L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science recognises five women researchers for pioneering work in environmental and life sciences
Reading Time: 3 minutesUNESCO and the L’Oréal Foundation are unveiling the winners of this year’s International Prize for Women in Science, which honours five eminent women scientists with exceptional careers from the five regions of the world, as it has done annually since 1998. The importance of science in meeting the major challenges facing us has become more […]
Irritable Bowel Syndrome and the FODMAPs connection
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY DASHNI ANBUARASU Is it possible that what is known as healthy foods turn out to be the biggest health issue for some? This is the case for those with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). IBS is a condition that causes discomfort in the digestive system and the reason is largely unknown. From diarrhoea, flatulence, constipation and pain, IBS […]
Menuju ke arah merdeka daripada Covid-19
Reading Time: 4 minutesOLEH SAARANI VENGADESEN MERDEKA daripada Covid-19 adalah satu detik yang dinantikan oleh seluruh rakyat Malaysia. Walaupun program vaksinasi kebangsaan diperkasakan secara besar-besaran tetapi penularan varian Delta amat membimbangkan. “Kita berada di antara perlumbaan vaksin dan virus”, kata Datuk Dr Christopher Lee, bekas Penasihat Kebangsaan Penyakit Berjangkit, dalam webinar “Merdeka daripada Covid-19”, anjuran Science Media Centre […]
Captivating thought on ‘the world losing its soil’ wins Famelab
Reading Time: 3 minutesA PLANT SCIENTIST who spoke on a captivating topic and with content touching on rare insight on the world losing its soil won the first prize in the annual FameLab Malaysia National Finals 2021 Championship. Daniel Nesan took the cake beating 11 other science communicators from Malaysia and now qualifies to represent the country at […]
How reindeer eye change colour?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteReindeer are a species of deer native to the Arctic, sub-Arctic, tundra, boreal, and mountain regions of northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. People require contact lenses to change the colour of their eyes. Scientists have discovered that the reindeer’s beautiful eyes change colour radically between summer and winter to adapt to extreme changes in […]
Why is milk white in colour?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe can’t talk about healthy food without mentioning milk. In fact, milk is so rich in nutrients, it’s the first food consumed by babies. Milk is also incorporated in a lot of cooking thanks to its creamy textures and rich taste. The colour white is commonly associated with milk that even in the English language […]
What is Glaucoma?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlaucoma is a kind of eye disease that can lead to vision loss and blindness. Blindness happens when the optic nerve at the back of the eye is damaged. The optic nerve receives the nerve impulses generated by retinal light and transmits them to the brain, where we recognise these electric signals as vision (an […]
UC San Diego Nanoengineers Develop Fridge-Free COVID-19 Vaccines Grown in Plants and Bacteria
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNANOENGINEERS at the University of California San Diego have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can take the heat. These fridge-free vaccines are made from a plant virus called cowpea mosaic virus and the other is from a bacterial virus or bacteriophage. The two vaccines were made using similar recipes. The researchers used cowpea plants and Escherichia coli bacteria to […]
FAO Launches Global Initiative on One Country One Priority Product
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced the launch of its initiative titled Global Action on Green Development of Special Agricultural Products: One Country One Priority Product (OCOP). The initiative targets the development of green and sustainable value chains for special agricultural products, support small and family farmers who will benefit immensely from […]
2nd Pre-COPMOP2021: Asian Regional Workshop on Current and Upcoming Items Under the CBD and its Protocols
Reading Time: < 1 minuteISAAA and partners are organizing the 2nd Pre-COPMOP2021: Asian Regional Workshop on Current and Upcoming Items Under the CBD and its Protocols on September 28-29, 2021 via Zoom. Registration is now open to all interested participants. The Pre-COPMOP sessions will cover the following: rundown of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its protocol and Conference of the Parties […]