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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Daniel Bardsley
More than one third of children in the UAE spend over seven hours each weekday on screens, according to new research. The findings, published as schools in the country take tougher action to restrict mobile phone use, also highlighted a link between the excessive use of electronic devices and a lack of exercise.
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Daniel Bardsley
Stricter plastic bag policies have cut the amount of litter in the environment, a US study has found, which could indicate the UAE may also see improvements thanks to its own restrictions. The research found that in areas of the US where restrictions had been introduced, plastic bags accounted for a reduced proportion of shoreline waste.
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Daniel Bardsley
Three UAE schools have been named as finalists in a global contest that highlights institutions for their innovation, environmental awareness, community collaborations and much else. Dubai British School Jumeirah Park, Arbor School in Dubai and Applied Technology Schools - Umm Al Quwain Campus are named in the top 10 in different categories of the World's Best School Prizes.
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1 week ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Daniel Bardsley
In a laboratory in Cambridge in the UK, a 'soft' hand attached to a moving metal arm might just represent the future of robotics. While robots are sometimes thought of as rigid devices with jerky movements, the growing field of soft robotics - which embraces the use of more flexible materials such as silicone rubber or in this case a hydrogel - offers a different perspective.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Daniel Bardsley
A seven-year nationwide study has found more than half of Emirati smokers use at least two forms of tobacco, raising concerns they are putting their health at greater risk as a result. The research – based on information collected from more than 2,500 adult citizens – revealed 47 per cent of those who smoke used one type of combustible tobacco, 35 per cent used two types and 18 per cent used three or more.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Daniel Bardsley
Most corals in the Arabian Gulf could be wiped out this century because of the continued warming of the seas, a new global analysis has indicated. According to the research, coral cover in the Gulf between 2090 and 2099 is expected to be between 75 and 100 per cent less than it was between 2010 and 2019.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Daniel Bardsley
Snail shells collected at an archaeological site in Oman can be used to trace the Gulf's climate going back thousands of years, a new study reveals. This work can help us understand how people adapted to increasingly arid conditions in the region around 3000 to 2000 BCE, becoming more nomadic and settling in coastal areas.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Daniel Bardsley
Young people in the Gulf are increasingly looking to alternatives to American universities. US President Donald Trump’s clampdown on foreign student visas is barely a week old, but it places the spotlight on a broader trend for Arab school-leavers to have alternatives at hand. Countries such as Canada and Australia are seen as alternatives by those concerned that tighter restrictions under Mr Trump, who took office for the second time in January, may scupper their dream of an American education.
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4 weeks ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Daniel Bardsley
A growing global desire to venture into deep space could pose a new threat to life back on Earth – 40 years after the alarm was raised over damage to the ozone layer and its stark consequences for humankind. It was 40 years ago this month that a team of scientists from the British Antarctic Survey published a study that sent shock waves through not just the scientific community, but the world as a whole.
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1 month ago | 
thenationalnews.com | Daniel Bardsley
The UAE is experiencing record breaking heat this month, with residents facing temperatures in excess of 50°C, according to the National Centre of Meteorology. Sweltering heat recorded in Sweihan recently at 51.6°C has smashed the record for the highest temperature in the month of May in the UAE, which was reported the previous day when it reached 50.4°C in Abu Dhabi emirate. Before then, the peak for the month was 50.2°C in 2009.
