Sheikh Mohammed took part in a ribbon cutting ceremony, before taking a tour of the site with Michelle van Akelijan, Managing Director of Dubai Airshow organisers F&E Aerospace. Beginning his tour with a visit to the liveried search and rescue helicopter fleet of the UAE Joint Aviation Command, he then greeted the pilots of the UAE Air Force aerobatics team, Al Fursan. The team, which flies seven Aermacchi MB-339A jet trainer aircraft, will be taking part in daily demonstrations during the Dubai Airshow 2015, displays which will be open to the public at the event's Skyview arena.

Dubai Airshow 2015 conference programme opens with incisive discussion on the need to bring passengers on board

Over 3,000 students converged on the final day of the Dubai Airshow for a privileged glimpse into the exciting world – and career opportunities – offered by the global aerospace industry.

The Dubai Airshow continues to attract new exhibitor interest with many first-time participants from a wide range of industry sectors taking part in the 2015 edition.

With expertise in a wide range of industry sub-sectors through to groundbreaking space age technology and supersonic travel, this year's cadre are adding their voice to the more than 1103 exhibitors at the DWC, Dubai Airshow Site.

• Successful week of business, networking and educational opportunities wraps up
• The 2015 edition of the Dubai Airshow concluded today, wrapping up an action-packed week that saw over 1,103 exhibitors representing 61 countries meet, network and do business.
• Visitor numbers for this year's industry showcase broke all previous records, for the 14th consecutive edition, topping 66,346 sector professionals, representing an increase of 9%.

Syrian innovator named winner

Yaman Abou Jieb, the young innovator from Syria, emerged victorious in the breathtaking live finale of Stars of Science in Doha, Qatar, concluding the seventh season of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development's (QF) "edutainment reality" TV program on MBC4.

University of Illinois engineers have found an energy-efficient material for removing salt from seawater that could provide a rebuttal to poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge's lament, "Water, water, every where, nor any drop to drink."

Graphene has been hailed as a wonder material since it was first isolated from graphite in 2004. Graphene is just a single atom thick but it is flexible, stronger than steel, and capable of efficiently conducting heat and electricity.

A major showcase of companies developing new technologies from graphene and other two-dimensional materials took place this week at the Cambridge Graphene Centre.

Researchers have successfully demonstrated how several of the problems impeding the practical development of the so-called 'ultimate' battery could be overcome.

Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, today announced that the DSM Science & Technology Award Americas 2015 has been awarded to Stephen Ma from the University of Delaware, USA. The award recognizes the development of a highly original wrinkling technique to make patterns on the surface of a polymer. This new system could have the potential to open up whole new application fields, ranging from creating artificial tissues, anti-fouling surfaces, optical coatings to tunable lenses.

Putting words in someone's mouth - is this meanwhile possible?
A group of scientists from Erlangen, Stanford, and Saarbrücken can transfer the facial expressions and lip movements of one person to the video stream of another in real time, whereas gestures and head movements remain unchanged. Thanks to the efficiency of the algorithms, this can be performed with standard computer hardware.