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 […]
Teachers attend creative workshop on teaching science
Reading Time: 2 minutesTRONOH: A total of 80 secondary teachers from Perak, Penang and Kuala Lumpur convened for a three-day – Inovasi Pendidik Programme – organised by the Teacher’s Training Division (BPG), Ministry of Education (MOE) and National Science Centre (PSN), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). This is the 6th in a series of programmes held […]
Researchers discover new method to control bacteria growth
Reading Time: 2 minutesA team of researchers at Princeton has discovered a new method to control bacterial growth through special coating surfaces that can instruct or prevent bacterial growth. This new technology adopts the natural concept of bacterial growth – a process called quorum sensing whereby microbes release biomolecules that can stop or trigger their growth. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” […]
MOSTI hosts science communication workshop
Reading Time: 2 minutesScience scheme officers from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Technology (MOSTI) as well as its agencies convened recently to hone their skills in science communication. The three-day workshop was organised by the Science Officers’ Association of MOSTI under the Human Capital Development (HCD) fund of the ministry. It was participated by science officers, lab […]
Something’s fishy about new canola project
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA joint research between Nuseed, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) have developed canola containing omega-3 oil through plant-to-plant gene transfer. Genes from microalgae were transferred to canola for it to produce canola oil which is rich with long chain DHA, at level equal or better […]
New research shows Zika can damage the eyes
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA novel finding from research conducted by Wayne State University School of Medicine Department of Ophthalmology at the Kresge Eye Institute has shown that Zika Virus (ZIKV) caused impaired vision or even blindness. This happens when the virus replicates itself in the retinal cells of the eyes – layer of cells at the back of […]
Spaceflight impacts on shape of astronauts’ brains
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMRIs before and after a space mission reveal expansions and compressions of astronauts’ brain during spaceflights. This is according to a novel study done by a team of researchers from University of Michigan. The study, which is the first to examine brain structural shifts were conducted on 13 astronauts who were shuttle crew members and […]