Webb telescope fully deployed in space

Washington, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): The James Webb Space Telescope completed its two-week-long deployment phase on Saturday, unfolding the final mirror panel as it readies to study every phase of cosmic history. Engineering teams cheered back at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland as […]

OIC organs chart way forward for new S&T initiatives

ISLAMABAD, Jan 6 (APP): COMSTECH-the OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation Thursday held a virtual meeting of its steering committee for implementation of the Science Technology Innovation (STI) Agenda 2026, mainly to chart the way forward for new initiatives. The agenda of the […]

Swiss army knives WhatsApp at work

Zurich, Jan 6 (AFP/APP): Switzerland’s army has banned the use of WhatsApp whilst on duty, a spokesman confirmed Thursday, in favour of a Swiss messaging service deemed more secure in terms of data protection. The ban also applies to using other messaging apps like Signal […]

China launches new resource satellite

TAIYUAN, Dec 26 (XINHUA/APP):China sent a new resource satellite into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi Province on Sunday. The resource satellite, ZY-1 02E, was launched at 11:11 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-4C carrier rocket.It was the […]

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