QNRF-funded project advances membrane technology, making it possible to filter out harmful elements from the air. Scientists backed by a Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) grant have joined forces to develop the next generation of filters. The group’s work in generating polymer materials that act as high-performance gas filters was recently published in Nature Communications. […]
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Rumailah Hospital and Mada Sign MoU to Provide Assistive Technology to Patients
Mada (Qatar Assistive Technology Center), founded by ictQatar, and Rumailah Hospital signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will provide a wide range of services around the effective use of Assistive Technology to patients to enhance their quality of life and move them closer to independent living. Assistive technology (AT) is technology used by individuals […]
NU-Q Research Reveals Middle East Residents Feel Unsafe Talking Politics Online
Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) has released new findings from an eight-nation survey indicating many people in the Arab world do not feel safe expressing political opinions online despite sweeping changes in the aftermath of the ‘Arab Spring’. According to the report entitled, ‘Media Use in the Middle East – An Eight-Nation Survey’: ‘The implied […]
Qatar Airways Orders Boeing 777s at Paris Air Show
Qatar Airways announced an order for nine Boeing 777 passenger aircraft on the opening day of the Paris Air Show. The additional aircraft will help the airline open up new routes and add capacity to existing markets in its rapidly-growing network. The airline’s outstanding order for nine Boeing 777-300 ER (Extended Range) will increase to 16 […]
Qatar Airways’ First Airbus A380 on Course For Delivery
Ahead of the planned 2014 delivery of the first Qatar Airways Airbus A380-800 on order, the airline today released the first image of the aircraft in partial livery from the manufacturer’s Toulouse assembly line in France. The traditional Oryx logo, which appears on Qatar Airways’ current mixed fleet of 124 aircraft, is clearly seen gracing […]
Oxy Qatar Donates Wheelchair Bus to Al-Noor Institute for the Blind
Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd (Oxy Qatar) and Al-Noor Institute for the Blind have joined together in the launch of a new wheelchair bus. The bus will be used by Al-Noor to transport students with special needs between the Institute and their homes. Additionally, it will be available for student transportation during school visits and […]
Qatar Foundation’s Maktabi Wins Silver SABRE Award
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development has received the prestigious Silver SABRE Award – one of the top honours in the communication industry – for its weekly internal online platform Maktabi. Leading representatives from Qatar Foundation accepted the award from The Holmes Report at an official ceremony held in Barcelona, Spain. The SABRE […]
Qatar Airways’ Qatar Executive Awarded Air Operator Certificate
Qatar Airways’ corporate jet division Qatar Executive has been awarded its own Air Operator Certificate (AOC) by Qatar’s Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA). The move comes after Qatar Executive managed its first four years of operations under its parent company’s AOC. The achievement enables Qatar Executive to further grow its worldwide aircraft charter business while continuing […]
Red Bull Flugtag Comes to Qatar
Under the patronage of HE Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Al Thani, Chairperson of Qatar Museums Authority (QMA), the first Red Bull Flugtag Qatar will visit Doha on 1 November 2013, taking take place at the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) Park. Red Bull Flugtag challenges the brave and brainy to design, build and pilot […]
Sidra will Collaborate with the US National Institutes of Health for New Cancer Therapies
A group of scientists including Sidra Medical and Research Center’s Chief Research Officer, Dr Francesco M Marincola, has discovered that a gene called Bach2 may play a central role in the development of a range of allergic and autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, asthma, Crohn’s disease, celiac disease, and type-1 diabetes. The research has […]
Meet Qatar-Based Photographer Krishna Prasad
An accountant by day and photographer by night, Krishna Prasad is 34-year-old Indian accountant at ABB LLC, Doha, Qatar who found his interest in photography through his love for travel. ‘In fact, my love for long bike rides, to be precise. It’s called Motography,’ said Prasad. Motography is the combination of motor biking with photography. […]
QTA Launches New Website
Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) Chairman, Issa Al Muhanadi, has announced the launch of QTA’s new and enhanced website at an event held at QTA’s offices and in presence of all the employees. The site has been designed to be a simple and informative, and aims to be a functional and interactive resource for Qatar’s residents, […]
Marhaba Test Drives KIA All-New Carens and Cadenza
Marhaba was invited recently to the launch of the all-new Carens, yet another striking new model from KIA, the increasingly prolific and successful and stylish brand that has created a huge following in Qatar in a relatively short period of time. KIA RAISES THE STAKES Fans were once drawn in only by price; now there […]
QSTP and iHorizons Will Create Technologies to Analyse Arabic Social Media Content
Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) and iHorizons QSTP, a Qatari company operating at the Park, have signed an agreement for QSTP to support a research and development project for creating technologies in analysing Arabic social media content, with focus on Twitter as a platform for the application of these technologies. Through this partnership, iHorizons […]
Project to Capture the Traditional Ardha Sword Dance with Motion-sensing Technology
Researchers at Northwestern University in Qatar (NU-Q) are working on a project that will merge cutting-edge technology with cultural tradition. The national grant-winning proposal – by Sandra Richards, director of the school’s liberal arts programme at NU-Q, and Muqueem Khan, Associate Professor in Residence at NU-Q – will capture the traditional ‘ardha sword dance with […]
QNRF Awards US $121mn to National Priority Projects
Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF) has announced new research grants worth a total of US $121 million, under its flagship funding programme, the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP). The announcement came in the eagerly-anticipated finale of QNRF’s fifth Annual Forum, held on the morning of Tuesday 14 May 2013 at Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC), […]
Ooredoo and CMU-Q Announce Research Partnership
Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al Thani, CEO of Ooredoo, and Ilker Baybars, Dean and CEO of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), announced the new partnership between Ooredoo and CMU-Q at a signing ceremony in Ooredoo Tower on Sunday 12 May 2013. Through this partnership, Ooredoo and CMU-Q will collaborate on scientific research, and offer […]
QCRI Open for Summer Internships
Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) will be kicking off its 2013 summer internship programme and invites computer science and computer engineering students to apply. The intensive two-month internship programme provides students with the opportunity to work closely with top researchers, and receive practical work experience based on their studies. Applications will be accepted until 12 […]
Potential of Creating ‘The Hanging Gardens of Doha’
A vision for developing Doha’s own hanging gardens, like the fabled gardens of Babylon, using green architecture, or ‘biotecture,’ was the topic of discussion and debate at a Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) seminar this week. In a keynote presentation, renowned international architect and urban planner Edouard Francois outlined his vision for sustainable building that […]
Qatar’s First Pediatric Robotic Heart Transplant Performed
A surgical team at Hamad General Hospital (HGH) recently conducted the country’s first successful trans-catheter pulmonary valve transplant, using robotic surgery, on the heart of an 11-year-old Qatari girl. Transplanting the trans-catheter pulmonary valve can help delay the need for open heart surgery and improve quality of life for the patient and the use of robotic […]
