Molecule vital for creating water exists in dying sun-like stars
Islamabad: Using ESA's Herschel space observatory, astronomers have discovered that a molecule vital for creating water exists in the burning...
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Sunscreen’ layer detected on distant planet
Islamabad: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected a stratosphere, one of the primary layers of Earth's atmosphere, on a massive...
Italy: 3D-printed middle ear implant returns girl’s hearing
Naples: A young girl in Naples has recovered her hearing thanks to complex surgery involving an implant of a middle...
Unveiling the ancient climate of Mars
Islamabad: The high seas of Mars may never have existed. According to a new study that looks at two opposite...
Wearing face masks best way to reduce coronavirus transmission: study
Islamabad: Researchers who have been studying coronavirus mitigation measures in three heavily affected parts of the world have concluded that...
Last satellite of China’s BeiDou system to be launched
Xichang: The last satellite of China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has entered the countdown phase for its launch, the...
China reports 11 new COVID-19 cases, six local infections
Beijing: China’s National Health Commission said on Saturday that it received 11 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the Chinese...
Dusty alien planets could be more likely to harbour life, study suggests
Islamabad: Dusty alien planets might have a better chance at harboring life, a new study suggests. Scientists studying the potential...
Humans might look like Pokemon characters in 100,000 years
Islamabad: Humans of the future might look more like Pokemon characters with bigger heads, bigger eyes and improved night vision,...
US $ 2.94 million intended deals reached at China-Pakistan cloud exhibition
Beijing: Deals worth US $ 2.94 million were agreed at the 2020 Shandong Export Commodities (Pakistan) Online Exhibition held in...
Human lifelong immunity depends on APRIL
Islamabad: Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify the protein APRIL as a cause for antibody deficiency in...
China’s fight against COVID-19 stands the test of time: Foreign Ministry
Beijing: China's responding to COVID-19 stands the test of time and history with a clear timeline and solid facts, a...
Lab-related virus plots contrary to facts: Wuhan lab
Beijing: Claims that the novel coronavirus was man-made or leaked by China's National Biosafety Laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of...
Earth-like planet orbiting nearest star confirmed
Islamabad: Scientists used to wonder if planets were common throughout the universe, and now we know: they are. Observations with...
Xi replies to letter from scientific, technological workers
Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Friday encouraged scientific and technological workers across China to make new and greater contributions to...
UK: Anti-viral drug remdesivir to treat coronavirus
London: A drug treatment called remdesivir that appears to shorten recovery time for people with coronavirus is being made available...
Dinosaur-dooming asteroid struck at ‘deadliest possible’ angle
Islamabad: New simulations from Imperial College London have revealed the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs struck Earth at the 'deadliest...
‘Water Worlds’ common In Milky Way
Islamabad: Many of the 4,000+ planets so far discovered in distant star systems in the Milky Way are “water worlds”...
Chinese scientists obtain deep ice core samples from Karakoram Mountains
Beijing: A Chinese research team has, for the first time, extracted ice core samples from a glacier in the Karakorum...
Moon’s missing metals’ mystery
Islamabad: For decades, scientists have tried to figure out why the Moon has a thousand times less precious metals than...
President asks medical varsities to undertake research with focus on diseases like COVID-19
Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi on Tuesday asked the medical universities to undertake research while following international research standards to...
UK: New reagent available to support global diagnostic testing of COVID-19
London: A new biological reagent was now available to labs around the United Kingdom and the world that would help...
Tesla applies to generate electricity in UK market
London: Best known for its electric cars, Elon Musk's company also makes batteries that store renewable energy on both a...
Long March-5B rocket enables China to construct space station
Wenchang: Construction of China's space station moves a step closer with the successful maiden flight of its new large carrier...
China refutes Indian claims of COVID-19 kits give faulty results
Beijing: China has refuted Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) claim that the COVID-19 test kits it purchased from Chinese...
Exoplanet disappears in latest Hubble observations
Islamabad: What scientists thought was a planet beyond our solar system has 'vanished.' Though this happens to sci-fi worlds, scientists...
China’s latest aircraft wind tunnel completes major test
Beijing: China’s wind tunnel project remains in development which is expected to reshape the country’s future warplanes, and hit another milestone...
China will provide Rs 2 billion for smart university project in Pakistan
Beijing: China will provide Pakistan with an unrequited assistance of Rs 2.048 billion for completion of a smart university transformation...
Italy: Robots lend a helping hand
Rome: The shiny new robots gently check the pulses of highly infectious patients on life support in the Italian epicenter...
Not saying Earth is doomed!
Islamabad: Astronomers have discovered 139 minor planets lurking at the edge of the Solar System after examining a dataset collected to...
