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03 Mar 2016
Hailed as one of the six ground breaking innovations by the UK's daily newspaper Guardian – Smarter renewable power: six innovations, research led by Dr Chong Wen Tong at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, is indeed a ‘shining new light’ in the fight against the global epidemic of dengue and climate change.
29 Feb 2016
Universiti Putra Malaysia and Malaysia's Department of Statistics Malaysia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for strategic cooperation and to identify opportunities for collaborative research and development in the areas of demography and socio-economy.
Photo 1: University of Malaya Booth Visit. From left, YBhg. Prof. Dato' Dr. Mohd Jamil Bin Maah (UM), YB Datuk Seri Panglima Madius Tangau (Minister, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, MOSTI), Prof. Dr. Shaliza Ibrahim (UM) and Dr. Wan Manshol Bin W. Zin (Malaysian Association of Research Scientists, MARS).
23 Feb 2016
University of Malaya scored a big success with a total of 14 awards (1 The Best Award, 1 INNOPA Special Award, 6 Gold Medals, 3 Silver Medals and 3 Bronze Medals) at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) 2016 held from 18-20 February 2016 at the Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur.
22 Feb 2016
MARA-Aerotech a subsidiary of Majlis Rakyat Amanah (MARA) is offering RM 3 million worth of scholarships and stipends over the next 6 years for doctoral research studies in aerospace research in the Asia Aerospace City Research and Technology Centre (AACRTC) at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC).
17 Feb 2016
Obesity Awareness initiative “Young Minds Health Innovations” was launched recently at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). The objective of this initiative is to entice children and youth to be innovative with strategies which will help combat obesity and also to promote healthy lifestyle to children in schools.
16 Feb 2016
The National University of Malaysia (UKM), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) are working together to develop a uniformed accounting system for the country’s Islamic institutions.
16 Feb 2016
Two undergraduate scholars from Flinders University of South Australia spent a month studying Social Network Analysis and Antimicrobial Peptides at University of Malaya, Malaysia, under the Australian New Colombo Program.
16 Feb 2016
Universiti Putra Malaysia has organized a Putra Plantation Forum Series 1 to provide more information and knowledge on sustainability of the palm oil plantations in Malaysia.
01 Feb 2016
The National University of Malaysia (UKM) has launched an Islamic Knowledge Development and Expansion Research Fund to elevate the role of the UKM Islamic Centre on the international stage.
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29 Jan 2016
A biochemical compound developed as a radioactive tracer for cell proliferation shows increasing potential for use in cancer imaging, according to a recent paper published in the Pertanika Journal of Science & Technology.
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28 Jan 2016
Young people in Hong Kong are shifting their perceptions of parenthood from traditional Chinese cultural values, which emphasize family relationships and family loyalty, toward global values, such as individualism and consumerism, according to a recent study in the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities.
28 Jan 2016
Education experts from Malaysia and Indonesia have reached a consensus on the integration of children with disabilities or special needs into mainstream schools and universities during a recent international seminar held at the National University of Malaysia.
Figure 1- Location of the UM-UPSI radio telescope in Tanjung Malim Perak -yellow triangle and the future big radio telescope in Jelebu Negeri Sembilan- blue triangle
27 Jan 2016
The Radio Cosmology Research Group in University of Malaya is the first research group in this country that uses radio astronomy to study the sky at radio wave especially for cosmology since 2005. Radio telescopes with diameter of 3-meter and 7-meter were constructed in 2009 and 2013, respectively. Bigger telescopes are planned for the future.
Figure 1- The flexible and reversible structures of micelles
26 Jan 2016
A collaborative work by a group of researchers from Malaysia and Australia have lead to the discovery of a significant novel finding on the ultrasound-induced formation of a new type of super viscoelastic micelles.
Figure 1 - Plot of KBr/S vs. KS0 where SM, WM, and VS represent spherical micelles, wormlike micelles and vesicles, respectively
22 Jan 2016
The effects of moderately hydrophobic counter ions (X) on cationic micellar growth have been studied extensively because of its various industrial applications. We have developed a chemical method to quantify X affinity to ionic micelles, and X-induced and temperature-induced micellar growth (spherical-to-wormlike micelles-to-vesicles).
Figure 1 - In-house developed potentiometry reader for multi-ions detection
22 Jan 2016
Multiple sensing cells built from non-selective sensing membrane can be adopted to produce sensor signals that can be fed as variables into a multivariate analytical algorithms.
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18 Jan 2016
SEPANG, SELANGOR, 13 Jan 2016 – Two scientists from The National University of Malaysia are on their way to the Antarctic for a 22-day expedition to study the link between Climate Change and the South Pole.
18 Jan 2016
A research officer at University Malaysia Sarawak was recently awarded the Stephen Leatherwood Award at the 21st Marine Mammalogy Convention in San Francisco.
14 Jan 2016
Professor Dr. Thong Kwai Lin (Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science) was presented the prestigious Malaysian Society Microbiology (MSM) 2015 Award during the International Congress of MSM (ICMSM2015) held in Bayview Beach Hotel, Pulau Pinang from 7th-10th December 2015.
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13 Jan 2016
Contrary to popular belief, you shouldn’t clean your ears with cotton swabs, as this could lead to hearing loss, damage or worst, according to a researcher at The National University of Malaysia.
13 Jan 2016
Malaysian scientists are joining forces with Harvard University in a bid to revolutionise treatment of lung diseases by the delivery of nanomedicine deep into areas otherwise impossible to reach.
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13 Jan 2016
Academics at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) are calling for the provision of accurate and timely information about air quality after research.
13 Jan 2016
The Malaysian Government has awarded The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) a 5-star rating for the quality of its research and innovation, making it the highest rated international university in Malaysia.
17 Dec 2015
BANGI, 12 Dec 2015 – The National University of Malaysia (UKM) and the National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM) will jointly research the conveyance of liquids through pipes and channels, especially as a source of mechanical force or control.
Picture 1 Oriental latrine flies feeding on the carcass of a palm civet in Kenyir Wildlife Corridor peninsular Malaysia
09 Dec 2015
Researchers in Malaysia are using blowflies to sample mammal DNA and develop a mammal monitoring tool.
07 Dec 2015
Initiated in 1982, the collaboration between The French National Centre for Scientific Research and University of Malaya led to the creation of a joint laboratory called Laboratoire International Associé.
01 Dec 2015
The Malaysian Government has awarded The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus a 5-star rating for the quality of its research and innovation, making it the highest rated international university in Malaysia.
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01 Dec 2015
Researchers in Malaysia have successfully developed a device called Plant Mobiliser-Flora which can shorten the time for the transfer of seedlings for 400 polybags time from eight hours to 10 minutes per session by just a single person.
27 Nov 2015
Five sets of ultrasound machine equipment as well as infrastructure development training will be provided to the The National University of Malaysia’s Medical Centre by the South Korean-based Samsung Sono School.

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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.
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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.