Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The world’s first research facility to grow both food and fuel, using desert lands irrigated by seawater, began operations on a 2-hectare site in Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The facility, operated by Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, is funded by the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), a group advancing the ...

Emirates Business “With a logistics market worth $27 billion and vast transport infrastructure projects underway, the UAE is set to become an undisputed global hub for trade,” commented Jamie Hosie, Project Director, ahead of the second edition of The Cargo Show MENA, which is taking place alongside Middle East Rail on March 8 and 9. “Multimodal transport infrastructure investment in ...

Dubai / Emirates Business For the first time, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) the Emirate’s dedicated entity for heritage, arts and culture, will be partnering with the Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA) to highlight Dubai’s role as the capital of Islamic arts and culture. The Islamic Museum of Australia is a not-for-profit foundation founded in May 2010 with ...