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Nature-based solutions for climate resilient coastlines in Malaysia

Reading Time: 7 minutesBY DR CHEE SU YIN GLOBAL temperature rise, warming oceans, shrinking ice sheets, glacial retreats, sea level rise, ocean acidification, and extreme events are standing out as an compelling evidence for rapid climate change and there is no dispute that climate is changing. This, coupled with the relentless drive for economic growth along with the […]

New research may explain shortages in STEM careers

Reading Time: 2 minutesA NEW STUDY by the University of Georgia revealed that more college students change majors within the STEM pipeline than leave the career path of science, technology, engineering and mathematics altogether. Funded by a National Institutes of Health grant and a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship and done in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin, […]

Facemask detects COVID-19 virus in 90 minutes

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWEARABLE meets COVID-19 detection. With the breakthrough of researchers at Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a button-activated mask can detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a patient’s breath within 90 minutes at levels of accuracy similar to PCR tests. The breakthrough is published in Nature Biotechnology. The technology was […]

New Pakistani mangoes tailored for diabetics

Reading Time: 2 minutesBY MUHAMMAD LUQMAN A HORTICULTURE farm in Southern Pakistan province of Sindh has claimed to have developed three new varieties of mango that can be taken by diabetics due to surprisingly low content of sugar. “We have made modifications in the existing mango varieties that has sugar content as low as4.6 percent,” says Ghulam Sarwar […]

Food from Science to Life

Reading Time: 2 minutesBY JOYCE WONG JIN YI Factors that determine food choice Have you ever wondered what is your relationship with food? Why do you choose the food you choose to eat? Let’s explore what the determinants of your food choice are! Because there are numerous factors other than nutrient needs that influence which food you choose […]

Award-winning Purple Tomato to be Released in China in Disney Packaging

Reading Time: < 1 minutePURPLE tomato known as Yoom, which won as Fruit Logistica Innovation Award in Berlin in February 2020, will be distributed in China in packaging featuring well-loved Disney characters. Aside from Yoom, Nebula tomato, which has sweet and full of flavor, will also be packaged in with Disney characters. The Yoom tomato is unique because of […]

Researchers Report Resequenced Vietnamese Rice Genome

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAN international team of researchers from Earlham Institute, International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), genebanks, and rice breeders from Vietnam has generated new genomic data from the local rice varieties of Vietnam that could be a source of novel genes to help breed crops with higher resistance to climate change. The researchers have analyzed 672 Vietnamese rice genomes, 612 of which […]

Kenya National Biosafety Authority Approves Genetically Modified Cassava

Reading Time: < 1 minuteON June 22, 2021, the Kenya National Biosafety Authority (NBA) approved the environmental release of genetically modified (GM) cassava event 4046, resistant to cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) developed by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO). The NBA Board approved the application as stated in the decision document dated June 16, 2021, following the necessary […]