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Peeking into the past
Biotechnology
 Pollen gene flow/ GMO risks
Nur’ Amirah Nordin
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 Probiotics – microbes or sweets?
 Biotechnology and the road to Pakistan’s
Aneeqa Tahir
Kamran Hussain Hashmi
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progress
 The beauty and curse of black
 DNA polymerase – the miraculous enzyme
 Tissues made of silk fibre
Ali Nawaz
Zinnia Mansoor
Arun Asif
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 Unplugging life can save dying patients
 How to re-create wine aroma using gas
M. Ashhal Tahir
Muqeet Tahir
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 A talk with our worthy botanists and foresters:
By Muniza Almas
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 The living stones
 Treatment of TB through Miswak tree
 Sustainable use and conservation of medicinal
Muniza Almas
Fatima Zahid
Taha Arooj
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plants of Pakistan
 Forensic palynology
Ramsha Mubeen
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Oscar Lao
Sara Tahir
Ayesha Imtiaz
Tabassum Bashir
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Abbas Ali
Rabia Khizer
Rabia Muhammad Ali
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Saima Ameen
Sadaf Batool
Aroosha Amir Khan
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chromatography
Botany
Akmal Rahim and Ajmal Rahim
Chemistry
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Human population diversity: facts and myths
Dopamine – the creativity pill
Lethal injections for capital punishment in USA
Proteomics is a significant tool in forensic
science
Modern techniques used in forensics
Power generation in dark – a new concept
Diet coke, the contradictions associated with it
and its risk factors
Caffeine – a widely used drug
Enzymatic browning in fruits
Fertilisers or explosives
 Applications of nano-catalysts
Zain Ul Abedine
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Computer Science
 Emotional computer science
 Do you think it’s easy? Let’s begin with it!
 Artificial neural network and its applications
Muhammad Mohsin Mehdi 43
Muhammad Mohsin Mehdi 44
Dr. Muhammad Saleem 45
Khan
Economics
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Profiles of Foreign Contributors
The General theory proposed by Keynes
Contour of an Islamic economy
Intellectual property rights and technological
change
Economic woman of Pakistan
Role of youth in Pakistan’s economy
Economics matters and optimism persists
Benazir income support programme (the story
so far)
Tracy Mott
Shamim Ahmad Siddiqui
Sunil Kanwar
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Hania Shabbir
Ayesha Khalid
Zaeem Saqif
Hamna Zaheer
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Electrical Engineering
 Cooling with sun
 Black gold - underground coal gasification
Syeda Hijab Fatima
Rubab Sultana
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Maham Chaudhry
Amna Bashir
Muhammad Zain
Shabnam Bahar
Shehroz Aslam
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Artificial intelligence
Challenges in graphene technology
Creation of an eco world
Robots – the emanate fellows
3-D printing: transforming imagination into
reality!
Environmental Science
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The water game
3R’s and water reclamation and reuse
Green farming
Controlling agricultural waste in India and
Pakistan
 Ways to overcome health issues in Pakistan
 Our lungs love green
Aimon Tanvir
Areeba Khan
Tehreem Ahsan
Ayesha Hanif
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Alghaya Asghar
Iqra Fatima
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 Environmental tobacco smoke, indoor air
Ayesha Mehmood
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 Tectonic plates
 Geographic information system
 Geo-economic imperatives of Gwadar sea port
Waqar Ahmed Chandio
Mohsin Ali
Rub Nawaz
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and Kashghar economic zone for Pakistan
 Global warming
 Ice age
 Geographical and environmental impact on
culture
Sarim Ali
Imdad Ullah
Faisal Ibrahim
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Dr. Azhar Ali Zafar
Hafiz Maaz Amjad
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Gull e Zahra
Afhsan Hafeez
Isma Shahid
Selsabeel Iftikhar
Amjad Iqbal
Zaryyab Nayab Mughal
Maryam Atta
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Mubashar Hassan
Qurat-ul-Ain Nazir
Ayesha Razzaq
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Maham Irfan
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Maha Nauman
Misha Naz
Fatima Arshad
Tooba Ume Habiba
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pollution and public health concerns
Geography
Mathematics
 A brief introduction to fluid dynamics
 Why is mathematics the backbone of all
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sciences?
Glaciers and mathematics
Maths and magic
Relation between music and mathematics
The random world
Significance of mathematics
Biology and mathematics
Mathematical economics
Microbiology
 Biofuels versus fossil fuels
 Killer spikes
 How stress-bacteria trigger strokes or heart
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attacks? An intriguing hypothesis
GT’s kombucha products made from pure
cultures
Microbial contribution in global warming
Combating stress and depression via probiotics
Healthy ageing and gut microbiota
Dark chocolates are good for you.. all thanks to
the microbes!
Physics
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Tayyaba Bint-e-Mehmood
M. Akhtar Shahid
Dr. Mazhar Hussain
Muhammad Arshad
Saima Tabassum
Raheel Qamar Butt
Danial Naeem
Syed A. Muzammil Zaidi
The physics of emotions
Nobel Prize – interesting facts
Radioactivity and nuclear medicine
Clocks in the force of gravitation
Black holes
The mystery of the universe
The mysteries of quantum mind
Are we in present or past?
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Psychology
 Psychology in the east and west – an interview
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with Dr. Kausar Suhail
Is optimism bias in fact realism bias?
Viewed or read – make your mind!
Uncovering the mysteries of human brain
Is it still a man’s world?
Pets and personality – does your pet define who
you are?
Geropsychology: loving our elders is no longer
bothersome
Misconception about psychologists
Robotic mentality of today’s man
The psychology of horoscopes
What I do define me
On intelligence and environment
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Aneeza Pervez
Sylvia De ’Souza
Nasreen Akhtar
Sadia Huda Khan
Dil-ruba Mumtaz
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Rabya Abdul Qadoos
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Mehwish Irshad
Fatima Ahmed
Sabaenah Salim
Muneeba Naeem
Muhammad
Waseem
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Hamza 151
Statistics
 Distribution in dichotomous case
 Sampling methods
 Regression in the real world
Hafiza Nasiha Sarwar
Iraj Mahmood
Warda
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 Profiles of foreign contributors
 The big cat tale (cheetah conservation in
Dr. Laurie Marker
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James Hanken
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Simon Levin
Nuzhat Raees
Dr. Iram Liaqat
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Zoology
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Why are there so many new amphibian species
when amphibians are declining?
Ecological protection and economic growth
The magic wand of queens – pheromones
The innocent ghost
 Stress – a silent killer
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Now get vaccine against ectoparasites!
Man versus mosquito
Sharks… are they important to ecosystem?
The mythical monsters (superstitions related
with animals)
 Scientists grow cartilage to reconstruct nose
 One that glitters in the dark: bob tail squid and
its bacterial buddies
Dr.
Muhammad
Fiaz 169
Qamar
Madiha Sana
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Fatima Tahir
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Wishah Bilal
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Qurat-ul-Ain Sheikh
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Abbas Khan
Iqra Zafar
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A Meeting with the Vice Chancellor
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Associate Editors’ Notes
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