What causes high tide and low tide at sea?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE earth and moon rotate around each other, each pulling the other towards itself. The moon attracts every piece of matter on earth. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Since gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, this force is greater on the side of the earth closer to the moon, and lesser […]
UKM expert bags ‘Young Scientist Award’
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCHERAS: UKM Medical Expert, Prof Dr Srijit Das was bestowed with the ‘International Young Scientist Award’ in France recently.He did his study on diabetes along with co-researcher Dr Teoh Seong Lin. “An injection called streptozotocin was given to the animals to cause diabetes. Then I inflicted wounds on the rats using a biopsy needle and […]
How dirty are our phones?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteARE you aware how contaminated your phones are with pathogens? Here’s a fun fact: each square inch of your phone contains roughly 25,000 germs. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Surprisingly, there could be more germs present on mobile phone screens than there are on toilet seats. Why so? We, as workers or students are constantly […]
Peninsular Malaysia hosts 110 bat species
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE lack of information on the number and distribution of bat species in Peninsular Malaysia has prompted researchers from University of Malaya and the China Agricultural University to compile a list of bat species specifically for Peninsular Malaysia. A painstaking search of records was carried out, which dated from mid 1800s to present, and revealed […]
Doc in the driver’s seat
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporation (Bioeconomy Corporation), the economic development agency dedicated to driving the growth of the bio-based industry in Malaysia announced the appointment of Dr Mohd Shuhaizam Mohd Zain as Chief Executive Officer, effective Aug 1, 2017. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Shuhaizam’s vast experience and knowledge in government’s policies and directions, […]
Coconut: A promising new strategic crop in Malaysia
Reading Time: 6 minutesBY DR THEN KEK HOE COCONUT (Cocos nucifera) or commonly known as ‘tree of life’ with multifarious uses is an important oil and food crop that grows over 90 countries. Coconut is mainly planted in Asia, Pacific Islands and South America. The world coconut planted area in 2014 was about 12.20 million ha with total […]
Why don’t eyelashes and eyebrows grow long like hair?
Reading Time: 2 minutesMOST of us spend money on regular haircuts, but happily our brows and lashes are much lower maintenance. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] They grow a decent length and stay there. But have you ever wondered why our eyelashes and eyebrows don’t just keep on growing until they’re as long as the hair on our […]
How do nails and hair grow?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYOU’VE had nails and hair since you were in your mom’s womb. Nails and hair are continually growing yet after you are clipping and cutting. How do nails and hairs eternally keep growing but our eyelashes and eyebrows are relentlessly not growing.[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] Nails and hairs are both made up of a […]
Who invented the bit?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBINARY digit or bit is a basic unit of information used in computing and digital communications. The invention of bit allows us to quantify the amount of information in a message; explore the probabilistic “rules” that make our messages and languages more or less predictable; and show how we could use digital codes to transmit […]