A comprehensive scientific project titled 'Plaza of Intelligence and Innovation City' yesterday got the green signal with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Chairman of the Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training (CERT), and Prof. George Smoot, director of Cosmology Centre at University of California, Berkeley and 2006 Nobel laureate for physics. 'Plaza of Intelligence and Innovation City' is a project designed by Prof. Smoot and will be developed in the UAE by the CERT Foundation, the UAE news agency "WAM" reported. The plaza will include various venues, institutions and activities related to science, such as an academy for maths and science for teachers, a research centre for cosmic and space sciences, a space and science museum, a planetarium, an IMAX theatre (3-dimensional cinema for documentary films), an astro sculpture park, as well as exhibition and lecture halls.
