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New whale fossils discovered in Pakistan in 2001, some of which have limb characteristics similar to artiodactyls, drew a more certain link between whales and artiodactyls. Boisserie and his colleagues conducted a phylogenetic analysis of new and previous hippo, whale and anthracothere fossils and were able to argue persuasively that anthracotheres are the missing link [...]

FOR a Karachi-born nuclear physicist, Pervez Hoodbhoy (54) fits no stereotype. Not surprising, therefore, that Hoodbhoy told Newsline he has no time to take in Bollywood movies. The professor from the Quaid-e-Azam University at Islamabad has spent the last two years bent over his laptop, editing precious footage on Kashmir for a 45-minute documentary titled [...]

Five Pakistani students qualified for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), pre-college science competition, by winning the First National Science Olympiad at the National Library Auditorium on Thursday. The winners will be participating in the Intel International Olympiad in Arizona from May 9 to 15. The Olympiad was titled ‘The masterminds of the [...]

Indicating a thaw in bilateral relations, Pakistan participated for the first time in the 92-year-old Indian Science Congress, being held in Ahmedabad. The four-member Pakistani delegation will be presenting three papers in the congress, Dr Anwar Nasim, chairman of the Pakistan’s National Commission on Biotechnology and a member of the delegation, told reporters in Ahmedabad…

This would be a unique opportunity of interaction for talented students and young scientists of the country with 40 Nobel laureates and about 600 fellow participants from over 30 countries in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Medicine. The facility would be provided only to Pakistani nationals, studying or working in public and private [...]

The Provincial Science Olympiad opened on Wednesday in Lahore. One hundred research-based projects in the fields of biology, chemistry, computer sciences, mathematics and physics are being displayed at the Olympiad. Intel Pakistan Corporation and the Punjab Education Department’s second science education project are jointly organising the Olympiad in which students will be selected for the [...]

Last century, a charismatic Pakistani scientist had to make a terrible decision: choose between a potentially brilliant career abroad, or remain at home in relative poverty and obscurity. At that time Pakistan offered no scope for postgraduate work. So Abdus Salam joined the brain drain, went to England, and eventually shared the 1979 Nobel Prize [...]

A delegation of [Indian] scientists led by Dr Darshan Singh visited University of Agriculture in Faisalabad, Pakistan, from September 21-26 to attend the international conference on Entomological Sciences and International Workshop on Cotton. The other delegates included Dr G S Deol, head, Department of Entomology; Dr Amrik Singh Sohi, Dr V K Dilawari, Dr Gursharan [...]

The government has decided to launch a project to explore future sources of energy. This will be the first project of its kind in Pakistan. Sources said the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has sought huge funding from the government to establish Laser Plasma Interaction Research Laboratory as it warranted “heavy investment” in the shape [...]

The University of Sindh will introduce the solar energy system to provide electricity to its departments, teaching institutes, hostels and residential colony. The project, to be prepared by the Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), will first be implemented at the Marui Hostel and then extended step-by-step to the university’s other facilities. The [...]