Dynamics of thinking out of the box
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY TAN SRI OMAR ABDUL RAHMAN CASE studies and best practices are the staple diet of business courses. Case studies are the records of how successful enterprises conduct their businesses, while best practices are compilations of useful solutions to be given to solve problems. In a complex and fast changing environment, best practice is not […]
Exploiting the novelty grace period
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY JAGANNATHAN ARUMUGAM IN general, patents are territorial, as a patent is a set of exclusive rights by a Government body granted to an inventor over an invention for a limited time period in return for disclosing the invention to public. Even though each country follows a different procedure for granting a patent, all of […]
Scientists use ‘gene knock’ to fight disease resistance in food crops
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA NEW gene editing technique has the potential to confer broad spectrum disease resistance to specific staple crops without affecting other physical traits, according to a scientist from Texas A&M AgriLife Research. Dr Junqi Song, a plant pathologist in AgriLife together with his team of researchers, explores how a “knock-in” gene editing approach might achieve […]
Robotic cockroach explores underwater
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIN nature, cockroaches can survive underwater for up to 30 minutes. Now, a robotic cockroach can do even better. Harvard’s Ambulator Microrobot, known as HAMR, can walk on land, swim on the surface of water, and walk underwater for as long as necessary, opening up new environments for this little bot to explore. This next […]
A sterling crop in New Malaysia’s cabinet
Reading Time: 7 minutesWhile history-making cabinet members create anecdotal realities, nation re-engineering must be tops in the agenda. CONGRATULATIONS, to the newly appointed Cabinet members of New Malaysia. The line-up is made up of highly qualified lawmakers from various fields of expertise. And there are those with illustrious political careers and all of them have a clean track record […]