PM announces medical college, electric supply company, development projects for Hazara
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Sunday announced projects of a medical college, separate electric supply company, and development projects worth a billion rupees for the Hazara region. Addressing a public meeting…
Chinese breeding technology helping high yield of Pakistani rice for exports
Chairman Pakistan Hi Tech Hybrid Seed Association(PHHSA) Shahzad Ali Malik on Sunday said that Chinese breeding technology helping Pakistani farmers to easily cultivate high-yield, disease resistant new rice varieties for…
CMEs Solar Particles Can Create Aurora Displays, But May Also Cause Worldwide Disruptions
These massive plasma clouds may disrupt electrical systems and satellites, but they can also produce spectacular aurora displays. CMEs move slower than solar flares, which are blasts of electromagnetic radiation…
Gaia is an Even More Powerful Planet Hunter Than we Thought
Utilizing tools for purposes they weren’t initially intended for is a strength of the astronomical community. Scrounging through data collected for one purpose and looking for hints of another seems…
Venture capitals reroute funding to Web3.0, gaming startups amid dry spell
A group of former executives from one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges Binance has also reportedly created a $100 million venture fund. As venture capital (VC) funds and top investors…
Biologists May Have Solved a 30-Year-Old Mystery on Why Touch Stresses Plants Out
Scientists have long known that touching plants can set off a stresses reaction in them – but until now it hasn’t been exactly clear how that worked at a molecular…
Gotham Knights Developers Are “Currently Comfortable” With Nightwing’s Butt
The latest Gotham Knights gameplay trailer brought up a few questions among fans of the Bat Family. Some were genuinely puzzled questions, like how Red Hood suddenly got magical abilities.…
Sugarcane guidelines can help farmers go beyond 500 maunds per acre
Farmers can move beyond existing low of 500-600 maunds per acre average sugarcane guidelines yield by slightly modifying agronomic practices and better care. Sugarcane is Pakistan’s important cash crop that…
Experts call for strong policy framework to promote electric vehicles
Pakistan needs to strengthen its policy framework to promote electric vehicles (EVs), which are not only environment-friendly but also will reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels, experts said. The…
Pakistan part of international research on river dolphins
The Nanjing Normal University of China is supervising an international joint collaboration for scientific studies on the river dolphins, including the Indus dolphin of Pakistan. Dr Aamir Ibrahim, is a…
Are you ready to move to the nearest planets?
Writer: Laraib Ehtasham (Environmentalist, creative writer and academic writer) Sun is one of the billions of stars present in our galaxy (Milky Way). Apart from the massive sun, our solar…
Lumpy Skin Disease- A Transboundary Infection of Monetary Significance
Lumpy skin disease (LSD) is a severe, systemic disease of cattle associated with the Neethling poxvirus, a capripoxvims. It has a close antigenic relationship to sheeppox and goatpox viruses which…