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Measuring national science output
 The widening gap in Economics and influence between the nations of the South and the North is basically the science gap. — Prof Abdus Salam...
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Byteback
 Question: I want to use my television screen as a monitor for my PC as well. Will the TV tuner card help, or is there...
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Made to measure
 ‘Money, as far as engineers are concerned, is money. Not so for medics, who believe that some people’s money is worth....
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Most cited scientists of 2005
The following is a list of scientists from around the world whose works were cited most often in 2005, according to the ISI Essential Science Indicators....
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Pakistan, India in clean-up act
 To the average Lahori consumer, the piles of outsize vegetables in the local market look appealing and fresh, especially....
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Beautiful backwaters disappearing
Clutching a string of jasmine, Amitha is laughing as she watches her younger brother plunge naked into the clear waters of the canal. Kingfishers dart over the lagoon....
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An era of mind control?
 Brain scientists are on a roll. Concern about rising level of mental distress have resulted in unprecedented level of funding in the...
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It’s the art of performance
The interesting thing about the Tamiflu vaccine for bird flu that everybody keeps going on about, is this: it is not a vaccine. The manufacturers even spell that out in their factsheet....
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The pixel game — I
 Ever since the digital camera age began, a whole new world of photography has opened up. Going digital is much easier than film....
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Webwatch
 We have all heard of chemistry but how many of us have heard of femto-chemistry? This website delves deep into the...
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Piracy alert!
With software piracy declared illegal in Pakistan, organisations need to be doubly aware of what their employees install in their systems. And given the...
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Healing the green way
 Modern science is eventually opening its doors to alternative healing techniques, one of which is using plants....
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He changed the world
 The main contributions by Albert Einstein include the theory of relativity, mathematical basis for the structure of the universe, replacement of the....
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Shooting for the moon, again
Behind 18 inches of concrete in stainless steel cabinets flushed with pure nitrogen rests a material rarer than gold, more valuable than diamonds. Not even Nasa...
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Media city for Pakistan
The government of Pakistan is planning to establish a media city corporation at the cost of an initial capital Rs951 million that will serve a wide range of electronic....
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Cool gadgets
 THE CANON DR-2050C offers reasonably fast scans and recognition for scanning and saving in searchable PDF...
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Adding to the cyber voice
 Consider this scenario: there is going to be protest for a certain cause at your university....
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ITeaser
Think your IT knowledge is really good? Rack your brain with this ITeaser and find out for sure...
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