Chronic Inflammation – Tapping into the Power of Turmeric
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY JOYCE WONG JIN YI MILLIONS of people suffer from chronic pain caused by inflammation, while millions more suffer from diseases caused by chronic inflammation, such as cancer and heart disease. Short-term inflammation can protect the body, but chronic inflammation can have serious consequences. Chronic inflammation accompanying ageing is a driver of every health-related disease, […]
Reducing emissions in Malaysia – Methane as a Policy Priority?
Reading Time: 3 minutesReducing emissions in Malaysia – Methane as a Policy Priority? BY YONG JIE WONG, MATTHEW ASHFOLD & HELENA VARKKEY THE climate clock is ticking, and our time is running out. Failure to take the steps needed in the next few years to limit global warming to 1.5°C will push the world further into cascading and irreversible climate effects on the […]
Can editing help to resolve food security issues?
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY DR SADEQUR RAHMAN AT the centre of all our lives is the necessity of getting enough food, which is more imperative than ever. Our population is almost eight billion and space on our planet is limited. How will we manage to avoid famines and social chaos? It may seem a hopeless task, given all the […]
Novel Way to detect microbial contamination in cell cultures
Reading Time: 2 minutesRESEARCHERS from the Critical Analytics For Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have developed a new method of detecting adventitious microbial contamination in mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) cultures, ensuring the rapid and accurate testing of cell therapy products (CTP) intended for use in patients. Utilizing machine […]
Look good, feel great
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY JOYCE WONG JIN YI MAINTAINING your weight is more than how you look or the number you see on the scale. How you feel, and your overall health is so much more important. Excess body fat is associated with an increased risk of most major chronic health conditions, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, […]
Why Methane Matters?
Reading Time: 2 minutesTWO new signs of large natural methane gas leakages, which scientists on the spot are ascribing to warming conditions, underline the urgency of ensuring that human activity does not further increase the problem by pushing average global temperatures even higher. Researchers from Stockholm University on the icebreaker Oden in the Arctic Ocean reported from the site that “vast […]
Methane and Global Warming
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY DR ZELINA ZAITON IBRAHIM ON November 2, 2021, the United States, the European Union, and partners, formally launched the Global Methane Pledge during the twenty-sixth Conference of Parties meeting (COP26). Malaysia has joined the Pledge. More than 100 countries have committed to reducing global anthropogenic methane emissions across all sectors, by at least 30 percent […]
Is sustainable development achievable?
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY DR CHEE SU YIN TO SOME FOLKS, the words sustainable and development can never exist side by side. Their essence is on opposite sides of the spectrum. A juxtaposition. The term “sustainable” seeks to exhort nature while “development” is usually associated with destroying it. You cannot develop and conserve at the same time. Surely when […]
How much does a cloud weigh?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteResearchers have calculated that an average cumulus cloud is about 500,000 kg. As we know, clouds are made up of water particles and air which both have mass. To determine the weight of a cumulus cloud, researchers need to determine the size and density of the cloud. They have found that the water density of […]
What is Triple Point?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn thermodynamics, the triple point of a substance is when the three phases known as solid, liquid, and gas co-exist in equilibrium at a certain point of temperature and pressure. The term “triple point” was given by James Thomson in 1873. There are many substances that have these conditions such as water, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, […]