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By: Rey Adriel Badrul Hisham, Michael Hoe Our modern world has seen an explosion in the popularity of healthy lifestyles, with health foods being one...

Najiah Mohd. Sadali

Did you know that UM researchers can speed up ripening of tomatoes? Genetic analysis studies by Dr. Najiah Mohd. Sadali at University of Oxford showed...

Feeding insects to fish is good for the industry. Here’s why.

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Rapid dengue detection using surface plasmon

Diagnosing dengue infections is a difficult task for the symptoms are nonspecific and current laboratory techniques are expensive, time-consuming and require highly skilled personnel....

Living with the imposter

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From rubber waste to graphene

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There is ongoing interest in the usage of animal-derived stem cells and cell lines for research, experimentation and real-world applications. Research conducted on goat...

Improving marine life growth with microbubbles

Microbubbles and their generation are of utmost importance in many scientific fields and have a wide array of practical applications from waste treatment and...

Making better fuel cells to better generate electricity from wastewater

By: Michael Hoe Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) with innovative new biopolymer composite membranes are able to generate a higher electrical charge than other membranes as...

Malaysian elderly lost muscles quicker than others in the developed nations

Aging populations affect many countries in the world and Malaysia is no exception. As a person ages, they will experience a decrease in muscle...

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