Bangladesh agriculture leaders keen to adopt biotech cotton
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBangladesh,the first country to plant biotech eggplant, is ready to adopt biotech cotton. This was expressed by the research and development leaders of the country during the seminar launch of ISAAA’s Global Status of Commercialised Biotech/GM Crops for 2016, held on July 9, at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) in Dhaka. Chief Guest Additional […]
Number of hungry people increases again, FAO
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe number of hungry people in the world has increased since 2015, reversing years of progress. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General José Graziano da Silva told member states recently at the opening of the agency’s biennial conference. Graziano da Silva stressed that almost 60 per cent of the people […]
Merging of science and culture at futuristic energy expo in Astana
Reading Time: 2 minutesAstana, the capital of Kazakhstan was selected by the Bureau International des Expositions to host the Expo 2017 under the theme “Future Energy” which is running through June 10 till Sept 10. The Expo was organised along three subthemes “Reducing CO2 Emissions”, “Living Energy Efficiency”, and “Energy for All” to highlight the state of energy […]
Malaysia secures USD113m through five MoUs at Kazakh Expo 17
Reading Time: 3 minutesFive Memorandums of Under-standing (MOU) were exchanged between Malaysian companies and their counterparts from Kazakhstan, India, China and Switzerland during the “Green Innovation, Powering your future” Expo. The five MOUs exchanged among Malaysian companies include Ronser Biotech, iCYCLE Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Free the Seed Sdn Bhd and Nanopac Sdn Bhd valued at more than U$D113 […]
Celebrating Raya, the Malaysian way in the land of the Kazakhs
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe call of duty superseded Hari Raya celebration with the families for Malaysians who participated at the Expo 2017 during Week 3 in Astana. They had to sacrifice their Hari Raya to showcase Malaysia’s companies and innovation at the world stage. Many even had to endure longer fasting hours under the scorching heat, all […]
Synthomer to set up world’s largest nitrile latex reactor
Reading Time: 3 minutesSYNTHOMER recently announced that its project to expand the Nitrile Latex manufacturing capacity at the Pasir Gudang plant is well underway. The facility is due to become the world’s largest nitrile polymerisation reactor upon its completion by July 2018. This latest phase of expansion brings an additional MYR270 million to the company’s original investment of […]
African banker wins World Food Prize
Reading Time: 2 minutesAkinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has won the 2017 World Food Prize. The award is usually dubbed as the Nobel Prize for food and agriculture. Adesina has toiled for many years to increase food production in Nigeria. He has also increased access to credit for small farmers and influenced agricultural policies throughout […]
REMDII Sensitive helps in healing eczema
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY AZMAN ZAKARIA A group of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) researchers have successfully developed a product to treat skin disorder or eczema without involving the use of steroids and managed to reduce itchiness, flaking and intensively repair despaired skin conditions within just two weeks. The product, a deep moisturising cream – REMDII Sensitive, is formulated […]
Forensic scientists recover human DNA from mosquitos
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Nagoya University research team shows that human blood extracted from mosquitos remains viable for DNA analysis up to two days after feeding. Most people would agree that painful mosquito bites are an especially annoying part of summer. Except perhaps forensic scientists, who can examine human blood from a mosquito’s stomach and match the DNA to […]
UKM collaborates with Celcom Axiata to develop students’ entrepreneurship potential
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBY NASTURA NASIR Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and Celcom Axiata Berhad strengthened their long-standing cooperation with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), recently. The collaboration was initiated by Career Development Centre of UKM (UKM-KARIER), Centre for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprise Development (SME-CESMED) and The Institute of Ear, Hearing and Speech […]