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05 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will focus on sharing the best practices of indigenous knowledge so That the impoverished 'bottom billion' of the world's population can benefit from more affordable technology, said USM Vice-Chancellor Prof Dato 'Omar Osman.
01 Mar 2012
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, has launched a lecture program which aims to change the mindset of young researchers and encourage them to exand their work beyond the laboratory.
01 Mar 2012
The state government in Saarawak, Malaysia will allocate RM10 million annually to technical education development for Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) starting next year.
01 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) aims to help Malaysia become a major contributor to global knowledge and scientific research in the world's fifth largest continent (and the coldest in the world) Antarctica.
01 Mar 2012
Prime Minister Dato 'Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak sent his congratulations to the organizing secretariat of the Chinese New Year Festival 2012, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) for its success in organizing the program consistently every year.
28 Feb 2012
Children of of Malacca, Malaysia, who are pursuing studies at Higher Education Institutions have been urged to provide new ideas that can help towards the development of Malacca.
24 Feb 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) provides RM2 million for University Innovation Fund (Innovation Seed Fund) to enable researchers to continue research programs with potential for commercialization.
23 Feb 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will highlight research findings to various other countries in the future.
20 Feb 2012
Institutions of higher learning (IHL) in Malaysia must strive to create a closer relationship with universities in Saudi Arabia. This includes a collaboration involving research and academic matters related to students in the future.
17 Feb 2012
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) will have its own museum within this year not only to be a great university but also to complement other museums in the state.
15 Feb 2012
Sarawak has the potential to be Malaysia's top contributor of furniture for export because it is a major producer of tropical timber and timber products.
14 Feb 2012
Norizan Mat Diah, Marina Ismail, Putri Mazliana Abdul Hami and Suzana Ahmad of UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia developed a software to teach children Jawi calligraphy.
14 Feb 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) aims to reinforce its relationship with higher education institutions in Saudi Arabia.
13 Feb 2012
To mark its commitment in striving to meet the mission of being an exemplary university of internationally acknowledged stature, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) promoting academic and research interactions with B S Abdur Rahman University (BSAU) of Chennai, India, in Kuching yesterday.
09 Feb 2012
Klinik UNIMAS Sebayor, complete with state-of-the-art facilities, is now operational. Its primary aim is to provide quality, cost-effective and comprehensive primary care to outpatients living in and around Kota Samarahan, Malaysia
07 Feb 2012
MEA College has recognized the Dean of the Faculty of Creative and Artistic Technology (PUZZLE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Assoc Prof A. Hj Abdul Razak Mohaideen through Film Award at the Convocation MEATECH 2011 on 24 December last, which was held at Dewan Sri SIANTAN 1, Complex, Precinct 3 in Putrajaya.
07 Feb 2012
'What you need to know about Generic Drugs'
06 Feb 2012
Sarawak, being the largest state in Malaysia, is a major producer of tropical timber and timber products in the world. However, despite being blessed with abundant timber resources, it has a relatively small wooden furniture manufacturing industry, with insignificant exports compared with other timber-exporting countries.
06 Feb 2012
Inventions can help physically-challenged people lead life with fewer difficulties. Mohd Thamrin, Rosman R. and Sarmawi D. S. of UiTM Shah Alam Malaysia studied the use of inexpensive RF transmitters and receiver modules for wireless transmission to improve the functionality and efficiency of the manual controlled wheelchair.
13 Dec 2011
A young researcher from the University Sains Malaysia (USM), Yam Mun Fei, was given the international Young Researcher Award for his study, a machine which measures the level of pain from Arthritis, in Taiwan recently.
13 Dec 2011
River Engineering Research Center and Urban Drainage (REDAC), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is a leader in research on water management in Malaysia and has helped the country toward solving the various issues related to it.
08 Dec 2011
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CoERE) has identified 10 districts in Sarawak as micro hydro dam sites under its Green Energy Island research project said Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui today.
30 Nov 2011
Sarawak has proposed a study to look into reducing infrastructure cost due to the peat soil in the areas under the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score).
30 Nov 2011
The Centre for Technology Transer and Consultancy (CTTC), the business arm of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), introduced its newly re-designed corporate video yesterday.
29 Nov 2011
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has made history once again by winning 14 medals in three international exhibitions held recently in Germany and Poland.
24 Nov 2011
GOMBAK A team from Universiti Teknologi MARA called 'Yogi Bear' won 3rd place in ACM-ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) Al-Khawarizmi National Programming Contest, held on 29th October 2011 at International Islamic University Malaysia (UIAM), Gombak.
24 Nov 2011
November 21 was World Fisheries day this year, proudly supported by WorldFish.
23 Nov 2011
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) is to start producing biofuel extracted from palm 'sago' (stem pith) waste - the first of its kind - through its Sago Research Centre.
21 Nov 2011
Two of USMs masters degree schemes have been ranked in the world's top 100 by eduniversal website.
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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.