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In this article I will highlight the latest development in the earthquake research along the Nepal Himalayan, which was conducted by Prof. Paul Tapponier (Earth Observatory of Singapore) and his group.
by Evon Cheong As a medical student, I find myself fascinated by the depth and breadth of science and how it is so intrinsically intertwined with our daily lives. Recently, we learned about the physiology of sleep and the extremely significant role it plays in …
Report by Jasmine Leong. Photos by Xander Chong On the 24th of October 2012, National Science Challenge was held in the Federal Government Administrative Centre in Putrajaya. The event was graced by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed, former Prime Minister of Malaysia and Tan Sri Dr …
Report by Jasmine Leong. Photos by Xander Chong Creating a Bright Future through Science, Technology and Innovation: In October 2012, Scientific Malaysian (SciMy) was proud to be one of the co-organisers of the 4th Technopreneurship and Innovation Symposium and Exhibition (TISE) that was held in …
The Project Collab aim is to foster research collaboration. In this section, we highlight a research project conducted at University of Malaya. Multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria is a major public health problem in the Asia Pacific region as well as globally. Although the regional disease …
A chemist by training, but an ‘engineer’ in practice – such is the description that the SciMy team would like to tag on Prof. Norita Mohamed. With a good grasp of chemistry fundamentals, the chemist in her sets out to solve problems that have plagued two sectors, namely the waste environment and the chemistry education system. In a recent interview with the SciMy team, Prof. Norita elaborates on her research at removing/recovering heavy metals from the environment, as well as her involvement in improving the teaching of chemistry at the secondary and tertiary levels. Interview by Dr. Hooi-Ling Lee and Dr. Valerie Soo.
Professor Meharvan Singh – fondly known as “Sonny” – is a Texas-based neuroscientist with family roots in Kuala Lumpur. He studies how hormones (such as estrogen, progesterone and testosterone) affect brain functions, and how these hormones, or the lack of them, influence brain aging as well as the vulnerability of the brain to neurodegenerative conditions (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease) and certain brain cancers (e.g. glioblastoma). After being invited to serve the SciMy Advisory Board, Sonny recently shared his thoughts on science (and life!) in our inaugural live web interview session on March 2, 2013. Interview by Dr. Valerie Soo.
Despite the massive media coverage of the Higgs boson discovery on 4 July 2012, it is probably fair to say that the process of “discovering” a new particle remains a mystery to most. As one of the 5000 physicists nominally involved in the result from the ATLAS and CMS experiments, Khoo Teng Jian hopes to offer some insight into the background behind the boson buzz – a look at the lives of experimental high energy physicists.