Mouse pups with same-sex parents born in China using stem cells and gene editing
Reading Time: 2 minutesRESEARCHERS at the Chinese Academy of Sciences were able to produce healthy mice with two mothers that went on to have normal offspring of their own. Mice from two dads were also born but only survived for a couple of days. The work, presented October 11 in the journal Stem Cell, looks at what makes it so challenging for animals of the same sex […]
UKM researchers receive RM826,500 for iG-R&R research
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBANGI: Smart and Sustainable Township Research Centre (SUTRA), Faculty of Engineer- ing at and Built Environment (FKAB), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) receives RM826, 500 research grant from Malaysia Highway Authority (LLM) to run the research about iG-R&R Transformation Sustainable Rest and Service Area. The two-year research was headed by Dr Muhammed Azry Khoiry and accompanied by 20 experienced researchers from SUTRA who have conducted various research inside and […]
UPM lecturers participate in a two-way research programme in Taiwan
Reading Time: 2 minutesNEIPU, TAIWAN: Researchers from the Department of Land Manage-ment, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) participated in a Two-way Research programme at the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST), Taiwan, which is also the Secretariat for University Network for Tropical Agriculture (UNTA), recently. The short-term research aimed at providing exposure to lecturers in the field of agriculture on land development methods, and management […]
Oil firm fuels STEM education in Terengganu
Reading Time: 2 minutesKUALA TERENGGANU: Exxon-Mobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc. (EMEPMI) continued its support for education programmes in Terengganu by backing the annual state-level competitions – Terengganu-ExxonMobil-Mathematics Innovation Challenge (TExMIC) and Spark Your Creativity Challenge (SYCC). The final competition and prize-giving ceremony for both programmes were officiated by Terengganu Menteri Besar Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar. Both competitions were started with the aim to encourage Terengganu students to pursue […]
Insightful learning journey at Mabic
Reading Time: 2 minutesIF you are a student who yearns for knowledge, new experiences and good exposure to science communication and science journalism, Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (Mabic) is a place for you. Located in Monash University, Mabic is a small cubical office that carries great potentials and huge possibilities. I first got to know Mabic through Dr Mahaletchumy Arujanan, whom I invited as a panel speaker […]
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Why can’t owls roll their eyes?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE OWL is known as nocturnal birds. Owls are birds of prey and they have a sharp beak as well as sharp claws in order to catch and eat their prey. Owls can be very small like the five-inch elf owl, or pretty big like the two-foot tall great grey owl. Whether large or small, they all look stocky with large heads and soft feathers. Owls […]
What is dactyloscopy?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHAVE YOU EVER TIP-TOED into your sibling’s room to peek into something? You probably left behind evidence of your secret visit. A fingerprint expert could likely find fingerprints and match them to the unique prints at the end of your fingers. Analysis and classification of patterns observed in an individual’s prints are called dactyloscopy. Every living person […]
How do foetuses breathe in the womb?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAS HUMANS, breathing is essential for our wellbeing and without breathing, we can die. Most importantly, developing babies need oxygen during the early phase of pregnancy. But a baby would not take its first breath until after birth. This means that babies do not truly breathe in the womb. Instead, babies rely on their mother’s breathing to receive oxygen to their […]
How many nerve cells are there in the brain?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE HUMAN BRAIN has often been viewed as an outstanding organ among mammalian brains and is the most cognitively able. It is endowed with an overdeveloped cerebral cortex that represents over 80 per cent of brain mass, and purportedly containing 100 billion neurons and 10 times more glial cells. A neuron is an electrically excitable cell that processes and transmits […]