FEBRUARY / 2019 ISSUE 50 / CONTENTS

Published Date : Feb 2019

REGULARS

NEWS
Ten winners receive the highest Emirati scientific honour and praise for this year’s Zayed Sustainability Prize winners

YEAR OF TOLERANCE
Reflecting the nation’s position as “a global capital for tolerance and humanitarianism”, the UAE was preparing for a historical occasion as this issue of Flashes went to press

FLASHBACK
A look back at the careers of some of the most celebrated Nobel Prize winners in Literature from the last century

EXPLORE

SHARING WORLDS
The fifth instalment of the Nobel Museum focuses on the Nobel Prize in Literature, a field that is very much part of MBRF’s remit

A NOBEL UNDERTAKING
The annual Nobel Museum has been a resounding success. We chart its history and development over the years

A VITAL COMPONENT OF LIFE
The World Literacy Foundation is seeking youth ambassadors for its 2019 programme

REWRITING THE RULES OF CHEMISTRY
Machine learning and artificial intelligence are revolutionising the processes of organic chemistry

NOW AVOID OBLIVION
Space agencies around the world are finally taking the threat of Near-Earth Objects more seriously

THE PROBLEM WITH PALM OIL
It’s fast becoming the food world’s most controversial ingredient, but just how damaging is our over-reliance on palm oil?

MAN’S BEST FRIEND
The potential for dogs to significantly assist in the detection of human illness and disease is huge

ARAB CONTRIBUTION
Remembering Naguib Mahfouz, the first Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature