Mammoth Asian hornets spotted for first time in US
Reading Time: 2 minutesA DEADLY giant insect known as the “murder hornet” has been spotted for the first time in the United States, prompting fears it could decimate the honeybee population and creating a buzz on social media. Two of the wasps — the world’s largest hornet species — were discovered late last year in the western state […]
Tropical forests can handle the heat, up to a point
Reading Time: 3 minutesTROPICAL FOREST face an uncertain future under climate change, but new research published in Science suggests they can continue to store large amounts of carbon in a warmer world, if countries limit greenhouse gas emissions. The world’s tropical forests store a quarter-century worth of fossil fuel emissions in their trees alone. There are fears that […]
UKM medical specialist produces three orthopaedic outfits for B40 group
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Mohamad Arif Haziq Mohamad Musri BANGI: A health specialist from the Orthopedics and Trauma Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Associate Prof Dr Mohd Yazid Bajuri has created three innovative products – affordable for the lower income group. The products are called MyB Ortho Shoes, MyB Air Walker and MyB Muslim Prosthetic. […]
UKM becomes World Class University in 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBy Aini Hidayah Abdul Hadi BANGI: Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Prof Dato’ Ir Dr Mohd Hamdi Abd Shukor (pix) has set an aim for UKM to become a World Class University (WCU) by 2025. His objectives and targets were presented during Bicara Perdana Naib Canselor 2020 which was attended by UKM’s top management, staff […]
Bat ‘super immunity’ may explain how bats carry coronaviruses, study finds
Reading Time: 3 minutesA UNIVERSITY of Saskatchewan (USask) research team has uncovered how bats can carry the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus without getting sick — research that could shed light on how coronaviruses make the jump to humans and other animals. Coronaviruses such as MERS, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and more recently the COVID19-causing SARS-CoV-2 […]
Evolution of pandemic coronavirus outlines path from animals to humans
Reading Time: 2 minutesA TEAM of scientists studying the origin of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, found that it was especially well-suited to jump from animals to humans by shape shifting as it gained the ability to infect human cells. Conducting a genetic analysis, researchers from Duke University, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University […]