024
Enviro ChatWater is the most precious resource on planet Earth. Some regions of the world, such as the Middle East, find themselves constantly seeking to conserve it, since an arid climate and minimal rainfall means it is always at a premium. With that end in view, desalination techniques have been developed to generate plentiful water for all.
However, existing methods are not cost-effective when depl...
08 April 2024
Enviro ChatThe UAE has announced it will soon introduce a new early warning system for sand and dust storms (SDS), with the intention of giving vulnerable residents advance notice that an incident is imminent. This will allow them to deviate their transit routes away from the affected area, stay indoors or otherwise take evasive action, thus mitigating the impact of the extreme climate events on human hea...
05 April 2024
Enviro ChatIn November and December of last year, the UAE played host to COP28, the climate summit which draws world leaders, decisionmakers, industry experts and various other stakeholders together to try and address the challenges of global climate change. Many good things came out of the conference, such as the creation of a new fund to help vulnerable nations meet their needs and the inclusion of the ...
01 April 2024
Chem ChatThe UAE has announced it will increase investment into expanding its oil production capacity in line with meeting its 2027 targets. As well as exploring untapped reserves in new locations throughout the Emirates, this expansion will also involve the development of midstream and downstream infrastructure, with one eye on accommodating the aforementioned growth in capacity.
However, this does ...
29 March 2024
Lab ChatThe fields of medicine and healthcare have witnessed monumental advances in recent decades. Technological developments and scientific breakthroughs have meant that we are now able to understand, diagnose and treat – and even prevent – many diseases far more effectively than we could even 20 or 30 years ago.
Nonetheless, conventional medicine still broadly follows a one-size-fits-all template...
22 March 2024
Enviro ChatThe UAE’s 44th Planting Week saw the government launch a week-long campaign to plant an additional 50,000 mangrove trees in the country. The initiative, entitled “Together, Let’s Plant the UAE”, ran from the 26th of February to 3rd of March and encompassed a wide range of different social groups from all emirates of the UAE.
Mangrove trees play a crucial role as a natural solution in mitigat...
18 March 2024
Lab ChatThe Dubai Central Laboratory in the UAE has announced it has employed a new food screening and analysis system which can detect the presence of pork in test samples. The advanced technology is capable of processing as many as 100 tests per hour and can deliver accurate results within 24 hours of the test taking place.
Indeed, the new system is around 100 times more efficient than conventiona...
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