How 3D printing technology helps in the medical field?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteADDITIVE manufacturing, otherwise known as 3D printing, was first developed in the 1980s. Unlike traditional methods, 3D printing is a technique that creates three-dimensional objects by building successive layers of raw materials such as metals, plastics, and ceramics. The advances in 3D printing are capturing attention in the health care field because of their potential to […]
What is a non-destructive testing (NDT)?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNon-destructive testing (NDT) also known as Non-destructive Examination or Evaluation (NDE) and Non-destructive Inspection (NDI) is a multidisciplinary branch of engineering. It is a non-invasive inspection method that evaluates a system, component or material without damaging its shape and usually cannot be seen through the naked eye. NDT plays an important role to prevent catastrophic […]
How can a cat survive from a high-rise fall?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCATS fall from any height with a remarkably high survival rate. How do they survive such falls? Scientists say that from the moment they are in the air to the moment they touch the ground, they tune themselves to survive. They have a relatively large surface area in proportion to their weight, thereby reducing the […]
Health benefits of cruciferous vegetables
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY JOYCE WONG JIN YI RESEARCH has shown that low consumption of vegetables results in about 800,000 deaths from heart disease and 200,000 deaths from stroke worldwide annually. This is a shocking statistic! Including lots of fresh vegetables in our diet is of indisputable value. Let’s explore what makes vegetables so powerful and how cruciferous vegetables […]
Tasik Harapan – ideal site for modelling of biological behaviour
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY MAZLAN HANAFI BASHARUDIN USM PENANG: A mind filled with creativity and imagination can produce countless ‘wonders’ which can be appreciated or pondered upon. Take, for instance, the site where Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is located now. Though not a nuclear test site, it used to belong to the British Army during mankind’s last global war. It has since become a ‘battlefield’ in […]
Chart the right path of action against global warming: WWF
Reading Time: 3 minutes‘Protecting the environment and planet is everyone’s responsibility’ PETALING JAYA: The National Environment Day passed by silently on Oct 21 without much fanfare. Yet it is an important “Day” as matters pertaining to the impact of global warming need urgent attention and action. The “Day” also presents Malaysians the golden opportunity to commit themselves to chart […]
Scientists Debut Coffee Developed Through Cellular Agriculture
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA TEAM of Finnish scientists was able to produce coffee cells in a bioreactor through cellular agriculture. The end-product is said to smell and taste like conventional coffee. The discovery is proof that cellular agriculture is one option to achieve sustainable food production. The scientists took to cellular agriculture as an alternative for conventional coffee […]
Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 Goes to Three Laureates for Climate Work
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three Laureates “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems” and whose work improved the understanding of the Earth’s changing climate. The announcement was made on October 5, 2021. Syukuro Manabe demonstrated how increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere lead to increased […]
WHO recommends ground-breaking malaria vaccine for children at risk
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission. The recommendation is based on results from an ongoing pilot programme in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi that has reached more than 800 000 children since […]
Filipino Scientist Identifies Gene to Help Rice Plants Survive Drought
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDR Nonawin Lucob-Agustin of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice), together with researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has discovered a mutation gene that may help rice plants survive despite adverse conditions such as drought. The team of researchers discovered the wavy root elongation growth 1 (weg1) gene, which may help rice cope with drought especially in rainfed lowlands […]