Tag: Research
Universities should promote quality education, research: KP governor
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Engineer Iqbal Zafar Jhagra has said that universities must focus on the provision of quality education and research as the...
PCSW, PU sign MoU for women’s empowerment
LAHORE: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Punjab Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) and University of the Punjab (PU) for structured...
4-day workshop for libraries culminates in prize ceremony
LAHORE: A certificate distribution ceremony was held after a 4-day hands-on workshop on “Cataloging of Archival and Library Material”, arranged by the American Institute of...
LED lights attract lesser insects than other filament lamps
A scientist research group has revealed that the domestic Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) lights, as compared to other filament lamps, attract lesser number of...
Solar-powered machine turns urine into drinkable water
A team of scientists at a Belgian university says they have created a machine that turns urine into drinkable water and fertilizer using solar...
The world’s tallest people are from these countries
Dutch men and Latvian women are the planet’s tallest people but Iranian men and South Korean women have grown the fastest in the last...
Fish-inspired contact lenses with auto focus coming soon
nspired by the uniquely shaped retina of fish, scientists have designed new contact lenses that can adjust focus within milliseconds. The lens could be...
Women need more sleep than men: Research
COURTESY THE INDEPENDENT
On mornings like this, you've got two choices: Either emerge from the covers and get a head start on the day, or...
Trick your brain to work more efficiently
COURTESY BBC
Setting deadlines never comes easily to me. No matter how much time I leave to complete my assignment, I’m often scrambling to meet...
The magical thing eating chocolate does to your brain
COURTESY THE INDEPENDENT
In the mid 1970s, psychologist Merrill Elias began tracking the cognitive abilities of more than a thousand people in the state of...
Ageing begins before we are born: Research
COURTESY HINDUSTAN TIMES
The process of ageing begins even before we are born, researchers say, adding that providing mothers with antioxidants during pregnancy may help...
Bees may be more vital for pollination than previously thought!
Insects play a key role in the pollination of cultivated plants, and a new study suggests that they can be even more important than...
One can be literally ‘scared to death’: study
Stressful situations may lead to bacteria entering the bloodstream, triggering a heart attack
It's a phrase we've all used without a second thought - but...
U.S. researchers find evidence that sleep strengthens new memories
U.S. researchers have found important physical evidence that sleep helps consolidate and strengthen new memories.
In a study published in the U.S. journal Science, researchers...
Koalas hug trees to lose heat, reveals study
Hugging trees helps koalas to keep cool, a study has revealed.
In a study published in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, scientists used thermal...
‘Linking research to economic agenda can bring development’
Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said real socio-economic development could only be achieved through linking research agenda to the...
Physical punishment tied to aggression, hyperactivity
• Instead of learning good social behaviours, the beatings often have the opposite effect.
• "What people usually see after a spanking or beating is immediate compliance...
