Dr. Abdus Salam: Some Reminiscences
Dr. Abdus Salam: Some Reminiscences Courtesy: theartofmisinformation By: Imam B.A. Rafiq When I reached London in the early part of 1959 Dr. Abdus Salam lived in Putney, about a mile and […]
Giant NASA rover launches to Mars
Nasa has launched the most capable machine ever built to land on Mars. The near one-tonne rover, tucked inside a capsule, left Florida on an Atlas 5 rocket at 10:02 […]
Scientists develop nose exam to detect Alzheimer’s disease early
Source: The Local Scientists in central Germany are working on a method with which they reckon they could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease years before any symptoms are noticed – by looking up patients’ noses. An early diagnosis would give people the chance to try to slow the development of incurable […]
World’s Smallest Auto – Dutch Scientists Drive Single-Molecule Car
Source: Physics-World A “four-wheel drive car” less than one billionth the length of an average SUV has been built and operated by researchers in the Netherlands and Switzerland. The molecular machine is about 1 nm long and uses electrons as fuel as it navigates across a copper surface. The tiny device […]
Scientists Just Created The Ultimate Flu Killer
University of Texas Southwestern’s scientists have created a new flu vaccine that can protect us against any kind of flu, not just one type. Read more: http://gizmodo.com/5856999/scientist-create-the-definitive-flu-killer#ixzz1d5oudtYk
Mind-reading The terrible truth Technology can now see what people are thinking. Be afraid
The judgement day is nearer than you think. The most profound implication, however, is that it would abolish the ability to lie. http://www.economist.com/node/21534780?frsc=dg%7Cb via @theeconomist
With a device called Esteem, Sarah Churman greets the world of sound
Source: Toronto Star Author: Oakland Ross First, she heard her own voice. Then her voice went viral — accompanied by her tears of joy. All in all, it was not a bad week for 29-year-old Sarah Churman of Burleson, Tex. Even better, she heard her two young daughters, Oli and […]
Computer Virus Attacks U.S. Military Drones: Wired
Source: International Business Times By Cavan Sieczkowski A computer virus has hit the U.S. Military fleets of America’s Predator and Reaper drones. The computer virus is capable of logging pilot’s keystrokes while remotely flying the drones in conflict areas such as Afghanistan from the Creech Air Force Base in Clark […]
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address: ‘Your Time Is Limited, So Don’t Waste It Living Someone Else’s Life’
Source/Credit: The Huffington Post People around the world are grieving the loss of Steve Jobs, who died today at the age of 56. As much as he leaves a legacy of technology and artistry, he also is an example of life lived to the fullest and a reminder of how […]
Myitsone Project Beneficial for Both China and Myanmar
The President of the China Power Investment Corporation, Lu Qizhou, has now expressed concern over reports that Myanmar is to suspend contruction of the China-Myanmar Hydropower Project. Read More…
Do neutrinos move faster than the speed of light?
Source: Physics World Can particles travel faster than the speed of light? Most physicists would say an emphatic “no”, invoking Einstein’s special theory of relativity, which forbids superluminal travel. But now physicists working on the OPERA experiment in Italy may have found tantalizing evidence that neutrinos can exceed the speed […]
Rocket launches Chinese space lab
A rocket carrying China’s first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, has launched from the north of the country. The Long March vehicle lifted clear from the Jiuquan spaceport in the Gobi Desert at 21:16 local time (13:16 GMT). The rocket’s ascent took the lab out over the Pacific, and on a path […]
With ‘real-time’ apps, Facebook is always watching
Source: CNN By John D. Sutter, CNN updated 2:54 PM EST, Fri September 23, 2011 Facebook announced a new class of “real-time” apps on Thursday at an event in San Francisco. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Facebook unveils “real-time” features The changes will roll out over coming weeks New apps will post to Facebook […]
Saudi woman teacher excels at MEA education forum
By P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR | ARAB NEWS JEDDAH: A Saudi woman secondary school teacher in Jubail has won an international award for the innovative educational methods she presented during the annual Partners in Learning Middle East and Africa Forum held in Jordan recently. Noura Aldowaikh of the Secondary School in […]
Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8
ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNNMoney) — Windows 8 is coming soon — and it looks nothing like the Windows you’re used to. Microsoft formally introduced Windows 8 on Tuesday to thousands of software developers gathered at the company’s annual Build conference in Anaheim, Calif. The software giant said it reimagined Windows for […]
A call to action to the OIC
By REEM AL-HAKEEM, ARABNEWS It can be an effective instrument of peace and economic development Carnage and turmoil in some Arab countries, famine in Somalia, Gazans under siege and Al-Quds under threat from Israel, terrorist bombings in Pakistan and Afghanistan, natural disasters in Indonesia, poverty and power struggle in some African […]
Soil bacterium helps kill cancers
A bacterium found in soil is a showing promise as a way of delivering cancer drugs into tumours. Spores of the Clostridium sporogenes bacterium can grow within tumours because there is no oxygen. UK and Dutch scientists have been able to genetically engineer an enzyme into the bacteria to activate […]
Solar cookers to save Madagascar’s forests
by Samuel Jaberg in Madagascar, swissinfo.ch Each year, 200,000 hectares of forest vanish in Madagascar as trees are cut down to provide wood for heating and charcoal for cooking. One Swiss organisation is trying to turn the tide, backing the production of solar cookers as a more eco-friendly alternative to […]