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01 May 2012
Two teams from UiTM won third and fourth placing in Hack@10, a hacking competition organised by Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and Time Engineering Bhd, as game provider.
27 Apr 2012
APMEN is pleased to announce two new Partner Institutions to join the Network: The Mahidol Vivax Research Center and the Malaria Research Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
25 Apr 2012
Master’s student Saliha Mohamad and her professor, Suhaimi Abdul Talib of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia, discovered that sulphur and nitrogen can help us get rid of the old age problem of smelly drains.
19 Apr 2012
The Parabolic Team of Universiti Kuala Lumpur had actuated Parabolic Flights from March 23 till 28, 2012 over the airspace of Nagoya Japan. The flights were performed using a modified jet of the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA).
19 Apr 2012
“ There is a need for new strategy as the world today suffers from the lack of social justice, which has become an odd attribute of most national economies”, said MARA’s Chairman Y. B. Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh.
16 Apr 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) further strengthened its relationship with the universities of higher learning in Japan through the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MoU) recently.
10 Apr 2012
This new method is capable of reducing the price of carbon nanotubes from USD100 - USD700 to just USD 15 to USD 35 for each gram, much lower than world market prices
09 Apr 2012
SAITAMA, JAPAN, 6 APRIL 2012: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with RIKEN Institute Japan to further strengthen the research initiatives and sharing of technology between the two institutions.
03 Apr 2012
Panels always seem to damage during the installation of kitchen cabinets in Malaysian kitchens. The damages are in the form of split holes, loose holes and delamination. Hence Falah Abu and Mansur Ahmad of UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia studied the quality of particleboard panels in 28 Malaysian kitchens.
30 Mar 2012
In an effort to ensure a culture of recycling for a greener campus, the Department of Biology at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) organised Recyling Awareness Week in collaboration with Coca-Cola Malaysia.
29 Mar 2012
The Minister of Health and Family Welfare in India, Gulam Nabi Azad, recently opened the new Medical School building at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in collaboration with Karnatak Lingayat Education (KLE) Society,
28 Mar 2012
The students of the School of Graduate Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) known as the Peer Support Group (PSG) have organised an international seminar entitled "Managing the Research Journey" to help graduate students conduct an effective research methods.
28 Mar 2012
The Vice Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Assoc. Dato 'Omar Osman, received a courtesy call fromt he newly appointed Ambassador of Cuba, HE Ruben Perez Valdes, during his recent visit to Malaysia.
28 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malayasia (USM) will start offering the Master and Doctor of Neuroscience degrees with its first intake of eight candidates this year. Over the next five years, this is expected to reach a total of 36 thus making the USM as the first institution of higher education do so in Southeast Asia.
27 Mar 2012
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27 Mar 2012
An international seminar is being organised by Universiti Kuala Lumpur Royal College of Medicine Perak (UniKLRCMP) to discuss current trend and development in the medical programme for the improvement of the community as a whole.
27 Mar 2012
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) said former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad had agreed to accept his appointment as Unimas Alumni patron effective Feb 29, 2012.
26 Mar 2012
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) students aim to help provide community services through CLOSE project.
26 Mar 2012
His Excellency Tun Dato 'Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas today called for more publications produced in Malay to ensure the importance of the language.
26 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) to strengthen cooperation of over 10 years with Mount Miriam Cancer Hospital (MMCH) through a memorandum of agreement (MoA) signed between the two parties.
23 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Vice Chancellor Prof. Dato 'Omar Osman says that universities must be able to generate and translate knowledge from research so that it can help inform specific programs that provide direct benefits to the community.
19 Mar 2012
This paper studies the impact of institutional shareholdings on earnings management activities of their portfolio firms.
16 Mar 2012
The fate of the languages spoken in Malaysia, especially minorities, are more likely to become endangered, as has happened in a number of other countries. Unless efforts are made to maintain them, they will continue to disappear.
15 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has signed an MoU with the government of Malacca to establish the Cancer Center at the Putra Specialist Hospital, Malacca, and work together to promote and implement green technology in Malacca by Hang Tuah Jaya Corporation.
14 Mar 2012
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) will be organising the fifth UNIMAS R&D Expo 2012 from March 21- 22.
12 Mar 2012
Travelling exhibition Malaysia-Australia Art Exchange and Mohd Yusof Ahmad's Solo Exhibition were launched simultaneously by the Director General, National Visual Art, Dato 'Mohd Yusof Ahmad Nu Art Gallery Tuanku Zahirah, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, on March 8 2012.
12 Mar 2012
Six students of the University Putra Malaysia (UPM) won the first place cash prize of RM10, 000 in the Business Simulation Competition run by the Institute of Higher Learning (IPTA). Additionally, a UPM student gained second place in essay contest Accenture Asia Pacific Oil & Gas
08 Mar 2012
Have we given a thought to the nurses' anxiety and pressure at workplace? Researchers at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in Malaysia have been studying how being burnt out at work affects nurses' job performance.
07 Mar 2012
Farmers in Malaysia, especially rice farmers, can now take advantage of mobile technology, with information related to planting and other farming practices available at their fingertips, thanks to an initiative set up by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
05 Mar 2012
An analysis of earthquake and tsunami risks presented this month in the Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology suggests that mangrove forests have a protective role in the event of a tsunami.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.