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A/C in the Middle East

Why the MENA region needs to reimagine A/C

livehealthymag.com August 15, 2023

More than a third of all the electricity consumed in the United Arab Emirates goes to one simple, yet essential task – keeping us cool. That soars to as much as 70 percent during summer. In sweltering countries with poor electricity systems, such as Iraq or Lebanon, the lack of air conditioning is a threat not just to comfort, but to survival. Climate change is accelerating this challenge. Average UAE temperatures have climbed from about

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Stem cell researcher

How Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center is taking aim at disease

Ben East December 19, 2022

Dr Ruqqia Mir, a consultant at the groundbreaking Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center, is excited. We’re speaking to her just days after its doctors performed the UAE’s first successful bone marrow transplant on a patient with Multiple Sclerosis – with immediate improvements in her condition. “She did really well,” she beams. “We are an innovation and research-driven facility but we’re committed to helping patients heal today — as well as tomorrow and for years to

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Wael Al Awar Curator of Wetland for NPUAE_Photo by Andrea Avezzu_Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia

UAE wins Venice Biennale prize for sustainable cement alternative

Devinder Bains August 31, 2021

The National Pavilion UAE has earned a top architecture prize in Venice for a “bold experiment” that uses a byproduct of desalination to change the way one of the world’s most energy-intensive compounds is made. When the Biennale Architecture 2021 jury awarded the Golden Lion Award to Wetland out of 60 pavilions vying for the prize, the panel’s president, Kazuyo Sejima, a Pritzker prize laureate, called it “a bold experiment that encourages us to think about the relationship

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cancer

Why don’t doctors like the new cancer tests?

Jonathan Gornall July 26, 2021

There is a basic truth that dictates survival rates for all kinds of cancer. Detect it early enough and, with appropriate treatment, a patient stands an excellent chance of surviving and living a normal life. The problem is that many cancers are tough to detect in their early stages and, because of a lack of definitive tests for most types of cancer, in most countries screening is carried out for only three of them: bowel,

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