Selangor expo attracts more than 250 international exhibitors
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ARUNA GANESAN SETIA ALAM: The third Selangor International Expo saw more than 250 local and international companies exhibiting their products and services. The event was officiated by HRH the Raja Muda Selangor, Tengku Amir Shah Ibni Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj in Setia City Convention Centre on Sept 14. In his speech, Datuk Teng […]
Swimming microbots remove pathogenic bacteria from water
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe lack of clean water in many areas around the world is a persistent, major public health problem. One day, tiny robots could help address this issue by zooming around contaminated water and cleaning up disease-causing bacteria. Scientists report a new development toward this goal in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Drinking water […]
BioMalaysia 2017 ends on high note
Reading Time: 2 minutesKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s premier biotechnology event BioMalaysia & Asia Pacific Bioeconomy 2017, was concluded on Sept 13, after three days of forums and exhibitions at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The event was officiated by the Secretary General of Science, Technology & Innovation (MOSTI), Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Azhar Yahaya on behalf of the MOSTI […]
Scientists unlock secrets of photosynthesis
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA team of scientists from Arizona State University (ASU) and Pennsylvania State University has taken a step closer to unlocking the secrets of photosynthesis and possibly to cleaner fuels. Their discovery was recently published online in Science and describes the structure of a reaction center (from a heliobacterium) which preserves the characteristics of the ancestral […]
Three GM potatoes approved in Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHREE types of genetically modified potatoes developed by J.R. Simplot Co. to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine are safe for the environment and safe to eat, Canadian officials said recently. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] The approval means the potatoes can be imported, planted and sold in Canada. The Idaho-based company […]
He sowed good seeds for harvests of plenty
Reading Time: 2 minutesBADRINARAYAN RAMULAL BARWALE who turned Jalna, an otherwise nondescript district in Maharashtra, into the epicentre of the Indian seeds industry, breathed his last in Mumbai recently. Barwale, who was 86, founded India’s first private seed company, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Pvt Ltd (Mahyco), in 1964, and remained its chairman till his end. Widely regarded as […]
Another good reason to drink coffee
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHERE’S another reason to start the day with a cup of joe: Scientists have found that people who drink coffee appear to live longer. Drinking coffee was associated with a lower risk of death due to heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and respiratory and kidney disease for African-Americans, Japanese-Americans, Latinos and whites. People who consumed […]
Everyday chemicals linked to chronic disease in men
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCHEMICALS found in everyday plastics materials are linked to cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes and high blood pressure in men, according to Australian researchers. Researchers from the University of Adelaide and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) investigated the independent association between chronic diseases among men and concentrations of potentially harmful chemicals known […]
First GM salmon sold in Canada
Reading Time: 2 minutesGENETICALLY modified salmon has reached the dinner tables in Canada. The supermarkets in the country have become the first in the world to stock the GM fish. About five tonnes of GM salmon have been sold in the country in recent months, as reavealed by AquaBounty Technologies, the company in Maynard, Massachusetts, that developed the […]
Verdezyne breaks ground in Johor
Reading Time: 2 minutesNUSAJAYA, JOHOR: Verdezyne Inc., a synthetic biology company producing biobased chemicals, announced recently that a groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 30 for its VerdePalm plant, Verdezyne’s first commercial-scale renewable chemicals manufacturing facility, at the Bio-XCell premier biotechnology and ecosystem park in Nusajaya, Iskandar, in southern Malaysia. The new facility is designed to produce biobased […]