‘Give science its rightful place at global summits’
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Petri Dish Editor-in-Chief MAHALETCHUMY ARUJANAN who attended the recently concluded UN Biodiversity Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, says such meetings set the direction and basis for national laws, bilateral mechanisms and international trade in relation to modern biotechnology – but unwittingly cast science in the backseat. THE Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Cartagena Protocol […]
Jenjarom school girls win gold for innovation in Croatia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHREE girls from SJK (T) Jenjarom added another victory to the string of successes by Tamil school students in international competitions. According to a report in Tamil Nesan, Sruthi Suresh, Thivyasri Chandrasekaran and Kirthanisha Sivakumar from the Selangor school won gold medals at the 43rd International Science and Innovation Competition that took place in Zagreb, […]
UPM scientists test radiation detector sample at the international space station
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY KHAIRUL ANUAR MUHAMAD NOH TSUKUBA: A radiation detector which uses intelligent optical fibres developed by three scientists from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) will be sent for testing at the International Space Station (ISS) by Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) soon. JAXA will deliver UPM’s radiation detector to the United States next month so that […]
Science and Industry
Reading Time: 2 minutesUNDERGRADUATE biology textbooks do little to teach students how science can contribute to successful careers in industry or improved business practices at a time when some fear that science is under attack by corporate interests. A new study from the Center for Integration of Science and Industry at Bentley University shows that textbooks for first-year, […]