Both Pakistani teams participating in the final round of the Huawei Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Competition 2018 secured a place in the top three positions in two separate categories. The final round of the competition, held in Shenzhen, China, on May …Continue reading
Children with access to green spaces have lower stress hormones
A new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) has found less stress hormones in children with access to green spaces, clean air, and quality grocery stores. The finding shows that simply living in a more desirable neighborhood …Continue reading
Satellite study finds major shifts in global freshwater
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists have combined an array of NASA satellite observations of Earth with data on human activities to map locations around the globe where freshwater is changing, says a statement released by NASA on Thursday. The study, published in …Continue reading
NASA’s 21-year old data reveals new evidence of water plumes on Jupiter’s moon
In the early 1600’s Galileo Galilei made improvements to his telescope which then allowed him to discover four moons orbiting Jupiter. In 1997, a NASA spacecraft named after him was sent to orbit Jupiter and its moons, and get a closer look …Continue reading
Pakistan plans setting up indigenous satellites development facility this year
Pakistan plans to establish an indigenous facility for development of satellites in accordance with international space standards under its Annual Development Plan for 2018-19. The facility, to be called Pakistan Space Center, will have the capability to carry out manufacturing, testing, system-level …Continue reading
Mardan students display projects on renewable energy, waste treatment
Renewable energy, plastic recycling, and sewage treatment projects stood out at the two-day Mardan Science Festival that ended on Thursday. The festival attracted a huge gathering of around 15,000 visitors, including students, their parents and teachers from at least 280 government schools …Continue reading
AI reigns over day one of Google I/O conference
Google’s three-day annual developers conference has kicked off at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, California. Before the conference started, the company had announced that it was rebranding its Google Research division to Google AI — a move that signaled Google’s future …Continue reading
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba acquires Daraz
China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, has entered the Pakistani retail market by fully acquiring Daraz, an online retail subsidiary of Germany-based Rocket Internet. The announcement was made through separate press statements released by both companies on Tuesday. “With the acquisition, Daraz will …Continue reading
To boost Big Data analytics, Pakistan now has a national center with 12 affiliated laboratories
Pakistan now has a National Center in Big Data and Cloud Computing (NCBC) that brings together 12 laboratories across 11 leading universities of the country working in fields ranging from medicine and agriculture to energy management and distribution. The PKR 1.5 billion …Continue reading
Mini-drones serving humanitarian purposes stand out at Faisalabad Science Festival
The series of science festivals underway in the country continued this week with the latest edition taking place in Faisalabad on Thursday, May 3. The two-day festival that ended today featured interactive displays and live experiments, some of which involved robotics, sensors …Continue reading