Rare Seabird Reappears in Sarawak After a Century
Reading Time: 3 minutesRare Seabird Reappears in Sarawak After a Century In a remarkable turn of events, the Chinese Crested Tern (Thalasseus bernsteini), one of the world’s rarest seabirds, has been sighted off the coast of Asajaya, Sarawak, over a century since its last confirmed appearance in the region. The sighting, which occurred in February 2024, has stirred […]
Taking the bull by the horns to save the Borneo buffalo
Reading Time: 2 minutesRECENTLY, classified as critically endangered the race is on to save banteng – the iconic buffalo of Borneo known as Banteng (Bos javanicus). Speaking to local media recently, the Sabah Wildlife Department director Roland Nuin said the state had implemented an action plan – the Bornean Banteng Action Plan for 2019-2028 – in the race […]
The Petri Dish Goes Green
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn a landmark move towards sustainability, The Petri Dish, Malaysia’s pioneering science newspaper, is proud to announce its transition to green printing – utilising non-wood paper from Nextgreen and soy-based-ink printing by Percetakan NAZ. As a leader in green technology and zero-waste solutions, Nextgreen’s innovative methods in pulp and paper production highlight the significance of this collaboration. After […]
Borneo state of Sarawak to produce green aviation fuel
Reading Time: 3 minutesSarawak Pioneers in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Production Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) can reduce carbon emissions by 80 per cent. By mid-June in 2022, SAF powered some 450,000 flights. For example, the popular low-cost carrier, AirAsia, is currently exploring options to introduce SAF into its fuel mix before 2025. However, last year, sustainable aviation fuel […]
Communicating Science
Reading Time: 2 minutesWHEN historians examined Western civilization in the twentieth century, one area of intellectual accomplishment that stood out above all others was the twentieth century’s “age of science”. Science discovered our very sense of who we are, how our minds work, how our world came to be, how it works and our proper role in it, our […]
Tatler Asia lists science crusader Mahaletchumy as one of Asia’s 100 most influential persons
Reading Time: 2 minutesTATLER ASIA’S December 2023 issue unveiled 100 of Asia’s most influential persons. Among those who were honoured in this year’s roster of extraordinary Asians is The Petri Dish editor-in-chief Ts. Dr Mahaletchumy Arujanan who is also executive director of the Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (Mabic). Having been selected in this group of definitive 100 titans, Mahaletchumy […]
Complementary sequencing technology gives new insight into gut microbiome
Reading Time: 3 minutesSINGAPORE scientists have reached a new milestone in sequencing technology that unravels the mysteries of microbial communities in our food and their profound effects on the human microbiome. Scientists from AMILI, Southeast Asia’s first and only precision gut microbiome company, have utilised a game-changing methodology in sequencing – which paves the way for an “unbiased” exploration […]
Upfront with BBC’s Frozen Planet II
Reading Time: 8 minutes Life on thin ice with a mix of wonder, fun, and a blunt lesson on climate change FOR people living remotely away from the large expanses of land in the Arctic and Antarctica, the tundra regions may seem nothing more than bare white plains and peaks, so unvaried and humdrum. But Frozen Planet II […]
Watch The Green Planet and admit ‘mea culpa’ to climate change
Reading Time: 6 minutesBBC’s latest five-part natural history stunner, The Green Planet, subtly tells the climate change story through the lives of plants and trees. IT was in 1975, that the world first heard of ‘global warming’ which is today a hot button buzzword spoken by scientists and the common citizen but only pretentiously uttered by politicians at climate summits – as […]
Borneo states yield 27 new plants and animals in 2021
Reading Time: 7 minutesAmong the remarkable species discovered is the Paralaoma sarawakensis land snail which was found with its very striking shell sculpture in the former gold district of Bau. CONSIDERING the millions of plant and animal species that exist on Earth, just under two million have been formally described in the past 250 years of systematic research. While the […]