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Khalifa University and Abu Dhabi’s Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital Sign MoU to Offer Elective Course to 4th Year CMHS Students

Students to Gain Comprehensive, Supervised, on-the Job Experience on Clinical In-patient Rounds as Well as Theory Lessons     Khalifa University of Science and Technology and Specialized Rehabilitation Hospital (SRH), a state-of-the-art facility offering world-class rehabilitation services in Abu Dhabi, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enable a…

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Accounting for the Randomness in Predictive Modeling

Weather forecasting is a complex and challenging science. Accurate forecasting will become only more vital in the coming years with severe weather events expected to be more frequent and more intense thanks to climate change and variability.   It’s this variability that Prof. Emilio Porcu, Professor of Mathematics at Khalifa…

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Team from EBTIC at Khalifa University Wins Top Honors at FedCSIS 2022 Data Mining Competition for Solution to Predict Costs in Freight Forwarding Contracts

  Competing Against 135 Teams from 24 Countries, EBTIC’s First Prize Includes Presentation at Special Session in 17th FedCSIS Conference in Bulgaria     A team of researchers from Khalifa University of Science and Technology-based Emirates ICT Innovation Center (EBTIC) has won top honors at the FedCSIS 2022 data mining…

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Developing 3D Printed Glasses to Correct Colorblindness

  A team of researchers from Khalifa University has developed a new wearable that could help people with color blindness. While using dyes to develop lenses for glasses to help correct colorblindness is not new, the team has developed a method using 3D printing to manufacture customized glasses.    Dr.…

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Atmospheric Triggers of the Brunt Ice Shelf Calving in February 2021

An intense and stationary cyclone around Antarctica caused part of the Brunt Ice Shelf to collapse into the sea; researchers believe increased global temperatures are at play.     As climate change continues around the globe, dramatic scenes play out in Antarctica. Enormous sheets of ice fracture from the edge of…

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Advances in Flexible Pressure Sensors Using 3D Printing and 2D Materials

  Pressure sensors are used in electronic devices across all industries and making them as accurate as possible means making them as thin as possible. Researchers from Khalifa University have developed a method to use a novel 2D material for highly-sensitive and tunable flexible pressure sensors.    Compared with conventional…

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Khalifa University to Host Special Lectures Relevant to Researchers and Students at 2022 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

Talks to Cover Literature and Patents, Open Access Publishing, Database Access and Research Impact     Khalifa University of Science and Technology has announced three speakers from the KU Libraries team will emphasize the need for students, faculty and researchers to remain updated on patents, publishing, database access and research…

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Engineered Cathode Buffer Layers for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells

  A review paper by Khalifa University and a team of international scientists advances understanding of the latest developments underway to improve the performance and cost of flexible, polymer solar cells   On the roadmap of the world’s transition to clean energy, solar power leads the way. Every day, the…

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Discovering New 2D Materials for Microelectronics

Miniaturized electronics have a bright future thanks to new techniques proposed by Khalifa University researchers that speed up the discovery of unique “ferrovalley” materials.    Valleytronics—from ‘valley’ and ‘electronics’—is an exciting research field in the semiconductor industry that researchers are eyeing as a faster way to store and process data.…

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KU Researchers Making Fog Forecasting Models More Precise in the UAE

Researchers from KU’s ENGEOS Lab carried out the first fog microphysics measurements over the UAE, filling a gap in the existing studies of fog microphysics and contributing to region-specific prediction models that can help mitigate the impact that fog can have on society   Despite being a desert country, the…

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A New Method Developed to Fabricate and Fine Tune 3D-Covalent Organic Framework Membranes

  Khalifa University researchers discover new way to fabricate 3D organic polymer membranes and fine tune their water-repelling property using simple solvents -- a breakthrough that could lead to cheaper, more efficient membranes for water and air filtration technologies.    Membrane technology plays an increasingly important role in addressing social…

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Floating Hydrogels Could Produce Eco-friendly Clean Water from Salty Water

A nascent but promising solution to the world’s water scarcity problems could be water purification by direct solar vapor generation Khalifa University · KU Podcast 8 - Radio Science - Hydrogels Producing Eco-friendly Clean Water from Salty Water   Although desalination methods like membrane distillation and reverse osmosis have been…

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