Researchers discover new method to control bacteria growth
Reading Time: 2 minutesA team of researchers at Princeton has discovered a new method to control bacterial growth through special coating surfaces that can instruct or prevent bacterial growth. This new technology adopts the natural concept of bacterial growth – a process called quorum sensing whereby microbes release biomolecules that can stop or trigger their growth. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” […]
Mysteries of Japanese dinosaur unveiled
Reading Time: 2 minutesDated back in 1934 on Southern Sakhalin Island, a Japanese team has found fossils which were then named Nipponosaurus sachalinensis. Nipponosaurus got its name from the word ‘Nippon’ which means Japan in the Japanese word and it was named by Professor Takumi Nagao of Hokkaido Imperial University. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Sakhalin Island is […]
Centre hosts talk on science communications
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ELENA MAZLAN & MUNASHAMIRA OFFICERS from Bahagian Teknologi Pendidikan (BTP) Kementerian Malaysia convened for a talk on science communications delivered by the National Science Centre (PSN) on July 6. This is the first ever science communication programme held at BTP. A total of 30 officers from the BTP participated in the half-day talk. Among […]
Chocolates are more than just a snack treat
Reading Time: 2 minutesA balanced diet is chocolate in both hands – a phrase commonly used to justify ones chocolate snacking behaviour. A phrase now shown to actually harbour some truth, as the cocoa bean is a rich source of flavanols: a class of natural compounds that has neuroprotective effects. In their recent review published in Frontiers in Nutrition, […]
Accessing DNA in the cell’s powerhouse to treat disease
Reading Time: 2 minutesFOR the first time, a synthetic compound has been made that can bind to DNA in the cells’ energy powerhouses, suppressing a gene associated with nerve and muscle disease. Pyrrole-imidazole polyamides (PIPs) are compounds that can read specific DNA sequences inside living cells and silence dis-ease-causing genes. They prevent proteins, called transcription factors, from binding […]
What is the risk of flying?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBY SCIENCE BRIDGE ACADEMY During holidays, many of us will take the opportunity to travel somewhere, perhaps overseas. With low cost air-lines abundant, many of us can afford to fly instead of having to drive or take the train. But would it in fact, be safer to do the latter? Since the occurrences of various […]
B10 fuelling Kuala Lumpur’s city fleet
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) is aiming to use B10 biofuel for all of its diesel-powered vehicles by the end of the year, according to a press release from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. DBKL’s Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department engineer Muhammad Alif Muhammad Noor said that this goal was part of the DBKL’s initiative […]
FGV oil palm planting materials have traits to suit various needs
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY DR TAN JOON SHEONG OIL palm breeding programme in Felda Global Ventures Holding Bhd (FGV) was first established in 1969 at Tekam,Pahang (known as Pusat Penyelidikan Pertanian Tun Razak, PPPTR) with a total of 2,130 hectare dedicated for various breeding programmes. The main objectives were to breed for superior planting materials (oil yield) and […]
Researchers use crab shells and silver to halt malaria
Reading Time: 2 minutesA four-nation team of scientists from India, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Italy has recently discovered the promising potential of eradicating malaria using silver and crab shells from Taiwan’s northeast coast. The study, published in the journal Hydrobiologia on May 11, described the usage of fine-sized silver mixed with crab shell powder rich in chitosan to […]