QUT grows world-first Panama disease-resistant bananas
Reading Time: 3 minutesQUEENSLAND University of Technology (QUT) researchers have developed and grown modified Cavendish bananas resistant to the devastating soil-borne fungus Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4), also known as Panama disease. In their world-first GM field trial conducted in heavily TR4-infested soil, one Cavendish line transformed with a gene taken from a wild banana remained completely […]
Bridging the gap between academia and industry
Reading Time: 3 minutesTO create a bridge between academia and the industry, Monash University Malaysia launched its subsidiary, Monash Malaysia R&D Sdn Bhd (MMR&D) in a recently hosted event titled ‘University Industry Collaboration: A Catalyst in Powering an Innovation Economy’. As an approved R&D status company by Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida), MMR&D strives to influence and impact organisations […]
sKan-ning skin cancer earlier and cheaper
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY SHAWN KENG IT started as a final year engineering project. A team of four Canadian graduate students at McMaster University in Canada developed a simple yet practical skin cancer sensor. This prototype device named “sKan” differentiates a harmless skin spot and a cancerous pigment on your skin. This prototype has huge potential to help […]
Plant biologist awarded 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE SALK Insitute for Biological Sciences scientist, Joanne Chory, one of the world-renowned plant biologists, has been awarded the 2018 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences because of her pioneering work in discovering how plants optimise their growth, development, and cellular structure to transform sunlight into chemical energy. Chory received the award and the US$3 million […]
Exciting excitonium
Reading Time: 4 minutesDiscovery of new form of matter excites researchers EXCITONIUM has a team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign… well… excited! Professor of Physics Peter Abbamonte and graduate students Anshul Kogar and Mindy Rak, with input from colleagues at Illinois, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Amsterdam, have proven the existence of […]