January 14, 2006 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 Technology that orbits our planet THE WORD “satellite” has become part of our everyday vocabulary, as we encounter it frequently in phrases like “satellite broadcasting”, “satellite navigation” and “satellite television”. It is, therefore, worthwhile to explore... Nine lives of cold fusion COLD FUSION defies physics. Even its supporters remain at a loss to fully explain it. Still, if it exists and is reproducible, it could revolutionize the world, decentralizing energy production so... US must innovate or perish THE US is losing its competitive advantage and may soon lose its innovative edge. It does not invest fully in resources most critical for sustained high-tech leadership, and the most talented and productive regions of the Third World challenge its dominance with skills and efforts only possessed by it once.... Top breakthroughs of 2005 Stem cells, climate change, and landing on an alien world. These were the highlights of an eventful year for scientists. Human chromosome in a mouse Genetics continues to be the biggest story in science and, with the creation of the world’s first mouse with a full human chromosome, ... Difficult times for coral reefs MARINE environment, coupled with biodiversity conservation, is an identified target area under the National Conservation Strategy. The coastal and near-shore waters are facing all sorts of natural and anthropogenic threats.... Trawlers destroying precious reefs PRECIOUS CORAL reefs in deep water to the west of Ireland and Scotland are being destroyed by trawlers, a marine scientist warned recently. Jason Hall-Spencer, of the University of Plymouth, sailed on a German research ship equipped with a French robot submersible to explore an extraordinary world more than 1,000 metres... Poachers helped tsunami THOUSANDS OF people were killed when the Dec 26, 2004, tsunami struck Sri Lanka because poachers had removed coral reefs that would have shielded the coastline from the worst of the waves.... When horror strikes Resident Evil 4 is the latest addition in the Resident Evil series of games. This one is much better than its predecessors, which were a major disappointment.... Webwatch If you thought chemistry was limited only to those who study it as a subject, this website will prove otherwise. Chemistry is everywhere around you. Check out the different sections here to find out where its principles apply,... Simply Wikid! WHEN YOU are managing a team spread out across a network, sharing thoughts, ideas, news or discussing issues can be difficult. Not any more, though. With browser-based collaboration techniques like Wiki, possibilities are virtually endless.... Energy from oceans IT IS a fact that our Sun is an important driving force behind various natural phenomena that occur on the Earth. In fact, it is amazing how much life relies on solar energy.... The guiding light — II TRIBUTE to the greatest medical discoveries continues in this issue of Sci-tech World. These discoveries radically altered medicine and opened previously unknown frontiers.... US bugged website visitors despite ban AN AMERICAN intelligence service tracked visitors to its website, despite government regulations, it can be revealed. Monitoring files, known as “cookies”, were discovered by a privacy activist at a time when... Energy projects worth Rs4.48bn planned THE Sindh government and the Alternate Energy Development Board (AEDB) will initiate six projects worth Rs4,485 million by September 2006 to generate electricity through biomass, wind and solar means.... Suffering from ‘blogonliness’ WITH BLOGS being the ‘in’ medium of communication, there are few who do not have blogging presence online. Blogs are essentially the ground beneath our feet.... Cool gadgets The key control LOGITECH CORDLESS DESKTOP S510 REMOTE KEYBOARD has a built-in wrist rest, a pleasing shape, and media keys on the left and right sides.... Byteback Formatting system QUESTION: My PC has a 1.8GHz processor with 256MB RAM. Recently, I installed WindowsXP on it. However, ten days after the installation, my Yahoo messenger, games and some other programmes stopped working.... ITeaser Think your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this ITeaser and find out for sure:...

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