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The UAE Electric Vehicle Grand Prix Set for March 2 in Abu Dhabi
Feb 20, 2024
More than 400 students from 28 high schools in the UAE, USA, Italy, and Egypt will race their hand-built electric cars.
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Troubled Waters
Dec 12, 2023
Rapid human-caused change to the environment is jeopardizing the survival of one of our planet’s keystone species.
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The Catch-all Organism
Dec 11, 2023
Could Algae help curb carbon emissions and solve food shortages in the future?
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The Hopes and Hazards of Africa’s Digital Revolution
Dec 08, 2023
Through his work on sub-Saharan African countries, Luca Maria Pesando is discovering how digital technology is reshaping the social fabric and norms.
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The Robot Revolution
Dec 07, 2023
Muhammad Shafique is working to make sustainable technology accessible to everyone, with inventions ranging from driver assistance tools to cognitive robots with their own “tiny brains.”
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NYU Abu Dhabi’s Research Center on Climate and Environment Renamed Mubadala ACCESS Center
Dec 06, 2023
The Mubadala Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences will continue its leading efforts in cutting-edge scientific research.
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Rethinking the Way We Build
Dec 06, 2023
Professor Kemal Celik, Director of the Advanced Materials and Building Efficiency Research Laboratory (AMBER Lab), has developed a method of using brine, a water desalination byproduct, to make cement in a process that requires significantly lower resources and energy than the conventional cement production process, while producing a similar quality product.
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Livable Planet: Climate Conversations Through Art
Dec 05, 2023
Learn how art brings to bear many different ways of understanding the world.
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Underrepresented Climate Catastrophe in the Himalayas Risks Lives of 2.5 Billion
Dec 05, 2023
An interdisciplinary initiative at NYU Abu Dhabi spotlights how the Himalayan climate hotspot is jeopardizing the water supply for a quarter of humanity.
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Protecting Transportation Networks Against Climate Change
Dec 04, 2023
Rising sea levels and the increasing rate of climate change induced natural disasters require an urban planning retrofit that protects key roads in the UAE.
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Uncovering the Secrets of the Gulf Ecosystem
Dec 01, 2023
Just two years in, NYU Abu Dhabi’s Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences is already discovering fascinating new data about the region.
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COP28 Launches with NYU Abu Dhabi Participating in Several Key Events
Nov 30, 2023
NYU Abu Dhabi will be hosting several youth-related conferences and programs that will explore academia's role in climate action.
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People-Centric Urban Transportation: Why Urban Planners Need to Think about Communities, Not Cars
Nov 30, 2023
Monica Menendez, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs; Director of the Research Center for Interacting Urban Networks (CITIES); Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi discusses why there is a growing environmental and social movement to re-imagine urban transport systems with people, rather than cars, at the center.
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How technology is securing our food and water supplies for future generations
Nov 28, 2023
In this episode of Bold Pursuits, we meet scientists, engineers, and farmers who are harnessing technology's potential to ensure sustainable access to nutritious food and clean water.
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Student Short Films from Plastic Fantastic Course
Nov 27, 2023
Students put on their creative and critical thinking caps during the Plastic Fantastic course.
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NYU Abu Dhabi Announces Key Activations During COP28
Nov 17, 2023
Highlights include youth-related conferences and programs, an Angel Rising investor education symposium, and a special forum for higher education leaders to explore academia's role in climate action and research for future COPs.
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Livable Planet: Adapting To Climate Change
Nov 14, 2023
NYU Abu Dhabi's Transportation Infrastructure Management Lab is trying to predict and resolve road traffic issues that are likely to arise with rising sea levels in the UAE.
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NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers Reveal How Common Desert Shrub Efficiently Harvests Water from the Air
Oct 31, 2023
New understanding of this unique mechanism could inform new, sustainable approaches for water collection.
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‘We are in more danger than we think’: Calls for action grow a month before Cop28
Oct 30, 2023
World leaders will discuss escalating climate emergency at UN summit in Dubai.
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Livable Planet: Assessing Climate Change at Regional Scales
Oct 24, 2023
NYU Abu Dhabi’s Arab Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences (ACCESS) is creating a database about the Gulf region to paint a better picture of the makeup of its land, sea and climate, and how they impact each other.
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Livable Planet: Innovating for Sustainable Cities
Oct 17, 2023
Two thirds of the global population are expected to be living in urban areas by the year 2050 which means cities of the future are going to have to be smarter and innovative about how resources are used. Researchers at The Center for Interacting Urban Networks (CITIES) at NYU Abu Dhabi are investigating sustainable approaches to growing and maintaining cities of the future.
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Happy Little Accidents
Oct 11, 2023
Researchers from the Smart Materials Lab and the Center for Smart Engineering Materials stumbled upon a discovery that could yield industry warping technology.
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Livable Planet Video Series: Rethinking Desalination Technology
Oct 11, 2023
NYU Abu Dhabi’s Water Research Center works on the challenge of solving water scarcity in the Arabian Gulf.
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Crucial climate event to begin in Saudi Arabia as Cop28 build-up continues
Oct 07, 2023
Ministers, policymakers and climate champions expected in Riyadh on Sunday for Middle East and North Africa Climate Week.
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Livable Planet Video Series
Sep 26, 2023
As NYU Abu Dhabi counts down to COP28, a new video series highlights the University’s sustainability-driven work across campus.
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New Self-Cleaning Membranes Developed by NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers Dramatically Improve the Efficiency of Desalination Technologies
Sep 20, 2023
Embedded with organic crystals, hybrid membranes use “smart separation” approach that is more effective and environmentally sustainable
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Advocating for Marine Conservation
Aug 24, 2023
Amal Al Gergawi is a research fellow in NYUAD's Marine Biology Lab, working under Associate Professor of Biology, John Burt. Al Gergawi researches marine conservation, policy, and governance in the region focusing on the growing role of women in coral reef science.
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Climate Challenge — John Burt
Jul 14, 2023
A marine biologist, John Burt uses the Arabian Gulf — the world’s warmest sea — as a natural laboratory to understand how marine organisms respond to and cope with extreme environmental conditions and to provide insights into the potential impact of future climate change on marine systems across the tropics.
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Climate Challenge — Nidal Hilal
Jul 14, 2023
NYUAD’s Water Research Center aims to promote innovative research in water desalination, wastewater treatment, environmental policy, and social issues that can lead to water security and sustainability.
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Improving Biofouling
Jul 14, 2023
Maryam Almemari is working to reduce the accumulation of microorganisms, plants, algae, or small animals on submerged surfaces such as ship hulls and oil platforms to improve fuel consumption in ships.
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Water Conservation Efforts and Protecting the Nation’s Natural Habitat
Jul 13, 2023
The Marine Biology lab at NYUAD uses the Arabian Gulf as a natural laboratory to study coral reef ecology in extreme environments and to understand how these may serve as a model for the possible impacts of future climate change on reefs elsewhere.
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A Key Organism in the Climate Solution
Jul 13, 2023
Algae, an unsuspecting and relatively simple organism on earth, could be the solution to several global challenges, including helping solve growing food demands, producing fuel to energize worldwide logistics, and even offsetting rising carbon emissions.
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Climate Challenge — Monica Menendez
Jul 13, 2023
NYUAD’s Center for InTeractIng urban nEtworkS (CITIES) is an interdisciplinary research center dedicated to advancing urban science and promoting cutting-edge research that is translated into practical, real-world solutions for the benefit of society, with the ultimate goal to foster sustainable, resilient, and equitable cities.
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Abu Dhabi launches scientist research group to tackle climate issues
Jun 26, 2023
Initiative aims to bring together researchers from different fields to find green solutions
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Climate Challenge — The NYUAD Art Gallery
Jun 19, 2023
The NYUAD Art Gallery unveiled two exhibitions that explore human-landscape relations as they manifest in contemporary art practice. The exhibition, the only constant, includes works by Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Patty Chang, Gil Heitor Cortesão, Sharon Lockhart, Taus Makhacheva, Haroon Mirza, Clifford Ross, Thomas Struth, and Vivek Vilasini.
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Desalination Sustains Modern Life in the Desert, But it is Costly
Jun 19, 2023
As Director of the Water Research Center (WRC), Professor Nidal Hilal researches the challenge of solving water scarcity in the Arabian Gulf. Hilal works with membrane technologies capable of reverse osmosis desalination, a process whereby seawater is pumped through a thin polymeric film that separates fresh water from salty feed. The technology requires less energy to desalinate seawater than the traditional use of thermal desalination, which boils water to separate H2O from salts.
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Local Mangroves Research and Water Conservation Efforts
Jun 19, 2023
The Arabian Peninsula is one of the most environmentally extreme regions in the world, yet is home to large and widespread stands of the gray mangrove, a unique mangrove species that is able to withstand extreme conditions. The gray mangrove forms the only naturally occurring evergreen forest in Arabia and supports high biodiversity and productivity in coastal areas across the region.
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Sustainable Cement
Jun 09, 2023
Assistant Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering Kemal Celik and his team are developing a process to make sustainable cement from the residual salt left by desalination plants.
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NYUAD Researcher to take part in Federal Youth Authority Roundtable on Marine Biodiversity
Jun 07, 2023
Iulia Bibire will be taking part in a discussion on marine biodiversity in Abu Dhabi organized by Federal Youth Authority on June 8, 2023. Bibire is a researcher at NYU Abu Dhabi's Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences (ACCESS), which is a leading research center on the climate and the environment of the Arabian peninsula and the Gulf region. The event, which is hosted by the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi and The National Aquarium, will see Bibire join other scientists and policy makers in a roundtable on Abu Dhabi’s current and future plans to protect marine environments.
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Middle East Can Drive Sustainable Change Through ‘Transition Investment’ Strategy
May 22, 2023
UAE institutional investors should focus on transition investment as a new philosophy to further the United Nations Social Development Goals, capitalizing on their unique access to emerging markets, according to NYU Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) new Transition Investment Lab (TIL) Annual Report 2023. The report was launched during a workshop titled Powering the Shift to a Sustainable Economy.
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The Global Climate System’s Himalayan Hotspot
May 11, 2023
Sophia Kalantzakos, Global Distinguished Professor, Environmental Studies and Public Policy contributes to Project Syndicate article.
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NYUAD’s Professor Hilal On Water Sustainability
Apr 04, 2023
Nidal Hilal, Director of NYUAD Water Research Center and Professor of Engineering, was interviewed by Middle East Economy regarding his opinions on ways to ensure water sustainability in the region in the long-term.
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NYUAD Researchers Publish New Bioengineering Research
Apr 04, 2023
Researchers at NYUAD’s Laboratory of Algal, Synthetic, and Systems Biology (LASSB) recently published the review paper “Closing the Gap between Bio-Based and Petroleum-Based Plastic through Bioengineering” in the research journal Microorganisms to help facilitate future developments of bio-based, bio-degradable plastics.
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Carbon Dots: Goodbye to Single-Use Plastic Waste
Mar 14, 2023
A team of researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a single-step, organic solvent-free, hydrothermal process to convert polyethylene-based plastic bags and polypropylene-based surgical masks into carbon dots. The research was featured in the TECH TIMES website and in the journal Green Chemistry, and the team is currently exploring ways to implement the technique locally to manage plastic waste.
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NYUAD Water Research Center Awarded Prize in Water Security and Sustainability
Feb 27, 2023
His Excellency Suhail Mohamed AlMazrouei, the UAE's Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, awarded the Research and Innovation Award for 2022-2023 to NYUAD Water Research Center in the category of Water Security and Sustainability.
The award was received by Professor Sehamuddin Galadari, NYUAD Senior Vice Provost for Research and Professor, and Nidal Hilal, Director of NYUAD Water Research Center today in a special ceremony in Dubai.
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Research Kitchens at NYUAD
Feb 19, 2023
Weaving together five projects, we will examine and identify the transformative power of the Anthropocene by engaging in research, creative practice, and pedagogy on topics that are central to interdisciplinary work in the Arts and Humanities: storytelling, agency, place, installation and (urban) experience. Each project is linked to a specific question that addresses the transformative power of the Anthropocene.
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MBR Center for Solar Energy
Feb 03, 2023
The MBRSIC is raising its profile by widening its audience to include school and university groups.
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Bioplastics Research Published
Feb 03, 2023
ِA team of NYUAD researchers has published a research paper on bioplastics. The team includes Alexandra Mystikou, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kourosh Salehi-Ashtiani, Associate Professor of Biology, and Dina Imad Al Khairy, Instructor of Biology.
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Five Postdoctoral Scholars Making an Impact
Sep 19, 2022
In celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, NYUAD highlights the important research postdoctoral candidates are conducting on campus. Farah Ahmed is one of the first three researchers to join the NYUAD Water Research Center.
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NYUAD Researchers Discover Expanding and Intensifying Low-Oxygen Zone in the Arabian Gulf
Sep 15, 2022
A team of researchers from the Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental Sciences conclude that changes in local climate are altering the Gulf’s physical and biogeochemical environment with potential implications for the ecosystems and the fisheries of the region.
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A Seabed of Discovery
May 18, 2022
Research on inhabitants of one of the warmest and saltiest bodies of water in the world is producing time-sensitive data on how to conserve fauna and flora under immense stress today.
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Turning Waste into Sustainable Fish Feed
Jan 11, 2022
After graduating from NYU Abu Dhabi, Daria Zahaleanu moved to Denmark to pursue her master’s in computer science and engineering and to co-found a startup. Find out how they protect thebiodiversity by creating sustainable fish feed.
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Masks in Creation
Jun 18, 2021
New technology could help provide a more sustainable and comfortable solution to our mask-wearing lives.
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A Decade of Investigation for the Future
Nov 17, 2020
In just 10 years, NYU Abu Dhabi has contributed important knowledge about our rapidly changing natural environment.
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For Water’s Worth
Jun 18, 2020
From the times of Bedouins roaming the vast expanse of the Arabian desert to the creation of some of the world’s largest economic and cultural hubs today, securing water is among this region’s top priorities. Read how the NYUAD WaterResearch Center offers sustainable solutions.
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Saving an Earth In Crisis
Sep 18, 2019
July was the hottest month on record, the world mourned the loss of its first glacier, and the Amazon is on fire.
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Scientists Capture Breaking of Glacier in Greenland
Jul 10, 2018
Event points to forces behind global sea-level rise.
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Mother Nature’s Untapped Healing Potential
Apr 17, 2018
Natural product research is seeing a renaissance.
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Scientists Warn of Dramatic Changes to Indian Monsoon in a Warming Climate
Feb 27, 2018
Storms will weaken and shift north by the end of the century.
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