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Exploring the Potential Characteristics of BPC-157 and TB-500

The study of peptides has garnered significant attention within the scientific community, particularly concerning the properties and impacts of synthetic peptides such as BPC-157 and TB-500. These peptides have been hypothesized to exhibit…

Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 17:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter

UK scientists are developing a vaccine for an unknown disease

UK scientists have begun developing vaccines as an insurance against a new pandemic caused by an unknown "Disease X".They have drawn up a threat list of animal viruses that are capable of infecting humans and could in future spread rapidly…

Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | | by Erick Matotoba

Zimbabwe satellite launch imminent

Zimbabwe's first satellite - ZimSat-1 - will reach the International Space Station (ISS) next month before its launch into orbit in November, marking the country's entry into space after a two-month delay caused by inclement weather.ZimSat…

Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwean Nuclear Scientist Embarks On Ambitious Project To Build A Scientific Research Center In Chihota

HARARE - Cain Manzira, a nuclear scientist based in the United States, has come up with a project to build a scientific research center in Chihota area where his clan is based. He is targeting the fast growing township of Mahusekwa where a…

Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 20:20hrs | | by Agencies

The invention and revolutionary stand of the hubble space telescope

Space is huge. It is estimated to be more than 23 trillion light years diameter wise. For context of its sheer size, think of a single light year which is around 5.8 trillion miles. Although there are estimates of how large the universe is…

Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff writer

ZimSwitch partners with Visa in ZImbabwe

Zimswitch, Zimbabwe's designated national switch and clearing house, has announced that it has partnered with Visa to help enable more Zimbabweans and businesses to make and receive secure and seamless payments.Through the partnership, cli…

Published: 05 May 2021 at 15:26hrs | | by Agencies

Zimbabwe missed digitalization deadline by 3 years

Zimbabwe failed to meet the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) deadline to migrate from analogue broadcasting to digital since June 2015.The digitalization project which is under the jurisdiction of the Broadcasting Association o…

Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Technology leads the future of healthcare on the continent'

Technology is shaping the way we experience healthcare. From electronic medical records and patient self-tracking to informatics and minimally invasive procedures, healthcare is getting more and more high-techâ€¦ and nurses in Africa are a…

Published: 10 May 2018 at 11:05hrs | | by Agencies

Company offers free DNA testing in Bulawayo

A LOCAL company, Global DNA Zimbabwe has introduced free Deoxyribonucleic (DNA) testing to under-privileged members of the society as a way of ensuring more people have access the service.DNA testing in Zimbabwe is expensive with the cheap…

Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 10:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Sound legislation to regulate technologies needed to ensure biosafety - Dr. Mufandaedza

The golden question to be answered is, 'What is the purpose of having a biosafety and biosecurity regulatory framework in Zimbabwe?'."A sound legislation to regulate technologies to ensure their safe and responsible use in humans, animals …

Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 19:42hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai

NASA reveals massive meteor crashed into the Atlantic ocean

NASA has revealed that a massive meteor crashed into the Atlantic ocean earlier this month with the force equivalent to an atomic bomb. However nobody had a clue that it had happened.Despite having the destructive power of the Hiroshima bo…

Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Tech Reporter

Aliens could have started life on Earth? - Study

New research, due to appear in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, shows life may have spread through space like an infectious virus.Alien life forms may have swept from planet to planet creating the seeds of new species wherever they found…

Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 23:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe digitalisation process on course

Engineers are working flat out to ensure the digitalisation process becomes a reality in the next few weeks.The process begins with the installation of a nine meter satellite dish which will carry the signal to 48 digital transmitters acro…

Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 19:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Digital migration likely to cause content problems'

THE migration from analogue broadcasting to digital terrestrial television (DTT) whose deadline is set for June 17 is likely to cause a content challenge for broadcasters, Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe chief executive officer, Obert M…

Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 10:45hrs | | by Yoliswa Dube

Chinese dismiss Snowden's stealth jet hack accusations

China dismissed accusations it stole F-35 stealth fighter plans as groundless on Monday, after documents leaked by former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden on a cyber attack were published by a German magazine.The Pentagon has pr…

Published: 19 Jan 2015 at 12:22hrs | | by Reuters

Study shows that being bilingual really does boost brain power

 - Researchers studied brain scans from 20 people, all around the age of 30 - They had started learning English as a second language around age 10 - The study found improvements in the structure of the brain's white matter&n…

Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 05:45hrs | | by Tech Reporter

Philips collaborates with SA company to commercialize Wind-Up Fetal Heart Rate Monitor

JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa - Royal Philips (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG), today announced a partnership with South Africa based not-for-profit organization, PET (PowerFree Education Technology), to further develop, test and commercialize a Wind-u…

Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 09:13hrs | | by Tech Reporter

Earth-sized planet discovered in 'habitable zone'

Washington - The hunt for potential life in outer space has taken a step forward - an international team of researchers has discovered the first Earth-sized planet within the "habitable zone" of another star.The exoplanet dubbed Kepler-186…

Published: 19 Apr 2014 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Human nose capable of discriminating 1 trillion odors

WASHINGTON - Human nose is capable of discriminating at least 1 trillion different odors, a new U.S. study said Thursday.While humans can differentiate among several million different colors and almost half a million different tones, it ha…

Published: 21 Mar 2014 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Men and women can't agree, even in their sleep - Study

London - It seems that men and women can't agree - even when asleep.A study of dreams found that even in the dead of night, we are thinking about different things.While men have nightmares about fires, floods, wars and other disasters, wom…

Published: 05 Feb 2014 at 22:53hrs | | by Daily Mail

First DNA testing centre registered in Zim

The country's first ever DNA testing centre has been registered with the Medical Laboratory and Clinic Scientists Council of Zimbabwe, bringing local solutions to paternity disputes and other civil and criminal challenges.Although the Afri…

Published: 10 Jan 2014 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Russia successfully launches new Soyuz rocket

Moscow - Russia successfully launched an upgraded version of its Soviet-design Soyuz rocket on Saturday, the Defence Ministry said, giving a boost to the country's troubled space programme.The launch of the Soyuz 2.1v rocket, which feature…

Published: 29 Dec 2013 at 06:21hrs | | by Reuters

Dogs likely originated from Europe more than 18,000 years ago - Research

WASHINGTON - European and U.S. researchers said last Thursday that wolves likely were domesticated by European hunter-gatherers more than 18,000 years ago and gradually evolved into dogs that became household pets.The researchers studied 1…

Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 08:56hrs | | by Tech Reporter

India successfully launches its maiden mission to Mars

NEW DELHI - India on Tuesday successfully launched its maiden mission to Mars from the spaceport of Sriharikota in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, thus scripting history by becoming only the fourth in the world after the United State…

Published: 06 Nov 2013 at 08:53hrs | | by Tech Reporter

'Microbial battery' to produce electricity from sewage water

WASHINGTON - U.S. researchers said Monday they have created a "microbial battery" that harnesses a special type of microbe to produce electricity by digesting the plant and animal waste dissolved in sewage.The invention, published in the j…

Published: 17 Sep 2013 at 03:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Earth-like exoplanet discovered - completes orbit in mere 8.5 hours

WASHINGTON - U.S. researchers said Monday that they have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet that orbits its host star in the time it takes you to complete a single workday, or get a full night's sleep.Located about 700 light-years away, t…

Published: 20 Aug 2013 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter

NASA releases images of Earth taken from Saturn, Mercury

WASHINGTON - U.S. space agency NASA on Monday released color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two of its interplanetary spacecraft last week that show our planet and its moon as "bright beacons" from millions of kilometers away…

Published: 23 Jul 2013 at 05:45hrs | | by Xinhua

Researchers find simple way to create stem cells

WASHINGTON - Chinese researchers said Thursday they have developed an "easy and safe way" to create stem cells, a breakthrough that could greatly promote the development of so-called therapeutic cloning to generate tissues and organs for t…

Published: 19 Jul 2013 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Gold on Earth might have come from colliding dead stars: research

WASHINGTON - All gold on the Earth might have come from extreme crashes between dense dead stars, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.Gold is not only rare on our planet, but also rare in the universe. Unlike elements like carbon or iron, …

Published: 18 Jul 2013 at 13:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter

1âˆšÃ‡Â¬âˆ«C of global warming could cause the sea level to rise by 2 metres - Study

VIENNA - The resulting warming of the earth could cause the sea level to rise by more than two metres for each additional celsius degree of warmth, an international research team in Innsbruck, Austria, said on Monday.The effects of carbon …

Published: 16 Jul 2013 at 14:04hrs | | by Tech Reporter

Russian rocket crashes in satellites launch

MOSCOW - A Proton-M rocket crashed one minute after blasting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday.Live TV broadcast showed that the rocket, carrying three Glonass-M satellites…

Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 15:42hrs | | by Tech Reporter

Pluto's two smallest moons get official names

WASHINGTON - The two smallest known moons orbiting Pluto have been officially christened by the International Astronomical Union, which is in charge of approving celestial names, the U.S. nonprofit science research group SETI Institute sai…

Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Scientists in Australia identify 280 craters on the moon

Australian scientists have identified 280 craters on the moon that have never been mapped before, utilizing ultra-high resolution mapping techniques.The researchers at Curtin University in Western Australia used computer modelling of lunar…

Published: 18 Jun 2013 at 10:49hrs | | by Tech Reporter

First IVF baby born using naturally occurring hormone

The first baby in the world to be born to a woman who was given a naturally occurring hormone to stimulate egg production instead of the usual fertility drugs could herald a safer era of IVF treatment, scientists believe.Baby Heath - …

Published: 18 Jun 2013 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Watch Airbus A350 first flight

Airbus's new A350 plane - deemed a next-generation plane - has lifted off from the southwestern city of Toulouse, with six people on board. To see take off skip video to 61:25. The test flight of the long-haul plane comes just days ahead o…

Published: 14 Jun 2013 at 07:43hrs | | by Airbus

Same-sex marriage has no effect on straight couples - Research

New research published June 11 in the Public Library of Science, show that same-sex marriage has no impact on straight couples."[A] deleterious effect on rates of state rates of opposite sex marriage has been argued to be a motivating fact…

Published: 12 Jun 2013 at 20:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter

China successfully launches fifth manned spacecraft

JIUQUAN - China successfully launched its fifth manned spacecraft late Tuesday afternoon, sending three astronauts on the country's longest space trip.With 10 astronauts and six spacecraft launched into space in a decade, China is speeding…

Published: 11 Jun 2013 at 15:03hrs | | by Tech Reporter

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity finds 'drinkable' water

A Martian rock analyzed by NASA's rover Opportunity contains clays formed in non-acidic water, an environment potentially suitable for the chemistry of ancient life to brew.The solar-powered Opportunity landed on Mars in January 2004 for w…

Published: 10 Jun 2013 at 17:24hrs | | by Tech Reporter

NASA launches rocket designed to study the formation of the first galaxy

WASHINGTON - U.S. space agency NASA on Wednesday night launched a rocket that carries the Cosmic Infrared Background ExpeRiment (CIBER) designed to study the formation of the first galaxy.The Black Brant XII suborbital rocket carrying the …

Published: 06 Jun 2013 at 04:50hrs | | by Tech Reporter

Sweat linked to men's willingness to work with one another - Study

A pheromone contained in male sweat has been shown in tests to increase men's willingness to work with one another.The chemical, androstadienone, has previously been linked to how attractive women find men but the new research suggests it …

Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 15:43hrs | | by Tech Reporter

White tiger coat caused by single pigment gene mutation: Research

The spectacular white coats of white tigers are caused by a single change in a known pigment gene, a new study has found.The research, to be published in the June issue of Current Biology, might help end decades of speculation that the tra…

Published: 29 May 2013 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Chinese biologists find new method to improve cell reprogramming efficiency

LONDON - Sequential introduction of the proteins known to reprogram cells could improve the efficiency of cell reprogramming, according to a new study reported in Nature Cell Biology on Sunday.Currently, researchers use simultaneous introd…

Published: 27 May 2013 at 05:55hrs | | by Tech Reporter

Meteoroid strikes moon, causing explosion visible on Earth

A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescope, NASA reported Friday. But don't be alarmed if you didn't see it; it only lasted about a second."It exploded…

Published: 18 May 2013 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Nasa has given final approval to first asteroid mission

Washington - The US space agency Nasa has given final approval to the first US mission to fly a spacecraft to an astroid and bring samples of it back to Earth.The mission aims to send the spacecraft in 2016 to a near-Earth asteroid under a…

Published: 18 May 2013 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Stephen Hawking pulls out of Israel conference

Jerusalem - Celebrated British physicist Stephen Hawking has pulled out of a June conference hosted by Israel's President Shimon Peres, joining an academic boycott of the Jewish state, event organisers said on Wednesday."Hawking joined the…

Published: 08 May 2013 at 23:27hrs | | by Tech

Predicted rise in sea threatens biodiversity in the Pacific: study

VIENNA - The predicted rise in sea level in the Pacific in future will lead to heavy losses of habitat that will threaten numerous species, a new study showed on Tuesday.Conducted by researchers from the Veterinary University of Vienna in …

Published: 10 Apr 2013 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter

Scientists discover a way to 'read' people's dreams

Scientists in Japan said Friday they had found a way to "read" people's dreams, using MRI scanners to unlock some of the secrets of the unconscious mind.Researchers have managed what they said was "the world's first decoding" of night-time…

Published: 05 Apr 2013 at 12:33hrs | | by Tech Reporter

Men have natural aversion to sex with best friends' wives - Study

A new US study finds that men may have a natural aversion to the idea of having sex with their best friends' wives.A University of Missouri study has found that adult males' testosterone levels dropped when they were interacting with the m…

Published: 24 Mar 2013 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter

First Nanotechnology Centre launched in Zim

THE first ever Zimbabwe International Nanotechnology Centre was launched in Harare early this week.The launch was made possible through a partnership between the State University of New York at Buffalo and the Science and Technology Develo…

Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 22:56hrs | | by Tech Reporter

Birds once had four wings - Study

In order to achieve bipedal flight, birds first had to ditch two hind wings over the course of their evolution, according to a study to be published Friday in the journal Science.Recently, several fossils have shown that some dinosaurs had…

Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 08:03hrs | | by Tech reporter

Technology / Science

No to 2030 extension

Police confirm Bulawayo-Beitbridge road accident

Zimbabwe loans ARVs to Botswana, donates portion in regional health solidarity

Govt to launch Responsible Mining Initiative amid worsening land degradation

MP Mhangwa urges govt to cut LPG Import Bill through local gas substitution

Man dies in bicycle accident

Relegation-threatened Bosso players boycott training

Pavillon bus involved in a serious accident

Tragedy in Mt Darwin as cow falls into well, killing young woman

Zimbabwe announces strict enforcement of axle load limits

Zanu-Pf, Eureka Mine unleash violence on artisinal miners

Church Leaders Unite to Tackle Africa's Social Crises at Landmark Summit

Minister to Lead Sanitation Awareness Drive in Guruve Amid Open Defecation Concerns*

BCC launch blitz on traffic laws violator

Gray Hair: Nature’s Warning Signal or Cancer Shield?

'Power cut at Parly during SONA was deliberate'

MPs Push for Service Charge Relief for Elderly Amid Lack of National Policy

Zimbabwean agitator deported from Tanzania

Zimbabwean national arrested in Khayelitsha

Push for unity among Ndebele Royal claimants

Herentals to play 3 home games behind closed doors

Zimbabwe to give Zambia more water at Kariba

ZRP disciplines cops over viral video

Matobo rocked by corrupt and dubious land grab

Mnangagwa launches AI-powered smart silos in Mutare

No justification for bread price increases

Teen girl raped twice by cousin during babysitting sleepover

Teen remanded over blanket, shoe theft

Bulawayo hits Starlink capacity

Herdsman jailed for sleeping with schoolgirl