Tag: Scientists

Scientists seek permission to dig up Shakespeare’s grave

Scientists have applied for permission to exhume the body of William Shakespeare, hoping to establish how he died. A team of paleontologists say they have...

Conference of plant scientists starts at GCU

LAHORE - The 2nd International Conference of Plant Scientists kicked off at the Government College University (GCU) Lahore on Tuesday under the auspices of Pakistan Botanical Society and GCU Botany Department. Botanists from Germany, Egypt, China, Canada, and Turkey and across Pakistan gathered at the varsity to deliberate on scientific solutions to food and fuel challenges.
GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Aftab chaired the opening session of the three-day conference. The

Iran to sue Israel for scientist’s murder

TEHRAN - Iran said on Monday it will sue its archfoe Israel for the murder last year in Tehran of senior nuclear scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran's complaint against the Zionist regime will be lodged to international bodies soon," Iran's acting foreign minister and atomic chief Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA. Salehi said Tehran had "finished gathering evidences of the Zionist regime's involvement in the assassination

Iran says nuclear scientist’s murder warning from West

TEHRAN: Iranian atomic energy chief Ali Akbar Salehi said on Wednesday that the assassination of a top nuclear scientist was a warning from the West ahead of new talks on Tehran's programme.
"These wicked people wanted to show their hideous side which demonstrates their carrot and stick policy in the run-up to the new nuclear talks," state television's website quoted Salehi as saying.
He was speaking at the funeral of Majid Shahriari, the scientist who was killed by

Scientists to create DNA database

The "DNA Dozen" want to allay fears amongst the public that information about their genes should not be widely shared on the grounds that it is private and sensitive.
The Genome Unzipped project intends to explain what genetic code can and cannot reveal about an individual's health.
The 11 British-based scientists and one American genetics lawyer want to encourage the creation of open-access DNA databases which would make it easier to research and accelerate discoveries