ASM scripts blueprint for Malaysia 2050
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) recently launched the “Science and Technology Foresight Malaysia 2050” gearing up to the changing landscape with the advent of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 and a number of other emerging technologies. The Foresight focuses on five main areas, namely biotechnology, digital technology, green technology, nanotechnology and neurotechnology. The Foresight provides [ihc-hide-content […]
How does a compass work?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIF YOU’RE lost in the jungle, your best chance of finding your way might be via a tiny magnet. A magnet is what makes a compass point north the small magnetic pin in a compass is suspended so that it can spin freely inside its casing and respond to our planet’s magnetism. In navigation, directions […]
How long is your DNA?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is a molecule that carries the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms. In human genome, the genetic code in each human cell contains 23 DNA molecules each containing from 500,000 to 2.5 million nucleotide pairs. The DNA in this size is 5cm […]
Biotechnology – Cuba narrates its success story
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Petri Dish Editor-in-Chief MAHALETCHUMY ARUJANAN speaks to HE Ibete Fernandez Hernandez, the Cuban Ambassador to Malaysia and gets a glimpse of the country’s achievements in science despite decades of US blockade on the strong-willed nation. Cuban biotechnology research and industry were born in 1980 when the former President, Fidel Castro saw that need to […]
Bringing researchers and industry players together
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ARUNA GANESAN BANDAR SUNWAY: As an effort to bring research sector and industry together, Monash University Malaysia recently signed a long term Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with American based multinational corporation namely PerkinElmer at Monash University Malaysia on September 5th. It’s PerkinElmer’s first collaboration which covers comprehensive research scopes, encompassing analytical and life sciences. […]
Insect meal as aquafeed
Reading Time: 2 minutesKUALA LUMPUR: Located in Malaysia, Crops For the Future (CFF), the world’s first and only centre dedicated to research on underutilised crops, is developing novel aquaculture feeds using insect meal comprised of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae fed on locally-sourced underutilised crops. Funded by the International Foundation for Science (IFS), the project is spearheaded by […]
Selangor expo attracts more than 250 international exhibitors
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ARUNA GANESAN SETIA ALAM: The third Selangor International Expo saw more than 250 local and international companies exhibiting their products and services. The event was officiated by HRH the Raja Muda Selangor, Tengku Amir Shah Ibni Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah Al-Haj in Setia City Convention Centre on Sept 14. In his speech, Datuk Teng […]
Remembering the ‘Queen of Mathematics’
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY SAMIRA RASUL MARYAM MIRZAKHANI, the mathematics genius died on July 14, 2017 in California at the age of 40 after battling with breast cancer for years. People around the world mourn the early death of this gifted, young, Muslim mathematician as many see it as a light extinguished in the Muslim world. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” […]
Another good reason to drink coffee
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHERE’S another reason to start the day with a cup of joe: Scientists have found that people who drink coffee appear to live longer. Drinking coffee was associated with a lower risk of death due to heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, and respiratory and kidney disease for African-Americans, Japanese-Americans, Latinos and whites. People who consumed […]
Verdezyne breaks ground in Johor
Reading Time: 2 minutesNUSAJAYA, JOHOR: Verdezyne Inc., a synthetic biology company producing biobased chemicals, announced recently that a groundbreaking ceremony was held on July 30 for its VerdePalm plant, Verdezyne’s first commercial-scale renewable chemicals manufacturing facility, at the Bio-XCell premier biotechnology and ecosystem park in Nusajaya, Iskandar, in southern Malaysia. The new facility is designed to produce biobased […]