OLDEST FOSSILISED LILY…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBotanist Dr Clement Coiffard of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin discovered the oldest, completely preserved lily in the research collection: Cratolirion bognerianum was found in calcareous sediments of a former freshwater lake in Crato in northeastern Brazil. With an age of about 115 million years, Cratolirion is one of the oldest known monocotyledonous plants. These […]
BABY BLUE-TONGUE ARE BORN SMART…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteYoung Australian eastern blue-tongue lizards (Tiliqua scincoides) are every bit as clever as adults, researchers have found. Life is hard for baby blue-tongues. As soon as they are born, they are on their own, with neither parental support nor protection. Adults of the species can grow to 600 millimetres long and enjoy the benefits of […]
WHAT EFFECTS DOES CLIMATE CHANGE HAVE ON THE GENETIC DIVERSITY…?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUniversitätsmedizin Berlin, an international team of researchers studied the genome of the alpine marmot, an ice-age remnant that now lives in large numbers in the high altitude Alpine meadow. Results were unexpected: the species was found to be the least genetically diverse of any wild mammal studied to date. An explanation was found in the […]
MICROCYSTIN TOXINS REMOVAL FROM WATER…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteScientists at The University of Toledo have discovered that rice husks can effectively remove microcystin from water, a finding that could have far-reaching implications for communities along the Great Lakes and across the developing world. An abundant and inexpensive agricultural byproduct, rice husks have been investigated as a water purification solution in the past. However, […]
SURPRISING ENZYME…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new study led by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Swansea University Medical School furthers our knowledge of viruses — in the sea and on land — and their potential to cause life-threatening illnesses. Their findings, which examine newly-identified genes carried by mysterious “giant” viruses, could represent potential new drug targets for […]
EGG SUCKING SEA SLUG…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFeet from the raw bars and sherbet-colored condominiums of Florida’s Cedar Key, researchers discovered a new species of egg-sucking sea slug, a rare outlier in a group famous for being ultra vegetarians. Named Olea hensoni in honour of Muppets creator Jim Henson, the slug belongs to the sacoglossans, a group of more than 300 species […]
EQUALLY BAD…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteContrary to popular belief, consuming red meat and white meat such as poultry, have equal effects on blood cholesterol levels, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The study, led by scientists at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)– the research arm of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland — […]
KYE WINS NATIONAL YOUTH AWARD…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDr Siti Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafiah once again made Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) proud when she was conferred the National Youth Award 2018 (special category) at the National Youth Day 2019 celebration at Dewan Canselor Tun Abdul Razak in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) recently. The USM School of Biological Sciences lecturer received the award for winning […]
UTM- Amongst premier Digital Tech Institutions
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCYBERJAYA: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) continues to be selected to be amongst the Premier Digital Tech Institutions. The Premier Digital Tech Institutions initiative was jointly developed by the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia and Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) in 2017, to produce top talents and future leaders not only in digital technologies but other […]
Gut microbes eat our medication
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE first time Vayu Maini Rekdal manipulated microbes, he made a decent sourdough bread. At the time, young Maini Rekdal, and most people who head to the kitchen to whip up a salad dressing, pop popcorn, ferment vegetables, or caramelise onions, did not consider the crucial chemical reactions behind these concoctions. Even more crucial are […]