AI surveillance isn’t a right direction to Work from home
AI surveillance, While we have all been focused on facial recognition as the poster child for AI ethics, Another concerning
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In View Of COVID-19 Lockdown Air Quality Needs To Be Improved
Improve Air Quality, Environmental experts and CSOs representatives have raised concern on increased air pollution due to ill planned urban
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Agri tourism, important component to revitalize economy
Agri tourism, Feature Globally, the economic potential of agriculture is huge and the size of the world population is growing
Read moreNASA is not going to Change Zodiac sign
Despite numerous articles suggesting otherwise, the space agency said that it has made no change to the zodiac, and pointed
Read moreNITB & NCOC to Use TPL Tracker AI for Multiple COVID-19 Applications
TPL Tracker, Pakistan’s leading IT Company, has been chosen as the primary Location Based Services (LBS) provider by the NITB
Read moreUniversities Needs To Focus On Improving Research, Atta ur Rehman
Improving Research, Universities are the birthplaces for creative ideas and technology driven solutions to economic problems being faced by the
Read moreUse Of Smart Nanoparticles To Treat Lung Cancer
A new and promising approach for treatment of lung cancer has been developed by researchers at Lund University. The treatment
Read more$200m World Bank aid likely to help Pakistan fight locusts
The World Bank’s executive board will later this month approve assistance worth $200M to help Pakistan control locust swarms, Restore
Read moreColgate Continues to Fulfill its Commitment to Oral Health and Hygiene
Colgate, The leading toothpaste brand, is breaking down barriers in the marketing sphere allowing creativity to take center stage with
Read morePak-US S&T cooperation offer researchers funding up to $500,000
HEC: Pakistan-US Science and Technology Cooperation Program is currently accepting applications for a three year of collaborative research grants. Through this grant, research students can receive funding of up to $500,000.
The project is managed by the National Academy of Sciences in the U.S. and by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. It is designed to increase cooperation between Pakistani scientists and institutions with their counterparts in the United States.
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HOW TO PREPARE FOR NEXT EARTHQUAKE
By Sidra Saif
A large earthquake my jolt Pakistani land in near future. According to media reports the Director General of Pakistan Geological Survey, Dr Imran Ahmed Khan informed the Standing Committee on Petroleum, that an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 or higher may hit Pakistan in near future. Another report published by National Institute of Disaster Management, Mumbai, India reveals that due to large activities of Himalaya North plates and Indo-Burmese plates an earthquake of 8.2
DTH (Direct-To-Home) Too Little Too Late
Direct-to-home is simply high definition digital TV at our door step. Why most of us never heard of it? Because PEMRA didn’t think it was right time to auction out licenses of a technology that is being used by millions of users in the region. DTH would mean high quality international entertainment channels at our doorstep. Now if we look at the possible DTH deployment in Pakistan picture looks pretty dark. Local cable providers not only provide low quality cable services which is
Protect Soil to "Protect Agriculture"
A plant is standing with full courage and phenotypically looks healthy, the reason behind this is what, that is soil, which support the plants. It stands so strongly that a strong flood will lose its velocity of speed just because of those plants that are supported by soil.
The unconsolidated material or upper layer of earth where nutrients are present known as soil. Soil provides physical support to the plants. It is complex mixture of minerals such as water (25%), air (25%),
Pakistan needs more post doc to promote research culture
POST DOCTORATE (post doc) is a research position after completion of PhD, in which researcher work independently on scientific/technical problem. During PhD, the researchers have to work under any competent supervisor to complete his/her research project but in post doc either he work independently or under any principal investigator (PI). Pakistan is a country with close to 200 million population and with over 160 public and private universities. There are also number of research institutes
Quality research vital to ensure national progress
STAFF REPORT ISB: The high class research being carried out in Pakistani research institutes is drastically helping in minimizing the scientific void between developed and developing countries, said Dr Joseph Niemela, Director Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (AS-ICTP), while addressing the International Scientific Spring (ISS)-2016.
Dr Niemela, a US national who hails from Italy, said that he is very much hopeful about the scientific research scenario of
PTCL, ZTE collaborate to set up joint innovation centre
STAFF REPORT ISB: PTCL has signed a strategic MoU with ZTE Corporation for setting up a Joint Innovation Center (JIC) on Big Video in Pakistan. The JIC is a key initiative of both the companies for Smart TV development, empowering PTCL to provide high quality video services to customers on TV and mobile devices.
The JIC, first of its kind in big video services in Pakistan, will allow both PTCL and ZTE to share resources, exchange knowledge and tap into the potential of the latest
Tapeworm: A threat to human health and its prevention
What is worm? "Any of numerous long, slender, soft-bodied, legless, bilaterally symmetrical invertebrates is known as worm". There are different kinds of worms like flat worms, roundworms, tapeworms. Among these, tapeworms are of great medical importance because tapeworms are the worms which transfer most from livestock to humans so having great zoonotic importance. Tapeworms are given such a name because of their tape like structure. Their body is divided into different