Bloomberg iPod pioneer Tony Fadell is backing a battery company that says it’s found a way to store more energy using silicon scrap waste. Fadell’s investment firm, Future Shape, is among the contributors to Advano’s $18.5 million Series A funding round. It’s Fadell’s first battery investment. Silicon could be key to building more powerful batteries. The anodes of most existing ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Upon the directives of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) the ERC provided relief aid to those affected by a fire in the city of “Teen Hatti” in Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Mohammed Ateeq Al Falahi, Secretary-General of the ERC, stressed that ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Waste Management Centre, Tadweer, on Tuesday announced that it had collected 2,189,416.90 tonnes of waste in 2019, down from 2,259,508.64 tonnes in 2018, representing a decrease of 3.10 percent, attributed to its sustained efforts to minimise the volume of waste generated in the emirate to achieve its long-term sustainability objectives. This waste was ...