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03 Apr 2015
University of Malaya
Professor Ir. Dr. Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Raman from the Chemical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya was elected as the Chairman of IChemE (Malaysia) in its AGM on 7th March 2015 for 2016-2017 period.
19 Mar 2015
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Researchers from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, have designed and built a low cost apparatus to enable workers to roll out fibre sheets from a fibre roll onto a table which would make all cutting task easy. The apparatus design is ergonomical and reduces dust contaminating the work environment.
16 Mar 2015
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Academics from The University of Nottingham, Dr Ting Kang Nee, and Dr Yvonne Mbaki, will be trekking and climbing to the peak of Naya Kanga mountain (5846m) in Kathmandu, Nepal this from 13-19 April, to raise funds to support pre-school education for children from the Penan community in Sarawak.
16 Mar 2015
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
The International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) Scholar Award Program has once again expanded its reach by awarding Scholarships to 30 graduate students in 2014.
16 Mar 2015
University of Malaya
Ms. Kavita S. Subramanian, a PhD student from the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya has been selected in the 2015 Novartis Next Generation Scientist (NGS) program. The NGS program is an intensive 3 month-long internships at the research site in Basel, Switzerland
09 Mar 2015
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia, have studied the capability of new polymers derived from potato starch as insulators which do not show any remarkable electro activity.
26 Feb 2015
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Seeds-based jewellery is a new embedded invention process which is an eco-friendly jewellery product that reflects the use of organic elements in jewellery design.
26 Feb 2015
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Natural resins obtained from plants to be used as a coating element to enhance durability and anti-rust properties.
24 Feb 2015
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Oil palm decanter cake (OPDC) has the potential for use as a natural polymer composite (NPC), a material made up of natural fibre and polymer. It is used in many industries such as composite material, furniture, automobile, building, construction and petrochemicals.
24 Feb 2015
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Planning and managing vegetation in urban area is complex, yet it can be seamlessly done using computerized tree inventory and Geographic Information System (GIS).
17 Feb 2015
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Two studies published in the latest issue of the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities addressed women’s empowerment through education and political engagement.
16 Feb 2015
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Ahmad Datuk Zainal Abidin Haji Ahmad, a long servicing senior official in the Malaysian Government was awarded with an honorary degree by The University of Nottingham at the Graduation Ceremony held on 14 February 2015 at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC).
16 Feb 2015
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
A new type of breadsticks, which are made from corn silk and contain more nutrients derived from corncob fibres than normal breadsticks, have been awarded a gold medal for the new invention section at iiDEX2014 Exposition.
13 Feb 2015
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Assimilating traditional musical instruments into contemporary musical composition.
29 Jan 2015
University of Malaya
University of Malaya’s Academician –Professor Dr. Harith Ahmad has been awarded the 4th 'Profesor Ulung Negara' award by the Malaysian Government. He is the sole recipient of this award for 2014, selected from amongst all professors in the country. The Award giving ceremony was officiated by the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
20 Jan 2015
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
The use of oils and fats has been successfully diversified, resulting in an innovation formulated through nanotechnology that is beneficial to pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.
12 Jan 2015
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Mental illness – particularly depression – is a rising problem with Malaysia’s youth. Two recent studies published in the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities shed light on the relationship between poor family dynamics and the development of mental illness.
07 Jan 2015
University of Malaya
University of Malaya’s Professor Rajah Rasiah was awarded the 2014 Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). This was in recognition of his pioneering contribution to the theory and methodology of how technological capabilities relate to economic development
30 Dec 2014
University of Malaya
Dr. Farrah Dina Yusop, the Deputy Director of the Curriculum Development Center and senior lecturer of the Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia has been awarded the prestigious Outstanding Journal Article Award 2014 from the world renowned Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), USA.
23 Dec 2014
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Microalgae can produce high value health compounds like omega-3s , traditionally sourced from fish. With declining fish stocks, an alternative source is imperative. Published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, researchers evaluated various methods for extracting fatty acids and carotenoids from two microalgae species.
01 Dec 2014
University of Malaya
High Impact Research congratulates Prof. Dr. Ng Kee Peng, Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, for the recent publication of the book “A Guide to the Study of Basic Medical Mycology”.
27 Nov 2014
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Rainwater collection system to be used by residential houses in countries with abundant rainfall.
27 Nov 2014
University of Malaya
High Impact Research (HIR) is pleased to announce “twin” publications in the Journal of Pathology (Impact factor 7.33; Ranked 3/76 in Pathology and 15/203 in Oncology) by Dr. Yap Lee Fah and her research team from the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya.
20 Nov 2014
University of Malaya
The University of Malaya (UM) is pleased to announce that its international palaeontology team has now confirmed the presence of another important dinosaur fossil in Pahang, Malaysia.
20 Nov 2014
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
A lecturer from Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FPSK), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), was awarded the Merit Award for Excellence and Award for Excellence from the Nigerian government recently.
20 Nov 2014
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
RSPO and UPM to instill sustainable agenda amongst tertiary youth in Malaysia
14 Nov 2014
University of Malaya
HIR offers its congratulations to Dr. Chan Yoke Fun from the Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, for being one of the three recipients in this year’s L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science National Fellowship.
13 Nov 2014
University of Malaya
The research paper published in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials presents a comprehensive survey on the state-of-the-art channel assignment algorithms in cognitive radio networks and discusses open research issues and challenges of channel assignment in the cognitive radio networks.
04 Nov 2014
University of Malaya
In their paper, Prof Ariffin and her collaborators proposed a novel hypothesis that germline TP53 mutation carriers who develop cancer only at a late age may have a form of genetic resistance to early cancer.
14 Oct 2014
University of Malaya
Dr. Ranga Rao Ambati is a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He has been working in the interdisciplinary fields of micro algal biotechnology, food biotechnology, food science and technology, chemistry and biochemistry.
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Giants in history
Malaysia’s first astrophysicist, Mazlan binti Othman (born 11 December 1951) was instrumental in launching the country’s first microsatellite, and in sending Malaysia’s first astronaut, Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, into space.
Susan Lim (14 February 1952 – 2 August 2014) was a Malaysian parasitologist who specialized in studying a class of flatworms, the Monogeans, which are parasites of fishes.
Little is known about Ali, a teenager from Sarawak, Malaysia, who was chief assistant to the famous naturalist Alfred Wallace. Most of what is known comes from Wallace’s writings. Ali accompanied Wallace on expeditions throughout the Malay Archipelago from December 1855 to February 1862.
Wu Lien-teh (10 March 1879 – 21 January 1960) was a Malaysian-born doctor who invented a mask that effectively suppressed disease transmission. Winning the prestigious Queen’s Scholarship enabled Wu to become the first Chinese student to study medicine at the University of Cambridge.
Known as Mr. Natural Rubber, chemist and researcher B. C. Shekhar (17 November 1929 – 6 September 2006) introduced a number of technical innovations that helped put Malaysia’s natural rubber industry on the world map.
Lim Boo Liat (21 August 1926 – 11 July 2020), a leading authority in the conservation of Malaysia’s biological diversity, had his initial interest in the outdoors piqued by nature lessons in school. Lim, who helped found the National Zoo of Malaysia and re-establish the Malaysian Nature Society, had a particular interest in researching zoonotic diseases associated with small animals.