December 11, 2004 Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Sci-Tech World. This page is updated every Saturday. For current issue Click here RNAi: towards paradigm therapeutic shift ONE may reasonably think of RNA as one of the most primitive biological macromolecules on earth. Whether there was an ‘RNA world’ some four billion years ago or not, modern biology... BYTEBACK MP3 music Can you tell me a few websites from where I can download Pakistani, Indian and English music?... Crime detection for dummies TECHNOLOGIES developed around computer platforms have provided new solutions which were unthinkable in the past — be it DNA computing, augmented reality or computer-driven cars. One such area of research and... WEBWATCH Developed by the Smithsonian Institute, this site provides a virtual reality tour of the successful exhibition held at the National Museum of Natural History in 1995-96.... Is Freud’s theory neuroscientifically plausible? DREAMS are perhaps older than civilization, but strangely, we know very little about them. Since the dreams are seen during sleep, scientific studies are difficult to make and therefore, certain definite... MRP: achieving quality and productivity MANUFACTURING Resource Planning (MRPII) refers to an integrated company-wide system-based network scheduling that enables people to run their business with a high level of customer service and productivity. It is... Power failure blues ENERGY is one of the prime catalysts for development. It fulfils the promise of economic advancement and its availability ensures accelerated growth, both in industrial and agricultural sectors. Conversely, energy shortages... The future of life SCIENTISTS and philosophers have tried time and again to answer questions regarding the meaning of life — why are we here? Astronomers study the life of stars and galaxies and try... Oracle and Novell certify their latest Linux offerings Expanding their longtime partnership into the Linux arena, Oracle and Novell announced last week that Oracle’s latest database, clustering, application server, collaboration solutions and enterprise applications are now available for and... US firmly anti-Kyoto as UN climate talks start The United States shows no signs of budging in its opposition to the Kyoto protocol as UN climate change talks began in Buenos Aires, a month after President Bush’s re-election and... NEWSBITS SPEAKERS at a workshop in Karachi stressed the need for teaching medical genetics at professional colleges so that genetic diseases, which are common in the country, can be diagnosed and properly treated.... Environmentalists to attend ‘BAQ 2004’ workshop Pakistani environmentalists and government agencies may develop working relationships with Indian conservationists and experts for the improvement of air quality in major cities of the country, including Karachi , said the... How ‘Google savvy’ are you? WHAT will the internet experience be like without Google, particularly in those parts of the world where people mostly use free applications? Where people are unconcerned about issues pertaining to data... COOL GADGETS MP3 sun glasses OAKLEY’s MP3 sunglasses has 256MB NAND flash memory for storing upto 60 songs along with six hours of playback time....

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