Biotech experts gather at White House Summit
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ALAN BOYLE MORE than 100 biotech researchers, industry executives and government officials met at the White House recently for a summit focusing on America’s bioeconomy — the range of products, services and data derived from biological processes and bioscience research. “The bioeconomy is already an integral part of the general economy,” White House chief […]
Study: India-Pakistan nuke war will kill millions
Reading Time: 3 minutesA NUCLEAR WAR between India and Pakistan could, over the span of less than a week, kill 50-125 million people — more than the death toll during all six years of World War II, according to new research. A new study conducted by researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder and Rutgers University examines how […]
Ants: Jam-free traffic champions
Reading Time: 2 minutesWHETHER they occur on holiday routes or the daily commute, traffic jams affect cars as well as pedestrians. Scientists at the Research Center on Animal Cognition (CNRS/Université Toulouse III — Paul Sabatier) and the University of Arizona (United States) have demonstrated that ant colonies, however, are spared these problems and circulate easily, even in the […]
Easy programming with ProjectMika
Reading Time: < 1 minutePROGRAMMING has been made fun and easy by ProjectMika, a Malaysian company who started implementing the importance of programming among the young generation. ProjectMika kick started their journey by educating primary students through private classes. With the support and demand received, ProjectMika then started penetrating into primary schools. The modules used to educate school students […]
Fermentation technology for ‘nicer’ coconut water
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ASMAHANIM AMIR A RESEARCH TEAM from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) has successfully developed a cutting edge technology which removes turbudity in matured coconut water. Known for its cloudy and poor quality, turbid coconut water is not marketable as a beverage. The research team applied fermentation method to remove turbidity and made the […]
Three inspiring Malaysian women scientist awarded L’OréalUNESCO Fellowship
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE L’ORÉAL FOUNDATION, is celebrating the achievements of three distinguished women scientists in Malaysia by awarding them its prestigious L’Oréal UNESCO Fellowship for Women in Science (FWIS). In recognition of their groundbreaking research efforts, the For Women in Science also award these outstanding women with RM30,000 grant money to help fund their projects. The projects, […]
Empowering the importance of forest through education
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY HSARENA UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK hosting the tree planting program at Takasago-UNIMAS Educational Forest in UNIMAS West Campus yesterday. This annual event is an initiative between the collaboration of UNIMAS, Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd and Japan-Malaysia Association. An area of 10 hectare has been allocated for the establishment of educational forest within the campus […]
Biodiversity of insects modeled from space satellite data
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE QUANTITY and diversity of plants and animals, especially insects, are decreasing, also in Germany. For this reason, science would like to see opportunities to document the biodiversity of the planet as extensively and comprehensively as possible. In this way, it could be determined whether measures against the insect dieback are effective or not. Satellite […]
Lithium-ion batteries yield Nobel for three
Reading Time: 2 minutesSTOCKHOLM: Three scientists won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work leading to the development of lithium-ion batteries, which have reshaped energy storage and transformed cars, mobile phones and many other devices — and reduced reliance on fossil fuels that contribute to global warming. The prize went to John B. Goodenough, 97, a […]
Look ma, no barcodes!
Reading Time: 2 minutesFOR SHOPPERS with cart loads of groceries, especially at hypermarkets, shopping will soon be a wee bit breezier. There will be no more long queues and long waits at payment counters as the process of scanning the products’ barcode will be a thing of the past. The ITxRetail, an ingenious bench-top gadget packed with artificial […]