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Why Pakistan lags behind in research
OVER THE years numerous writers and commentators have written about a lack of research in Pakistan. The issue is discussed frequently in academic institutions too. In nearly all such discussions, lack of funding and adequate facilities is presented as the major reason why research has not been conducted in the country on a large enough scale. To some extent I agree. Funds and facilities are indeed important.... 
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Research problem defined
 IN AN effort to determine the major reasons for lack of research in the country, and to find out if our scientists were satisfied with the present government’s policies, Sci-tech World recently carried out a short survey, in which questionnaires were sent to 10 well-known scientists....
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Byteback
 Computer speed Question: I have a DELL Pentium II processor with 64MB of RAM and 2.1GB of hard disk. Please tell me what I should do to increase my computer’s....
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RESEARCH & ETHICS: Put your ethics to the test
 THE CONTEMPORARY view of scientific research is dominated by suspicion of scientists. Hand in hand with that goes an obsessive protection of research subjects....
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RESEARCH & ETHICS: Not so beautiful mind
 WE ARE living through “the decade of the mind” in which the new sciences of brain and behaviour
are offering to explore and explain...
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The open option
 A
cash-strapped computer student or a professional cannot afford to purchase
different software packages of Microsoft’s MS Windows XP Home Edition, which
costs about Rs5,000...
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Webwatch
 Lessons for using PowerPoint: This website aims to make high quality education PowerPoint slideshows available to teachers as a classroom tool, and to students as a revision tool...
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TIPS AND TRICKS: Modem tools
L ET US develop a utility that will allow us to communicate directly with the modem, which involves not just getting information about its capabilities, but also being able to dial...
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NITTY-GRITTY: How atomic bombs work
 sCIENTISTS have known about the atom for a long time, possibly since thousands of years, but it was not fully understood until the beginning of the 20th century...
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Number systems are odd
M ATHEMATICS is often presented as if it is independent of us. It isn’t. It is a free construction of the human mind, created for some specific use....
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Speaking of numbers
IF YOU are like most people I meet, you believe you don’t have a good head for figures. If so, chances are the rot first started to set in when you...
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The emerging work practices
 Advances in information and collaborative technologies are resulting in rapid changes in work practices. An emerging technological phenomenon called telecommuting...
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A need of the times
 NANOTECHNOLOGY has evolved over the years from developments in different fields, including physics, chemistry and materials science. Spending in nanotechnology...
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NATIONAL SCENE: Biotechnology plan to benefit country: NCB
AS PART of its objectives, the National Commission on Biotechnology (NCB) is implementing an ambitious plan to help reap the technology’s benefits in the domains of...
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SCIENCE UPDATE: Unknown mammal found in Laos
IT SMELLS like a rat. It looks like a rat. And to the people of Laos the little furry creature on sale in the local market probably even tastes like a rat...
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IN THE END...: Not in my name
 RECENTLY, the House of Commons health select committee looked at the submission of ghostwritten articles to medical journals. Witnesses...
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