After analyzing the personality traits of 24 captive orcas (commonly referred to as killer whales despite being members of the dolphin family) at SeaWorld Orlando, SeaWorld San Diego and the Loro Parque zoo in Tenerife, researchers have come to the conclusion that …Continue reading
Scientists set to replace master kilogram with electric current
Le Grand K — a platinum ingot housed in Paris according to whose weight the kilogram is defined — is all set for retirement. Scientists are expected to vote to replace it with an electric current at the General Conference on Weights …Continue reading
As poverty declines in Pakistan, stunting levels remain constant
A new World Bank report paints a grim picture of efforts undertaken over the last two decades to tackle stunted growth in children. Rates of diarrhea and related stunting in children have remained constant in Pakistan over the past 15 years despite …Continue reading
Planet discovered orbiting one of the Sun’s neighbors
Astronomers have discovered a planet orbiting Barnard’s Star, a star located six light years away from the Sun, making it one of the closest stars to our solar system. Named “Barnard’s Star b”, the planet is thought to have over three times …Continue reading
Researchers discover molecule that leads to Parkinson’s Disease
Studies conducted on mice and human brains by neurologists at Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) have revealed one of the factors that lead to Parkinson’s Disease (PD), the accumulation of alpha-synuclein proteins in the brain’s motor area. Clusters of these proteins — …Continue reading
Researchers create personalized tissue implants
Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have created the world’s first fully personalized tissue implant, which has been engineered using the patient’s own materials and cells. This new biotechnology makes it possible to engineer any kind of tissue implant from one small …Continue reading
Battling to breathe
At the onset of winter in 2016, Lahore saw smog for the first time. Visually, the scene was similar to the usual fog the city experiences in winter season, and many thought that fog had arrived early. But soon, when residents of …Continue reading
Emmanuel Macron launches “Paris Call” against cybercrime
This past Monday(November 12), French President Emmanuel Macron launched the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace, a high-level declaration on developing common principles for securing cyberspace and enhancing efforts against malicious online activity. The initiative has been supported by several …Continue reading
706,000 Pakistani children could fall prey to pneumonia by 2030, warns aid group
An analysis conducted by aid group Save the Children (STC) and Johns Hopkins University (JHU) has revealed that nearly 11 million children could fall prey to pneumonia by the year 2030, including 706,000 from Pakistan. Pneumonia is an acute respiratory infection that …Continue reading
Phone app recognizes heart attacks with accuracy of an ECG
Researchers from the Intermountain Medical Center (IMC) Heart Institute in the United States have found that a newly developed smartphone application known as AliveCor can detect serious heart attacks almost as accurately as an ECG. The application’s focus is on detecting a …Continue reading