Value of food-based plastics in today’s world Many years ago, food was used for one thing: eating. Today, it has a much more complicated role; scientists, manufacturers and policy makers are exploring whether food could one day eliminate our dependence on oil. Food-based fuels like ethanol and biodiesel are increasingly replacing gasoline and diesel in […]
Oct 30 2011 | Posted in
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Tapping trees – a genuine way to collect natural rubber all around the world The Mesoamerican peoples, such as the Mayans and the Aztecs, first tapped rubber from one of several trees found in Central and South America: Hevea braziliensis: the most common commercial rubber tree from Brazil. Hevea guyanensis: originally found in French Guyana. […]
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High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC) released its newest Windows Phone-based smartphone, the HTC Titan on October 15th. The new handset is the high-end denomination of the new Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. HTC Radar is the low-end, cheaper smartphone that houses the same Mango version but with lower specifications. Titan is powered by a 1.5 GHz […]
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Samsung leapfrogged Apple in the quarterly supply of smartphone units in September, according to reports. Samsung’s various Android OS powered Galaxy phones have surpassed Apple’s iPhone shipment orders in the third quarter of the fiscal year 2011. However, the statistics on the actual sales have not been revealed by Strategy Analytics Samsung. According to the […]
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If you have even a tiny bit of thought that Pakistan has no association with the word “innovation”, well, think again, because you would be very wrong. This year, Pakistan’s Dr. Umar Saif has proudly made his way to a place in the global IT sector. MIT Technology Review, which is one of the world’s […]
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Journey to the CT scanner lab to watch scientists in action looking inside a Peruvian Mummy Researchers at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History are looking to probe in a seven centuries old mummy to reveal secrets about its life and death. Dr Bruno Frolich is working in his small room these days, […]
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Scientists unearth a long lost Roman camp by the River Lippe Scientists in Germany have unearth a fantastic evidence of a camp that was constructed by Romans in order to get protection from the ancient Germanic hordes but the River Lippe in Germany. According to historians, this camp once harboured almost 1000 legionnaires and is […]
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Unemployment in engineering and manufacturing sectors – Pakistan Industrial sector updates 2011 Lahore – It will not be wrong to say that the long and outstanding unemployment problem is causing a chaos in Pakistan. Since coming into force, the federal government has not been able to come up with the right plan to create enough […]
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Pakistan natural gas crisis – Energy Sector Update 2011 Lahore – Pakistan is facing its worst energy crisis since its birth in1947. The country lacks proper natural resources management, thanks to incompetent ruling parties that have been not able to improve infrastructure and production facilities even after sixty four years of independence. It has been […]
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Apple, Inc. announced the revised version of the Macbook Pro this week. The new 15-inch model has revamped specifications that are subtle to notice but when compared with the new price tag, they emerge in clear contrast with the older version release earlier this year. The processor has been improved to 2.2 GHz second generation […]
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Buried lake in Antarctica key to climatic change prediction A few days back, scientists unearthed an ancient lake that was hidden deep beneath the ice sheets of the Western Antarctica. It has now been widely suggested by scientists that this discovery would give a lot of clues about the climatic changes and could even help […]
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Sony buys off Ericsson’s share for about $1.47 billion While addressing Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA ) in Berlin, Sony Chief Executive, Howard Stringer, confirmed on Thursday, October 27, that Sony is ending their mobile phone joint venture with Ericsson by buying off the latter’s 50 percent share for about $1.47 billion, to be the sole owners […]
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