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Pakistani-American scientist Nergis Mavalvala, professor of astrophysics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who was a lead scientist in the team that discovered gravitational waves, has been recognized with the Great Immigrants award. “Our annual tribute to...

Photo by Molendijk, Bart via Wikimedia Commons Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has approved the renaming of Quaid-e-Azam University’s Physics Department as Professor Abdus Salam Center for Physics, taking a step toward recognition of the long-forgotten scientist....

How critically immigrants contribute to United States’ scientific and technological superiority over other countries was evident this week after it emerged that all six American recipients of 2016 Nobel Prizes announced so far are immigrants. The...

Oceans are experiencing a disturbing extinction pattern that may wipe out large animals with precarious ramifications for marine ecosystem, warns a new study. “The preferential threat to large-bodied marine animals poses a danger to ecosystems disproportionate...

A new study has revealed that Zika virus, until recently considered a threat to developing babies, could also damage adult brains. Hongda Li of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and The Rockefeller University in New York...

Seeking to inject a raft of pressing scientific, climate, health and technological challenges into the 2016 election debate, a coalition of more than 50 nonpartisan science and technology organizations has posed 20 high-stakes questions, asking candidates...

There are more concerns than excitement among Americans about how using new biomedical technologies like gene editing, brain chip implants and synthetic blood to change human capabilities, will alter the way of life. Outside of science...

Scientists working on a World Health Organization project have found no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee can cause cancer, although drinking very hot beverages probably causes cancer of the oesophagus, commonly known as food pipe. “These...

In one of the biggest tech deals, Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 billion, inclusive of LinkedIn’s net cash. Under the deal, LinkedIn will retain its distinct brand, culture and independence....

(Featured Image above is artist’s impression shows an imagined view from the surface one of the three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth that were discovered using the TRAPPIST telescope at ESO’s...