News tagged with abu dhabi emirate
Abu Dhabi to build 'world's largest' solar plant
French oil firm Total and Spain's Abengoa Solar will partner with Abu Dhabi's alternative energy company Masdar to build "the world's largest" concentrated solar power plant, Masdar announced on Wednesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Zero carbon, zero waste city being built in Abu Dhabi (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new eco-city being built in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Masdar City, will be the world’s first clean technology city, relying entirely on renewable energy sources, and being free of ...
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Mar 30, 2010 |
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Space tourism port to be sited in Abu Dhabi
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 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Wind, salt and water are leading indicators of land degradation in Abu Dhabi
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 ...
May 06, 2009 |
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Global manhunt pushes limits of social mobilization
(Phys.org) -- An international team of researchers, including computer scientist Manuel Cebrian from the University of California, San Diego, has won a seemingly impossible challenge: tracking down a group ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 06, 2012 |
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How to corner the MEMS market
In the last decade, MEMS (microelectromechanical devices) have wrought revolutions in several industries: Arrays of micromirrors, for instance, enabled digital film projectors, and accelerometers like those ...
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Desert footprints reveal ancient origins of elephants' social lives
(PhysOrg.com) -- A cluster of ancient footprints in the Arabian desert offers the clearest evidence yet for the early origins of modern elephants’ social structure, according to a Yale-led research team.
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Genomic sequences of two iconic falconry birds - Peregrine and Saker Falcons- successfully decoded
A group of scientists from United Kingdom (UK), China and United Arab Emirates (UAE) jointly announced the complete sequencing of peregrine and saker falcons genomes at the 2nd International Festival of Falconry held in Al ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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UAE court jails five Internet activists
A United Arab Emirates court on Sunday sentenced a blogger and four other Internet activists to prison terms after finding them guilty of charges including insulting the Gulf state's leaders.
Nov 27, 2011 |
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IEA calls for scrapping $312 bln in fuel subsidies
The International Energy Agency is calling for 312 billion dollars in fuel subsidies to be scrapped in a bid to promote clean energy sources, according to a report presented in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
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Apr 06, 2011 |
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NASA's Spaceward Bound goes to the deserts of the United Arab Emirates
Whether or not you remember the winter of 2011 as unusually cold or snowy, an adventurous team of experts will remember its intense heat, as they searched for microbial life between sand dunes in the United ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Vodafone: Egypt forced us to send text messages
(AP) -- Egyptian authorities forced Vodafone to broadcast government-scripted text messages during the protests that have rocked the country, the U.K.-based mobile company said Thursday.
Feb 03, 2011 |
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Oil-rich Abu Dhabi champions ecological cause
It floats on a sea of oil in a country that has the largest ecological footprint, yet Abu Dhabi aims to convince the world of its environmental credentials through its futuristic Masdar initiative.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Ban Ki-moon urges clean energy revolution (Update 2)
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Monday for a clean energy revolution that would reduce climate risks, cut poverty and improve global health.
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Jan 17, 2011 |
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