Accolade for Malaysian
Reading Time: < 1 minuteKalai Mathee, a Malaysian professor and researcher from the Florida International University (FIU) is its first faculty member inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Of the two Malaysians ever inducted, she is the first woman. She is one of the 50 Fellows of Indian origin . An alumni of Universiti of […]
A journey to inspire, innovate and discover
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY AISYAH SOLEHAH HAMZAH & ELENA MAZLAN PUTRAJAYA – The Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) held a CEO Sparkz program for the first time for the year 2020. CEO Sparkz is a program under the Organisational Excellence initiatives, which aims to make MESTECC as a work place that apply the […]
Stuart’s on ‘upward mobility’ with vertical farming
Reading Time: 5 minutesWITH the advent of issues like climate change, decreasing arable lands, and a rapidly growing population, how does one plan to ensure food security without incurring additional costs to businesses and the environment? Stuart Thomas, 26, sees a solution to that problem in his enterprise, Babylon Vertical Farms. Operating out of a 320 ft2 shipping […]
Worshipping at the right times and in the right direction through falak
Reading Time: 6 minutesMUSLIMS perform five mandatory prayers a day – fajr (subh), zhuhr, asr, maghrib and isha’a. Each one of these prayers must be performed within a set time. Islamic astronomy or falak syarie plays a significant role in determining the accurate time for the performance of these prayers. Apart from facing the qiblah (praying facing the […]
Effects of climate change on local rice production
Reading Time: 5 minutesRICE, a global staple food is one among major agricultural crops in Malaysia after oil palm, rubber and cocoa. The production of rice is largely dependent on an efficient irrigation system which will be greatly affected by climate change. Climate change has led to tremendous effects on the yield of rice in the country. The […]
The brains of shrimps and insects are more alike than we thought
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew research shows that crustaceans such as shrimps, lobsters and crabs have more in common with their insect relatives than previously thought — when it comes to the structure of their brains. Both insects and crustaceans possess mushroom-shaped brain structures known in insects to be required for learning, memory and possibly negotiating complex, three-dimensional environments, […]