For the last three decades, botanist Julio Betancur has braved minefields and penetrated deep into jungle territory infested with drug traffickers and armed gangs in a bid to document Colombia’s rich biodiversity, BOL News learnt. Colombia is second only to Brazil for its incredible range of fauna and flora. Armed only with a notebook and … Read more
BEIJING: A Chinese court sentenced the scientist who created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies to three years in prison on Monday, BOL News learnt. According to the official news agency, on charges of illegally practicing medicine the scientist who created the world’s first ‘gene-edited’ babies sentenced to 3 years in prison. He Jiankui was convicted … Read more
A 78-year-old Delhi-based biomedical engineer Sujoy Guha invented the drug which is a single preloaded syringe shot into the tubes carrying sperm from the testicle to the penis, under local anesthesia. The non-hormonal, long-acting contraceptive, researchers claim, will be effective for 13 years. The clinical trials were then halted on the charge that Reversible Inhibition … Read more
Google security experts uncovered an “indiscriminate” hacking operation that targeted iPhones over a period of at least two years and used websites to implant malicious software to access photos, user locations and other data. In a post Thursday on the blog of Google´s Project Zero security task force, cyber experts did not name the hacked … Read more
Pakistan has become the first country in South East Asia to have tested 5G. Spearheading the digital innovation, a private Chinese telecom company has conducted a successful test of using 5G in Pakistan. 5G will unfold a new digital revolution in the country as the test has put Pakistan on the elite list of countries … Read more
