Sarawak forest yields new bird species
Reading Time: 2 minutesKUCHING: A Sarawak Forest Department team led by researcher Dr Ahmad Ampeng discovered an unidentified bird species recently. The discovery is most likely a new sub-species of a pheasant from the family Phasianidae belonging to the genus Lophura. This is based on the taxonomy description made. According to acting director of forest, Tuan Hamden Mohammed, […]
Malaysian Young Scientists to meet with Nobel Laureates
Reading Time: 2 minutesSIX Malaysian young scientists will be joining the annual Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany and three Malaysian undergraduate students will participate in the CERN Summer Student Programme (CSSP) in Geneva, Switzerland. The six young scientists heading to Lindau from June 24 to 29, 2018 are Tan Suat Cheng, Chan Siok Yee, Nur Aizati Athirah […]
Global warming is transforming the Great Barrier Reef
Reading Time: 2 minutesA NEW study published online recently in Nature shows that corals on the northern Great Barrier Reef experienced a catastrophic die-off following the extended marine heatwave of 2016. “When corals bleach from a heatwave, they can either survive and regain their colour slowly as the temperature drops, or they can die. Averaged across the whole […]