Drone with LoRa technology helps breeders monitor livestock
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ASMAHANIM AMIR BANGI: Now, the breeders need not worry about the health of their livestock anymore because they can monitor their livestock from as far as 20kilometers with LoRa (Long Range) wireless network technology. “The target of this project is to automate animal farming using the Internet of Things. Nowadays, most of the breeders […]
Greenhouse solar drying systems to improve agricultural products’ quality
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ASMAHANIM AMIRTANJUNG MALIM: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) has introduced ecofriendly greenhouse dryers system in some states in Malaysia in the effort of ensuring the dried food product cleaner and safer, the in some states in Malaysia. The system was originated from observation of the drying process of agricultural products and seafood are carried out […]
Biogenes signs exclusive licensing agreement with IUKL
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBANGI: Biogenes Technologies Sdn Bhd (Biogenes), a Malaysian-based company in the field of molecular diagnostics and genomics has signed a licensing agreement with Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur (IUKL) to commercialise Aptamer technology. Aptamer, a synthetic alternative to antibodies acts as molecular probes to detect and measure desired target molecules in a sample. This innovation is […]
Taiace takes the cake for outstanding financial feat
Reading Time: 2 minutesTAIACE Engineering Sdn Bhd (Taiace) – a diversified company serving a large spectrum of industries received the “Best Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) for Revenue” award. The award was given to the home-grown company by the Malaysia Venture Capital Association (MVCA) on April 24 at the Sime Darby Convention Centre, in Kuala Lumpur recently. Speaking […]
Step towards light-based, brain-like computing chip
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA TECHNOLOGY that functions like a brain? In these times of artificial intelligence, this no longer seems so far-fetched — for example, when a mobile phone can recognise faces or languages. With more complex applications, however, computers still quickly come up against their own limitations. One of the reasons for this is that a computer […]
Changing business landscape with supercomputers
Reading Time: 4 minutesSUPERCOMPUTERS are nothing like your PC. For the most parts, supercomputers are built with Central Processing Unit (CPU)s from AMD or Intel, or Graphic Processing Unit (GPU)s from Nvidia or AMD, but that’s where the similarity ends. A supercomputer is a type of computer that has the architecture, resources and components to perform massive computing […]
Physicists train robotic gliders to soar like birds
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTHE words “fly like an eagle” are famously part of a song, but they may also be words that make some scientists scratch their heads. Especially when it comes to soaring birds like eagles, falcons and hawks, who seem to ascend to great heights over hills, canyons and mountain tops with ease. Scientists realise that […]
Squid could provide an eco-friendly alternative to plastics
Reading Time: 3 minutesSelf-healing fabric, abrasion-resistant coatings, precision drug delivery and smart textiles are among the potential applications of squid ‘ring tooth’ protein THE remarkable properties of a recently-discovered squid protein could revolutionise materials in a way that would be unattainable with conventional plastic, finds a review published in Frontiers in Chemistry. Originating in the ringed teeth of […]
Is nuclear power the key to finally reducing the CO2 footprint?
Reading Time: 7 minutesBY GILLES YOUINOU GERMANY is eager to do its part and aims to lower its CO2 footprint with aggressive development of wind and solar, while, in parallel, phasing out nuclear. In about 20 years, at a cost of at least two hundred billion dollars, it has added about 80 gigawatts of wind and solar generating […]
Water-bearing minerals on asteroid Bennu
Reading Time: 2 minutesA SOUTHWEST Research Institute-led team discovered evidence of abundant water-bearing minerals on the surface of the near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu. Using early spectral data from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft orbiting the asteroid, the team identified infrared properties similar to those in a type of meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites. “Scientists are interested in the composition of Bennu […]