ABEATS 2023: Humanising technology for resilient and sustainable futures
Reading Time: 2 minutesPENANG: Following the two days of insightful discussions and proactive participation, the 5th ASEAN Business, Engineering, and Technology Symposium (ABEATS 2023) concluded on 2 December 2023, leaving a profound impact on the discourse surrounding “Humanising Technology for Resilient and Sustainable Futures”. Hosted on 1-2 December 2023, the symposium brought together diverse participants of esteemed scholars and industry experts from […]
Hubble spots farthest star ever seen
Reading Time: 2 minutesNASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has established an extraordinary new benchmark: detecting the light of a star that existed within the first billion years after the universe’s birth in the big bang — the farthest individual star ever seen to date. The find is a huge leap further back in time from the previous single-star record holder; […]
NTU S’pore produces oil from microalgae to replace palm oil in food production
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA TEAM of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a method to effectively produce and extract plant-based oils from common microalgae, using a newly discovered method that could serve as a healthier and greener alternative to palm oil. Palm oil is the world’s most popular vegetable oil, used in around half […]
Nobel Prize in Physics Honours Breakthrough Showing Quantum Physics in Action — On a Chip
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis (From L to R) for their pioneering experiments that revealed quantum mechanical effects in a device large enough to be held in the hand — a leap that brings the strange world of quantum physics into […]
Plant tissue culture: FGV’s contribution to industry
Reading Time: 3 minutesFELDA Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV)’s involvement in tissue culture began in 1980s and since 2010, the FGV Innovation Centre (FGVIC) has successfully produced 1.0 million tissue-cultured oil palm ramets annually. In addition to oil palm tissue culture planting materials, FGVIC has also actively produced banana ramets to accommodate the varied needs of customers. The […]
UPM launches ultra-compact electric vehicle
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY AZMAN ZAKARIA SERDANG: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) through its Faculty of Engineering has embarked on an innovative transportation system using electric vehicles, MyCOMS, the first of its kind in Malaysia, for use by staff and students in its ongoing efforts to promote green technology in its campus. The project was realised through the sponsorship […]
Microbe buddies convert heat- trapping methane to energy
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearchers from the Department of Energy at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have recently discovered that the ubiquitous heat-trapping methane gas can be converted into beneficial and environmental-friendly energy by simply creating a harmonious environment for two very different microbes. Per biotechnology news portal Bionity.com on April 13, the discovery published in the Bioresource Technology journal […]
Something’s fishy about new canola project
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA joint research between Nuseed, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) have developed canola containing omega-3 oil through plant-to-plant gene transfer. Genes from microalgae were transferred to canola for it to produce canola oil which is rich with long chain DHA, at level equal or better […]
Because necessity is the mother of inventions
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY P. KANDIAH The inconvenience of fitting and using a dust bag in a vacuum cleaner inspired Sir James Dyson (as he is referred to now) to develop a bag-less vacuum cleaner which innovation has brought much comfort to those tashed with vacuuming floors. Dyson’s bagless vacuum cleaner has taken the world by suprise. Pharmaceutical […]
Transforming spinach leaves into beating human hearts
Reading Time: 2 minutes BY LUKA ZUPANČIČ US scientists have managed to transform spinach leaves into functional beating heart tissues with their own vascular networks, possibly opening up a new branch of tissue engineering science based on plant mimicry. The scientific field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine emerged in the last decade as an answer to the […]