Volkswagen unveils R2-D2-like charging robot

Islamabad-Volkswagen has unveiled a prototype of its mobile charging robot that wheels over to electric vehicles and refills them with power. The fully autonomous machine is designed for parking areas, such as underground garages, and is set to be rolled out sometime next year. The robot tows […]

LEDs developed to be integrated into computer chips

Islamabad   –  The advance could cut production costs and reduce the size of microelectronics for sensing and communication. Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) can do way more than illuminate your living room. These light sources are useful microelectronics too.Smartphones, for example, can use an LED proximity sensor to […]

China to launch space station cabinet soon

Moving a step closer to launch itsspace station, China Friday announced that it will launch the core cabinet of the ongoing project in 2021 spring. Zhou Jianping, the chief designer of China’s manned space program, said the core cabinet will be launched “as a starter […]

NASA’s Perseverance Rover arrives at Mars

ISLAMABAD-After nearly 300 million miles (470 million km), NASA’s Perseverance Rover completes its journey to Mars on February 18, 2021. But, to reach the surface of the red planet, it has to survive the harrowing final phase known as entry, descent, and landing. The mission uses […]

A closer genetic look at bacteria, living in your mouth

ISLAMABAD-Researchers take a closer look at the genomes of microbial communities in the human mouth.Bacteria often show very strong biogeography — some bacteria are abundant in specific locations while absent from others — leading to major questions when applying microbiology to therapeutics or probiotics: how […]

Pakistani scientists discover mutation in coronavirus

 A latest research has identified considerable changes in the coronavirus during its local transmission across different localities in world including Pakistan. The Quaid-i-Azam University collaborated with scientific facilities in China and the United States for the research, titled “Evolutionary and structural analysis of SARS-CoV-2 specific evasion of […]