Tuesday, November 19, 2024

This section duly named Campus Corridor highlights news from around local institutions of higher learning.

Homegrown red rice making waves in local stores

INDULGING in research and unleashing innovative ideas is the ultimate goal of any scientist. What develops in the petri dish must translate into products...

Soil – the neglected gold

“IT takes close to 200 years to form one cm of soil in the tropics and the process is even slower in the temperate...

Biogenes inks funding agreement with MTDC, PESB

KUALA LUMPUR: Biogenes Technologies Sdn Bhd (Biogenes) is gearing up to hit its next milestone after receiving RM5.5 million in funding. The funding was rolled...

New feed for M’sian goats and cattle

RESEARCHERS from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) have formulated a new feedstock for goats and cattle using a local Malaysian crop called Napier grass....

Local researchers proposed superpowered microalgae for wastewater treatment

BY AISHWURIYA KUNASHANKAR & SAARANI VENGADESEN WHAT do you get when you put a bioplastic expert, a microalgae specialist, and a cancer researcher together? A...

Priming crops to face impact of climate change

CONFRONTED with the need of increasing global food production - farmers are constantly challenged with altering conditions and emergent soil-borne pathogens brought on by human-induced...

USM-Petronas join hands to offer carbon dioxide mitigation

UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) through the School of Chemical Engineering and the School of Mechanical Engineering, has entered a research and technological collaboration with Petronas. The...

Artificial intelligence PadiMedical system, accelerates patient critical data sharing

BY AISHAH HISAMUDDIN THE PadiMedical system was designed with the integration of Artificial Intelligence in mind, assisting in the detection of disease features and improving clinical workflow, giving...

Medika Natura’s Bioactive from Kacip Fatimah gets USFDA nod as a New Dietary Ingredient

BY DR MAHALETCHUMY ARUJANAN & SAARANI MALAYSIA has one of the oldest rainforests in the world and is globally well renowned as a tropical...

Zooming in on HPV with aptasensors

BY SAARANI VENGADESEN & THIVIYA DARMARAJAN BIOGENES TECHNOLOGIES (BIOGENES) is already known for its novel innovation of diagnostic kits using an aptamer-based biosensing platform to...

UNESCO appoints local expert to lead in genetic research on thalassaemia

A LOCAL medical genetics expert has been appointed as UNESCO’s first chair in human genetics research on Thalassaemia. Prof Dr Zilfalil Alwi, a senior consultant...

Tech boost for Malaysia’s agarwood industry

IN LINE WITH the growing digitalisation trend driving Agriculture 4.0, Malaysia’s leading Agarwood plantation company, DAdvance Agarwood Solutions Sdn Bhd (DAAS) has signed a...

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