Technology / Science
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 syn...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 17:50hrs | 332 | 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 thre...Published: 09 Aug 2023 at 08:07hrs | 24 | 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 ...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:09hrs | 7 | 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 bui...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 20:20hrs | 23 | 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 conte...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 18:16hrs | 12 | 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...Published: 05 May 2021 at 15:26hrs | 2 | 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....Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 12:31hrs | 9 | 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 invasiv...Published: 10 May 2018 at 11:05hrs | 2 | 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 ensurin...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 10:23hrs | 19 | 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 ...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 19:42hrs | 3 | 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...Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 06:48hrs | 4 | 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...Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 23:49hrs | 8 | 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 instal...Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 19:14hrs | 4 | 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 challe...Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 10:45hrs | 2 | 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...Published: 19 Jan 2015 at 12:22hrs | 3 | 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 ...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 05:45hrs | 10 | 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, ...Published: 03 Oct 2014 at 09:13hrs | 3 | 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 Eart...Published: 19 Apr 2014 at 07:56hrs | 5 | 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 dif...Published: 21 Mar 2014 at 08:13hrs | 3 | 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 a...Published: 05 Feb 2014 at 22:53hrs | 4 | 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 ...Published: 10 Jan 2014 at 08:14hrs | 6 | 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 ...Published: 29 Dec 2013 at 06:21hrs | 5 | 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...Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 08:56hrs | 3 | 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 Prades...Published: 06 Nov 2013 at 08:53hrs | 3 | 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 ...Published: 17 Sep 2013 at 03:16hrs | 4 | 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 co...Published: 20 Aug 2013 at 06:09hrs | 3 | 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 we...Published: 23 Jul 2013 at 05:45hrs | 3 | 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 prom...Published: 19 Jul 2013 at 07:16hrs | 4 | 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...Published: 18 Jul 2013 at 13:58hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
1ºC 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...Published: 16 Jul 2013 at 14:04hrs | 3 | 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 ...Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 15:42hrs | 2 | 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 cha...Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 15:35hrs | 2 | 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....Published: 18 Jun 2013 at 10:49hrs | 2 | 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 fertili...Published: 18 Jun 2013 at 07:59hrs | 4 | 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 tak...Published: 14 Jun 2013 at 07:43hrs | 8 | 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] deleterio...Published: 12 Jun 2013 at 20:57hrs | 3 | 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...Published: 11 Jun 2013 at 15:03hrs | 4 | 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 ...Published: 10 Jun 2013 at 17:24hrs | 3 | 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 st...Published: 06 Jun 2013 at 04:50hrs | 3 | 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, androstadieno...Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 15:43hrs | 5 | 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 p...Published: 29 May 2013 at 07:43hrs | 3 | 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 stud...Published: 27 May 2013 at 05:55hrs | 2 | 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 Frid...Published: 18 May 2013 at 08:57hrs | 3 | 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 ...Published: 18 May 2013 at 08:51hrs | 3 | 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 aca...Published: 08 May 2013 at 23:27hrs | 2 | 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 stu...Published: 10 Apr 2013 at 05:15hrs | 2 | 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 m...Published: 05 Apr 2013 at 12:33hrs | 5 | 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 st...Published: 24 Mar 2013 at 06:36hrs | 4 | 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 part...Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 22:56hrs | 2 | 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 F...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by Tech reporter
Load More Stories
