In Pakistan, there has been massive imports of electrical devices, piezoelectric actuators, car buzzers, and sensors to be used for several applications as they are not produced locally and these imports have burdened the national exchequer. Hence, we are in dire need of producing the piezoelectric powder in lab/pilot-scale locally and at affordable price in…
For millenniums, mankind has been wearing clothes. For centuries, mankind has also been putting on devices like spectacles or ornaments like jewelry. In the era of technology, this evolution continues and has taken the shape of wearable devices like smartwatches, smart jewelry, smart clothing, etc. Medical scientists have also adopted these innovations and developed gadgets…
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits (IC), also called as a chip, are tiny devices composed of billions of transistors, that drive the electronics world today. For instance, the microprocessor is one of the oldest computing platforms that still quietly powers our life today – there is one in the device you are reading this article on and…
The research and innovation activities by Dr Murtaza Najabat Ali and his team were in the limelight yet again during this quarter, as the team worked tirelessly to achieve the aim of taking NUST and Pakistan to the new heights of success. Briefly, the team secured a research grant worth 7.4 million, published three papers…
On average, humans spend around 90 % of their time indoors, which highlights the importance of indoor air quality. Indoor air quality typically encompasses the ambient conditions inside buildings and public facilities that may affect both the mental and respiratory health of an individual. Until the COVID-19 outbreak, indoor air quality monitoring was not a…
The novel Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) designated as SARS-CoV-2 is first reported in early December 2019 and short after declared as an infection that can lead to severe respiratory disease. It has proven itself as a complicated disease that can emerge in several forms and its severity levels are ranging from minor to major stages…
