Making science heard via modern technology
Reading Time: 3 minutesIN this age of mass media digitalisation, we see ourselves being slaves to our devices. Boon or bane: You decide! It is an inevitable change that we need to embrace as we see our world being more replaced by machines. As far as we see this true, we need to step up to societal changes. […]
UPM scientists test radiation detector sample at the international space station
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY KHAIRUL ANUAR MUHAMAD NOH TSUKUBA: A radiation detector which uses intelligent optical fibres developed by three scientists from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) will be sent for testing at the International Space Station (ISS) by Japan Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) soon. JAXA will deliver UPM’s radiation detector to the United States next month so that […]
Cellphone technology developed to detect HIV
Reading Time: < 1 minuteINVESTIGATORS from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed a portable and affordable mobile diagnostic tool, utilizing a cellphone and nanotechnology, with the ability to detect HIV viruses and monitor its management in resource-limited regions. The novel platform is described in a paper published recently in Nature Communications. “Early detection of HIV is critical to prevent […]
A new brain-inspired architecture could improve how computers handle data
Reading Time: 2 minutesWASHINGTON, DC: IBM researchers are developing a new computer architecture, better equipped to handle increased data loads from artificial intelligence. Their designs draw on concepts from the human brain and significantly outperform conventional computers in comparative studies. They report on their recent findings in the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP Publishing. Today’s computers are […]
Human retinas grown in a dish explain how color vision develops
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBIOLOGISTS at Johns Hopkins University grew human retinas from scratch to determine how cells that allow people to see in color are made. The work, set for publication in the journal Science, lays the foundation to develop therapies for eye diseases such as color blindness and macular degeneration. It also establishes lab-created “organoids” as a […]
New X-ray laser reveals structure of antibiotic- disabling enzyme
Reading Time: 2 minutesAN international collaboration led by the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron or DESY, with participation from Arizona State University’s Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery, the Department of Physics and the School of Molecular Sciences, has announced the results of the first scientific experiments at Europe’s new X-ray free-electron laser, European XFEL. Over 120 international researchers collaborated on […]
CEVA Sante Animale sets up first Asian partner lab
Reading Time: 2 minutesLAB- IND RESOURCE SDN BHD (LIR Biotech) is the “First Certified Partner Laboratory” of CEVA Santé Animale – a renowned veterinary pharmaceutical company based in Libourne, France. The LIR Biotech laboratory is also the “First External Laboratory” approved outside of Europe and the US. This makes it the first Asian partner laboratory of CEVA. Ruud […]
Who first invented solar panels?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSolar panels are used extensively for generating electricity and power throughout the world. Though the initial investment is quite high, the fuel is cheap and abundant produces hardly any pollution unlike the burning of the fossil fuels. The solar cell technology is extremely old and work started[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] on this way back […]
New extremely distant solar system object found during hunt for Planet X
Reading Time: 3 minutesWASHINGTON DC: Carnegie’s Scott Sheppard and his colleagues–Northern Arizona University’s Chad Trujillo, and the University of Hawaii’s David Tholen–are once again redefining our Solar System’s edge. They discovered a new extremely distant object far beyond Pluto with an orbit that supports the presence of an even-farther-out, Super-Earth or larger Planet X. The newly found object, […]
Diving into IoT with Krenovator
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE average user might not know it as the Internet of Things (IoT) – but it’s a technology that is in the process of transforming numerous areas of our everyday lives. IoT refers to the online connectivity of everyday objects around us; it might be your laptop and smartphones, but it can also be any […]