Dubai / WAM Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) honoured sectors, agencies, firms and individuals selected as winners of the 7th RTA Safety Award 2015. The award, which is presented annually and recognises the best safety practices of all RTA processes, aims to honour the best consultant, …

Abu Dhabi / WAM In a first in UAE, a team of doctors at Mafraq Hospital in Abu Dhabi succeeded in removing 15 cancerous tumours from the lungs of a young man in an eight-hour surgery that followed chemotherapy for several weeks. The size of the eradicated tumours ranged between 0.8 cm and 8 cm. Doctors did not have to remove …

  Dubai / WAM The Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) on Wednesday announced that 19 UAE national undergraduates engaged in scientific exploration at its research laboratories as part of its Ektashif summer programme this year. The Ektashif Summer 2016 programme offered undergraduates majoring in science, engineering or information technology, an opportunity to experience the advanced technology environment at Masdar …