KL hosts landmark conference on Pseudomonas
Reading Time: 3 minutesKUALA LUMPUR : The 17th International Conference on Pseudomonas was hosted here for the first time. The five-day conference was attended by 200 exceptional scientists from 31 countries with the most novel and intriguing research on Pseudomonas. Co-hosted by the Academic Nexus for Global Scholastic Activities (Angsa) and the Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (Mabic), the […]
How do magicians trick your mind?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMagicians, have studied, understood and thus exploited human cognitive responses and illusions for as long as history permits our vision. The human mind’s response to stimuli, is exploited by the magician. A phenomenon called lateral inhibition, where the activation of a neuron by a stimulus, inhibits the activation of neighbouring neurons which prevent the brain from responding […]
The extraordinary powers of bacteria
Reading Time: 2 minutesBacteria are the simplest form of life. They are single-cell creatures found in our food, inside our bodies, on our cell phones and just about everywhere. They come in different shapes and sizes, whether spherical, rod-shaped or spiral. We can’t see them, but they are just undefeatable! They are true survivors, and that is why we […]