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UAE hospital launches ECMO Life Support System for Pediatric Patients

Abu Dhabi: Burjeel Medical City (BMC) in Abu Dhabi announced that it has launched the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) life support system for pediatric patients. ECMO is the highest form of life support currently available to patients with life-threatening but reversible conditions such as respiratory failure that is unresponsive to conventional therapies like mechanical ventilation. […]

Study says eating walnuts may lower your BMI

New York: A daily serving of walnuts may help control blood pressure, prevent weight gain, and minimise your chance of developing diabetes and heart disease, according to a new study. The finding, published in the journal Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, showed that those in the walnut-eating group had lower blood pressure than those that did […]

Android users can now experience Dynamic Island-like features

San Francisco: After Apple introduced the Dynamic Island feature on iPhone Pro models, app developer Jawomo launched “DynamicSpot” for Android users, which gives users their version of the new iPhone feature. The app can be used in conjunction with almost any Android app, including messaging, music and timer apps. Users can also customise the app […]

Emirati businessman donates 10 devices to Bread for All initiative

Dubai: “Bread for All” initiative launched by Mohammed bin Rashid Global Centre For Endowment Consultancy, which is affiliated with Awqaf and Minors Affairs Foundation in Dubai, has received support from Emirati businessman, Khalaf bin Ahmed Al Habtoor, to provide a number of devices for the initiative. Bread Initiative device donation Al Habtoor purchased 10 pre-programmed smart machines […]

FIFA World Cup players to get performance via the FIFA app

Zurich: In line with the FIFA President’s Vision 2020-2023 to harness technology to further improve football, players at the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar will be able to get insights into their on-field performance through the FIFA Player App. FIFA has developed the FIFA Player App, based on input from professional players, in collaboration […]

Award-winning NFT-minted Stardust music video released

Dubai: Stardust, Canada’s first F-NFT secured music video, has been released publicly by the makers Bkreative Productions after lapping up 13 awards from its run at the festivals over the past year. The brainchild of UAE and Vancouver-based award-winning filmmaker Uzair Merchant, the music video release is the next logical step as an original soundtrack for the upcoming Black […]

Mars is mighty in first Webb observations of the planet

Washington: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first images and spectra of Mars that show a region of the planet’s eastern hemisphere at two different wavelengths or colours of infrared light. Whereas the images show differences in brightness integrated over a large number of wavelengths from place to place across the planet at […]

Huda and Mona Kattan wax statues on display at Madame Tussauds Dubai

Dubai: Madame Tussauds Dubai has revealed that wax figures of Huda Kattan and Mona Kattan are the latest figures to join a growing pool of hand-picked, exclusive-to-the-region Middle Eastern stars at the world-renowned attraction on Bluewaters. In the 11 months since opening, Madame Tussauds Dubai has firmly established itself as a must-visit destination, consistently wowing […]

Changan launches Tesla-inspired electric car at just AED96,000

Beijing: Chinese automaker Changan Automobile has unveiled a new electric vehicle that resembles the Tesla Model 3. With a starting price of $26,000 (AED96,000), the newly launched Shenlan SL03 is a small electric sedan, reports auto-tech website Electrek. The front end of the vehicle, where the bonnet meets the fascia, and its dimensions look very […]

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