Artificial intelligence PadiMedical system, accelerates patient critical data sharing
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY AISHAH HISAMUDDIN THE PadiMedical system was designed with the integration of Artificial Intelligence in mind, assisting in the detection of disease features and improving clinical workflow, giving medical practitioners the advantage of responding to the disease in its early stages as one of the supports to accelerate patient clinical image critical data sharing. The cost of medical […]
USM-Petronas join hands to offer carbon dioxide mitigation
Reading Time: 2 minutesUNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) through the School of Chemical Engineering and the School of Mechanical Engineering, has entered a research and technological collaboration with Petronas. The project entitled ‘Conversion of CO2 and Petcoke to Fuel Gas (Carbon Monoxide and Syngas) Using Microwave Heating’ is in line with CO2 mitigation plans, which seek ways to develop long-term strategies for […]
Local researchers proposed superpowered microalgae for wastewater treatment
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY AISHWURIYA KUNASHANKAR & SAARANI VENGADESEN WHAT do you get when you put a bioplastic expert, a microalgae specialist, and a cancer researcher together? A Marimo. Read further to know how a multidisciplinary team is moving from the concept stage to a proposed sustainable plan that can play a role in reducing environmental footprint. The Petri […]
UKM Doctoral Gold Award Receiver Develops Ulam Raja Supplement to Prevent Dementia
Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Murniati Abu Karim THERE is a reason why Cosmos Caudatus or Ulam Raja is touted as the King of Ulam. According to Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) lecturer Dr You Yee Xing, 28, Ulam Raja has a promising and potential value of polyphenol and antioxidant content, which have been proven effective in preventing memory loss and increasing cognitive function in the […]
UKM medical specialist produces three orthopaedic outfits for B40 group
Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Mohamad Arif Haziq Mohamad Musri BANGI: A health specialist from the Orthopedics and Trauma Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Associate Prof Dr Mohd Yazid Bajuri has created three innovative products – affordable for the lower income group. The products are called MyB Ortho Shoes, MyB Air Walker and MyB Muslim Prosthetic. […]
M’sian PhD students develop alternative plastic
Reading Time: 2 minutesA TEAM of Malaysian PhD students has won a global engineering challenge with a sustainable approach to packing dried food products. The engineers from the University of Southampton Malaysia, University of Malaya and Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) have developed a prototype for dissolvable food blocks that would significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic supermarket […]
USM strenghtens academic and research ties with Pakistan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBY TAN EWE HOE PENANG: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) continues to strengthen the relationship with Pakistan as part of the university’s internationalisation agenda. USM Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan said that Pakistan was one of the countries that contributed a large number of international students enrolling in the university. “The latest enrollment of […]
ONOCAT, innovation to deter stray cats
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCATS are cute, making them pets among people. Yet many people feel uncomfortable or are extremely scared when cats approach them even though these cats are not stray cats. The uncomfortable situation with the presence of cats exists because of physical annoyance and psychological annoyance. Physical annoyance is directed to people with allergies, such as […]
Knowing the art of picking one’s brain
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY MAZLAN HANAFI BASHARUDIN FANCY forecasting the trends or customers’ behaviour in the future? Knowing how people think would be helpful in predicting and understanding their choices and actions. By learning the art (and the science behind it) of picking one’s brain, there is a way to do so now. Studying how the brain works, or neuroscience, is what’s currently offered at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). Neuroscience looks […]
Boosting regional, local aquaculture industries
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBY TAN EWE HOE PENANG: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Indonesia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish an integrated marine environmental monitoring system to help boost the regional and local aquaculture and tourism industries. The USM School of Biological Sciences Dean, Professor Dr Amirul Al-Ashraf Abdullah said, via the MoU, the two institutions aimed to create a more efficient and effective […]