Monthly Archives: October 2018
New tomato from gene editing
FOR the first time ever, an international team of scientists from Brazil, the United States, and Germany has created a new crop from a...
Bill Gates: GMO seeds can help farmers adapt to climate change
IN a conference call during the Global Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco on September 12-14, 2018, Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill...
Diving into IoT with Krenovator
THE average user might not know it as the Internet of Things (IoT) - but it’s a technology that is in the process of...
Cushioning impact of earthquakes
UPM 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...
Jom Science, Malaysia!
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Biotechnology Information Centre (Mabic) is taking Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to social media in its new initiative, Jom...
‘Give us this day our daily bread’
Pope on World Food Day
POPE FRANCIS on Oct 16, which is World Food Day (WFD) embraced the theme of the event: Our actions are...
MTDC: Use local technology, experts to springboard i4.0
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) has urged companies to utilise local technology and expertise in preparation for the challenges that come...
Rethinking Malaysia’s energy vision
BY DR MOHD SYUKRI YAHYA
NUCLEAR POWER was Malaysia’s last energy option during Tun Dr Mahathir’s first tenure as prime minister. The policy was rescinded...
Cancer researchers take Nobel for Medicine
THE 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded recently to James P. Allison of the United States and Tasuku Honjo of Japan...
