Gone are the days when Lego was considered child’s play. The building blocks that you played with in your youth have given way to a new breed of advanced programmable robots. Each version of this Lego building block system contains a few …Continue reading
Active substance from coralberry plant slows down aggressive eye cancer
An active substance known to researchers for 30 years can turn into a ray of hope against eye tumors, shows a study conducted at the universities of Bonn and Magdeburg. A press statement states that the substance is found in coralberry, a …Continue reading
Q&A: Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
Ali Tauqeer Sheikh is the Chief Executive Officer of the Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD) Pakistan, an organization engaged in research and policy advocacy on sustainable development. Sheikh has previously served as an advisor to the Asian Development Bank, European Commission, …Continue reading
Our Internet voting experiment
Pakistan recently concluded its first use of an Internet voting system for overseas citizens. The i-Voting system was developed by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in response to a petition filed in the Supreme Court by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) …Continue reading
Variation in rainfall patterns to take a toll on key crops by 2040
Drastic changes to rainfall patterns are set to take a toll on yields of four crops that account for 40 percent of global caloric intake, says a new study. The study has found that up to 14 percent of land dedicated to …Continue reading
Facebook breaks down and the Internet panics
Social media giant Facebook, which has over two billion monthly users, was down for most of Wednesday globally. Messenger, WhatsApp and image-sharing app Instagram, which are also owned by the company, also experienced a breakdown in their services. The rare outage ranged …Continue reading
Astronomers determine weight of our home galaxy, the Milky Way
Scientists have discovered that the Milky Way is as heavy as 1.5 trillion Suns and has a radius of 129,000 light-years from the galactic center. This measurement has been found by combining new data from the European Space Agency (ESA) Gaia mission …Continue reading
Breakthrough treatment rids second patient of HIV virus
A second patient has been declared free of the HIV virus after receiving stem-cell treatment though researchers say that it is premature to conclude that the patient has been cured of the disease. A paper on this research was published in Nature …Continue reading
NASA astronauts to carry out first all-female spacewalk in history
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will be making history by taking part in the first all-female spacewalk on March 29. Their mission involves leaving the International Space Station (ISS) to replace batteries that were installed a year ago. Canadian Space …Continue reading
Crop burning costs India $30 billion a year
A study conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in North India has found that air pollution from crop residue burning (CRB) — more commonly known as stubble burning — is a leading risk factor for contracting acute respiratory infection, …Continue reading