Science & Tech

Washington, May 20 (AFP/APP): Boeing’s Starliner capsule was preparing to dock with the International Space Station Friday, in a high-stakes uncrewed test flight key to reviving the US aerospace giant’s reputation after a series of failures. The spaceship blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center […]

SUVA, May 20 (Xinhua/APP) –:The impact of digital technology in revolutionizing and transforming the way of thinking has been accelerated due to lockdowns and restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, said a Fijian government official on Friday. According to Fijivillage news website, while marking the […]

LISBON, May 17 (Xinhua/APP): Portuguese scientists have identified the “exact location” of sensory neurons that cause neuropathic pain, which is chronic disabling pain caused by an injury or dysfunction of brain cells. This discovery will enable the development of “more efficient” therapies and drugs, said […]

ISLAMABAD, May 16 (APP):An “Invest in Pakistan” forum was held in San Jose, Silicon Valley, attended by more than 150 participants including nine Pakistani leading Startups, to highlight Pakistan’s immense potential to grow in IT sector. Pakistan’s Ambassador Masood Khan, in his welcome address, said […]

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (APP): Inter Islamic Network on Space Sciences and Technology (ISNET) Secretariat in collaboration with SUPARCO is organizing distance training course on “Advanced Remote Sensing Applications in Forestry” from May 23-27. The course aims to provide the advanced understanding of GIS and Remote […]

ISLAMABAD, May 15 (APP):Three-day `Pakistan-Turkey-Kazakhstan Youth Forum on Biotechnology’ will be arranged in the month of September with emphasis on increasing the share of Muslim countries in biotechnology global market. The forum, to be held from September 13-15, is being sponsored by COMSTECH-the OIC Standing […]

ISLAMABAD, May 14 (APP): Former Ambassador of Pakistan to China Masood Khalid has said Pakistan should take advantage of Chinese expertise in science and technology to be on track with a knowledge economy. Addressing the seminar titled “71 years of Pak-China friendship” held in Islamabad, […]

LOS ANGELES, May 14 (Xinhua/APP) –: NASA and Boeing are targeting next Thursday, May 19, to launch Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station (ISS). Scheduled to launch at 6:54 p.m. EDT, OFT-2 is the second uncrewed flight for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner […]

Paris, May 12 (AFP/APP): With his hand pushed firmly into his cheek and his eyes fixed on the table, Garry Kasparov shot a final dark glance at the chessboard before storming out of the room: the king of chess had just been beaten by a […]

San Francisco, May 11 (AFP/APP): Elon Musk on said Tuesday that as owner of Twitter he would lift the ban on Donald Trump, contending that kicking the former US president off the platform “alienated a large part of the country.” Musk’s endorsement of a Trump […]