Science Alert Scientists at the UC Berkeley have developed a new, efficient catalyst that can produce hydrogen fuel from water. Working as effective as Platinum, this made of Jell-O catalyst is an inexpensive new material for important catalytic reactions. Scientists used a similar recipe of making Jell-O from a box to create this catalyst. They…
Arab News: During talks with Pakistan’s visiting foreign minister, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday emphasized the need to fully implement the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity (APAPPS), as Kabul seeks to reset ties with the new government in Islamabad. The one-day visit by Shah Mahmood Qureshi is the first by a top…
Tech Explorist Pneumonia, a respiratory disease that kills about 50,000 people in the United States every year. Rapid detection of pneumonia is critical for effective treatment, especially in hospital-acquired cases which are often more severe. MIT scientists have now built up a nanoparticle-based innovation that could be utilized to enhance the speed of diagnosis. This…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Jatiya Party Chairman and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament HM Ershad is again going to Singapore today for medical checkup, UNB reports. Ershad along with his younger brother Hossain Morshed, his wife Roksana Khan Moreshed and party presidium member Major (retd) Khaled Akhter will leave the capital at 12:40 pm…
CNN: Scientists love to study twins because they help answer age-old questions about nature vs. nurture. Identical twins share the same genes, so any differences between them — say, more wrinkled versus less wrinkled skin — could be the result of their environment. “Studies of human health are plagued by these confounding factors,” Craig said,…
Kabir Humayun: A high-powered five-member probe committee was formed yesterday to investigate the incident of separating a newborn’s body during delivery. The probe-committee was asked to submit the report on their findings in seven days, said Dr Mozibur Rahman, civil surgeon of Cumilla, reports The Daily Star. According to a release of Cumilla civil surgeon…
Desk report: A total of 340 illegal saw mills are going to stop operation immediately in Pabna at a high court order responding to a petition on July 24,reports Daily Observer. Out of 367 Saw mills, 340 sawmills are running without any government permission in Pabna district. While our correspondent asked some owners about the…
Abrar Hussain: At the invitation of Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, Thailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn is scheduled to arrive in Dhaka today on a four-day royal visit, reported The Daily Star. State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam will receive and welcome the Thai princess at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on her arrival in…
Tahsin Rahman Oshin Marvel’s Most Wanted Marvel’s Most Wanted, or simply Most Wanted, is an upcoming television pilot based on the characters of Bobbi Morse. Produced by Marvel Television, the series is scheduled to air on ABC Network and will be set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel’s Most Wanted hails from “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”…
Sayeed Muhammad: Expressing frustration over poor luggage handling at the country’s premier airport, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shahjahan Kamal has suggested cutting jobs of aged and incapable employees of the national flag career. “There’re many aged employees (in Biman) who are not capable to deliver. You say bye to them with handsome compensation. You…