Researchers discover rapid method to diagnose superbugs
Reading Time: 2 minutesA TEAM of researchers at the University of Cologne’s Faculty of Medicine and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) has achieved a scientific breakthrough in the accelerated diagnosis of multi-resistant hospital pathogens. Using a novel immunochromatographic method, the researchers detected bacteria that are resistant to the antibiotic group carbapenemes within 20 to 45 minutes […]
What do you hear when you speak?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHAVE you ever listened to your voice on the recorder and got disappointed? If yes, don’t worry, you’re not alone. In fact, the only person hears as you speak is YOU. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] There are two ways we could hear. First, through sound waves, in a form of pressures waves passing through […]
Who first invented solar panels?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSolar panels are used extensively for generating electricity and power throughout the world. Though the initial investment is quite high, the fuel is cheap and abundant produces hardly any pollution unlike the burning of the fossil fuels. The solar cell technology is extremely old and work started[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] on this way back […]
UKM student Champion of Maxis Stars of What’s Next
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ASMAHANIM AMIR BANGI: Muhammad Amiruddin Ismail from Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSK), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) has been crowned as a champion in the Maxis Stars of What’s Next competition, recently. The competitioon is to identify and celebrate talented Malaysian students who excel both in their studies and are also active in […]
New tool helps scientists better target the search for alien life
Reading Time: 3 minutesCOULD there be another planet out there with a society at the same stage of technological advancement as ours? To help find out, EPFL scientist Claudio Grimaldi, working in association with the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a statistical model that gives researchers a new tool in the search for the kind of signals […]
New extremely distant solar system object found during hunt for Planet X
Reading Time: 3 minutesWASHINGTON DC: Carnegie’s Scott Sheppard and his colleagues–Northern Arizona University’s Chad Trujillo, and the University of Hawaii’s David Tholen–are once again redefining our Solar System’s edge. They discovered a new extremely distant object far beyond Pluto with an orbit that supports the presence of an even-farther-out, Super-Earth or larger Planet X. The newly found object, […]
IOES, FJIO promote ocean observation technology through training course
Reading Time: 2 minutesJOINTLY organised by the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya (UM) and the Fujian Institute of Oceanography (FJIO), China, 2018 Overseas Training Course on China-Malaysia Multidisciplinary Ocean Observation Technology was held as part of the China-Malaysia human resources training cooperation programme. The two-week training course took place at UM, Universiti Malaysia […]
New details of HIV life cycle
Reading Time: 2 minutesRESEARCH by a multi-institutional team, including two members from the University of Delaware, has revealed new details about the HIV virus capsid structure and how it develops. A capsid is a protein shell that encloses a virus’s genetic blueprint. The study, led by Cornell University scientists, was published Aug 1 in the journal Nature and […]
How safe is microwaving food?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYES, we all are in fast-pacing world, and we might not have enough time to cook, so, all we do is heat up yesterday’s meal. But, is that safe? Microwaves are one of the forms of electromagnetic radiation, and you can find them between infrareds and radio waves in a broad of spectrum. As it […]
Why do we urinate more during cold weather?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHAVE you ever find yourself running to the loo frequently during the cold seasons? Well, that experience is called cold diuresis, a phenomenon that occurs for reasons that are not entirely clear. When it’s cold, your body temperature starts to drop, your body will attempt to reduce heat loss by constricting blood vessels and reducing […]