The Gut-Mind Connection: How Nutrition Shapes Mental Resilience
Reading Time: 3 minutesMental health disorders are a growing global crisis, and projections suggest they could become the leading cause of mortality worldwide within the next decade. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that by 2030, depression will be the number one global disease burden. Additionally, suicide rates, linked to mental illness, already account for more than 700,000 […]
Malaysia’s First Scientist Inducted into UK’s Prestigious Royal Society
Reading Time: 2 minutesKUALA LUMPUR – Malaysian scientist Ravigadevi Sambanthamurthi has made history as the first Malaysian to be inducted into the Royal Society, the United Kingdom’s esteemed national academy of sciences. The Petaling Jaya-based scientific consultant with the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is part of the Society’s latest cohort of global scientific pioneers, joining the ranks […]
HIV vaccine study uncovers powerful new antibody target
Reading Time: 3 minutesIN THE LONG BATTLE to create an effective HIV vaccine, scientists have made a major leap forward. A new study shows that a series of vaccines can coax the immune system to produce powerful antibodies capable of blocking a wide range of HIV strains — including those that are typically the hardest to stop. Published in Immunity on […]
Keeping ahead of the times, as another year winds down on a happy note
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs we close another year, we reflect on the many impactful projects we were proud to undertake. This year was no less eventful than previous ones, and one of our highlights was our collaboration with the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC). Together, we aimed to provide science-based information to dispel the myths and misinformation surrounding […]
MADE IN SARAWAK CHEESE
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Green Valley Dairy Farm, Sarawak’s pioneer cheese producer, is set to roll out its first batch of mozzarella cheese from its processing plant in Merapok near Lawas this August. Deputy Minister of Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail said this production will put the RM16-million facility located at the […]
Singing to babies improves their mood
Reading Time: 2 minutesSinging to your infant can significantly boost the baby’s mood, according to a recent Yale study published May 28 in Child Development. Around the world and across cultures, singing to babies seems to come instinctively to caregivers. Now, new findings support that singing is an easy, safe, and free way to help improve the mental well-being […]
The Green Pontiff: Pope Francis and his legacy of environmental justice
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a world fraying at the seams – from environmental collapse to social inequality – the late Pope Francis emerged as a prophetic voice with Laudato Si’, his landmark 2015 encyclical on care for our common home. With the gentleness of Saint Francis of Assisi and the moral clarity of a global shepherd, he called the […]
New carrier birds brought avian flu to Europe, Americas
Reading Time: 2 minutesBird flu cases are rising rapidly in the United States and around the world. A new study traces how the disease spread over the last two decades from Asia to Europe, Africa and the Americas. New bird species, from pelicans to peregrine falcons, are catching and carrying the disease, the study finds. The pattern may be a […]
Study: Bats are key players in cross-species spread of morbilliviruses
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBats in the tropics of the Americas are a reservoir for morbilliviruses—a genus of RNA viruses that includes the human measles virus. However, their role in spreading morbilliviruses to other mammalian species is unclear. An international team of researchers, led by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the German Center for Infection Research, has now studied the […]
Study: Depression is linked to an increased risk of dementia in both mid and later life
Reading Time: 2 minutesA new study has found that depression is linked to an increased risk of dementia in both mid and later life. The new research, which is published in eClinicalMedicine, was led by Jacob Brain and Maha Alshahrani from the Institute of Mental Health and School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham, the University of Adelaide, and […]