Researchers discover rapid method to diagnose superbugs
Reading Time: 2 minutesA TEAM of researchers at the University of Cologne’s Faculty of Medicine and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) has achieved a scientific breakthrough in the accelerated diagnosis of multi-resistant hospital pathogens. Using a novel immunochromatographic method, the researchers detected bacteria that are resistant to the antibiotic group carbapenemes within 20 to 45 minutes […]
New tool helps scientists better target the search for alien life
Reading Time: 3 minutesCOULD there be another planet out there with a society at the same stage of technological advancement as ours? To help find out, EPFL scientist Claudio Grimaldi, working in association with the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a statistical model that gives researchers a new tool in the search for the kind of signals […]
New details of HIV life cycle
Reading Time: 2 minutesRESEARCH by a multi-institutional team, including two members from the University of Delaware, has revealed new details about the HIV virus capsid structure and how it develops. A capsid is a protein shell that encloses a virus’s genetic blueprint. The study, led by Cornell University scientists, was published Aug 1 in the journal Nature and […]
Spotlight on Ulam Raja
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudy finds anti-diabetes chemicals in local salad eaten by Malay community RESEARCHERS in Malaysia have shown that the plant Cosmos caudatus Kunth contains chemicals that can lower blood glucose levels. These plant-based substances could be investigated further as potential therapeutic agents to help manage high blood sugar in diabetes, a disease that affects 422 million […]
New tomato from gene editing
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFOR the first time ever, an international team of scientists from Brazil, the United States, and Germany has created a new crop from a wild plant within a single generation using the modern genome editing process CRISPR-Cas9. The team used Solanum pimpinellifolium as the parent plant species, a wild tomato relative from South America, and […]
Cushioning impact of earthquakes
Reading Time: 2 minutesUPM researchers invent structural vibration absorber BY AZMAN ZAKRIA SERDANG: Researchers from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) have successfully developed an innovative Structural Vibration Absorber Device which absorbs vibration caused by an earthquake and thus, prevents damage to buildings and reduces risk of death. The device is applicable to various types of buildings, including conventional buildings, […]
Jom Science, Malaysia!
Reading Time: 2 minutesKUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (Mabic) is taking Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to social media in its new initiative, Jom Science, Malaysia! The project aims at showcasing science, research and the personalities behind these in Malaysia to the general public. “It will be a colourful engagement with science with huge doses […]
Cancer researchers take Nobel for Medicine
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded recently to James P. Allison of the United States and Tasuku Honjo of Japan for their work on unleashing the body’s immune system to attack cancer, a breakthrough that has led to an entirely new class of drugs and brought lasting remissions to many patients […]
Siapakah orang pertama yang menemui virus Coxsackie?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTahukah anda, orang pertama yang menemui virus Coxsackie adalah Dr. Gilbert Dalldorf pada tahun 1948-1949. Beliau merupakan seorang saintis di Jabatan Kesihatan di Albany, New York State. Lahir dan dibesarkan di Midwest, Gilbert Dalldorf berhijrah ke timur untuk menjalani latihan perubatan dan meluangkan sebahagian besar kerjaya profesionalnya di bandar New York. Seorang lelaki yang baik, […]
Water worlds could support life, study says
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE conditions for life surviving on planets entirely covered in water are more fluid than previously thought, opening up the possibility that water worlds could be habitable, according to a new paper from the University of Chicago and Pennsylvania State University. The scientific community has largely assumed that planets covered in a deep ocean would […]