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Engineering, Empathy & Innovation: PakVitae Solving Water Problems for the World

Rabia Nusrat, ideaXme’s Public Interviewer and an environmental engineering enthusiast from UET Lahore, interviewed Shayan Sohail Sarwar, a chemical engineer from the University of Engineering & Technology Lahore, Pakistan. Shayan Sohail Sarwar is a young innovator, and chief technology officer of Pak Vitae, a company dedicated to solving water problems for low-income communities. Driven by […]
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  1. Astronomy

From Earth to Mars: The Quest for Extraterrestrial Habitation

Humans have been scouring space in a quest to understand the prospects of human survival and the evidence of extraterrestrial life on other planets for a long time. Ground-breaking space missions like Voyager 1, Kepler, and Cassini-Huygens have revolutionized the way astronomers look at our universe and have opened new fields in planetary science exploration.
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  1. Environmental Sciences

Near-Biblical Locust Swarms: What Catastrophe Next?

Since the start of the year, the world has witnessed some unpredictable and shocking events taking place around the globe, and despite our characteristically quick recovery from the disasters, the scale of these calamities cannot be dismissed. In 2018, a shifting pattern of consecutive rains in the Arabian Peninsula created pockets of water in the […]
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  2. Life Science

The Single Specie Track of Human Evolution

The most fundamental aspect related to life is death. Life, in reality, is a balance maintained by chemical forces between different molecules. There exist more conditions in an ever-changing world to challenge rather than sustain this molecular balance. Sooner or later the harmonious execution of these brilliant chemical forces is expected to go out of […]
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  2. Interviews

Reshaping Education from the Roots Upwards

There is a growing concern about the continuously declining state of education in Pakistan. While numerous issues are at play in aggravating the situation, an in-depth analysis reveals that  the heart of the problem lies at the soulless education offered by commercial ‘education franchises’, which rarely promote anything but rote-learning and a blindfolded chase of […]
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  1. Interviews

Engineering, Empathy & Innovation: PakVitae Solving Water Problems for the World

Rabia Nusrat, ideaXme’s Public Interviewer and an environmental engineering enthusiast from UET Lahore, interviewed Shayan Sohail Sarwar, a chemical engineer from the University of Engineering & Technology Lahore, Pakistan. Shayan Sohail Sarwar is a young innovator, and chief technology officer of Pak Vitae, a company dedicated to solving water problems for low-income communities. Driven by […]
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Dr Imran Anwar: “A student should always stay curious”

Dr Imran Anwar, an ardent mathematician, is currently an Associate Professor at the Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, Lahore. He has research interests in Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, and Enumerative Combinatorics. Recently, Spectra had the opportunity to speak to Dr Imran about the transformation of his initial fascination with mathematics to a career choice, […]
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Science Through the Poetic Lens

Before the scientific method, philosophy answered mankind’s big questions. But somewhere along the way, science conquered philosophy; scientists became rather mechanical, surrendering their hobbies and creativity to tireless invention and discovery. IdeaXme’s founder, Andrea Macdonald, interviews Dr. Sam Illingworth, an atmospheric physicist, and an avid science communicator. Dr. Illingworth is currently a Senior Lecturer in […]
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