Scientists in the country have described research, particularly at the instance of laboratory technologists, as a leg of the university tripod that cannot be overestimated. They are unanimous in the call to governments at all levels to prioritise better funding of research in Nigerian universities. The calls were made during the Fifth Biennial Conference/Workshop of […]
By Philip Clement The need for scientists to communicate their research in a clear manner has again being brought to the fore. Prof. Mohammad Ishiyaku, Executive Director, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria says there must clarity when scientists communicate about their researches. Prof. Ishiyaku said at the opening of a three-day media […]
Johannesburg – A new study claiming that our earliest ancestors come from a specific area in southern Africa and not Eastern Africa as previously thought received strong criticism on Tuesday. “I was shocked by this study and think it was quite irresponsible,” Professor Rebecca Ackermann of the Human Evolution Research Institute (HERI) in Cape Town, […]
In the hostile environment of the ‘galactic bulge’ at the heart of our galaxy, scientists have spotted a planet so big it might not actually be a planet. A large international team of researchers found the object when looking at data acquired by NASA’s Spitzer infra-red space telescope, which was first launched in 2003. Using […]
Research has revealed that your blood type determines so many factors that influence your everyday life. According to scientists, eating according to your blood types could be the key to wellness, knowing your susceptibility to certain illnesses and blood types even portray people’s personalities. There are mainly four types of blood group-A, B, O, and […]
The minute hand of the Doomsday Clock, which indicates how close the world’s leading scientists think we are from destroying the planet, has moved forward to two and a half minutes to midnight, scientists announced today in Washington, D.C. Midnight on the clock represents doomsday. The closer the minute hand is to midnight, the higher […]