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Chile to become an Associate Member State of CERN

Chile to become an Associate Member State of CERN

CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti and Chile’s Minister of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation, Aisén Etcheverry, signed an agreement…

May 17, 20253 min read
Resistance is futile: superconducting diodes are the future

Resistance is futile: superconducting diodes are the future

Osaka, Japan – What would happen if you combined the unparalleled efficiency of a superconductor with the flexibility…

May 16, 20253 min read
NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera’s Galaxy Mission

NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Aspera’s Galaxy Mission

NASA has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Long Beach, California, to launch the agency’s Aspera mission, a…

May 16, 20252 min read
With AI, researchers predict the location of virtually any protein within a human cell

With AI, researchers predict the location of virtually any protein within a human cell

A protein located in the wrong part of a cell can contribute to several diseases, such as Alzheimer’s,…

May 15, 20257 min read
How we think about protecting data

How we think about protecting data

A new study shows public views on data privacy vary according to how the data are used, who…

May 15, 20255 min read
Study shows vision-language models can’t handle queries with negation words

Study shows vision-language models can’t handle queries with negation words

Words like “no” and “not” can cause this popular class of AI models to fail unexpectedly in high-stakes…

May 15, 20256 min read

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Professor Dr Mahiran Basri

Oils, fats innovation: use of nanotechnology in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals

ByAmrita TuladharJan 23, 20153 min read

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. A Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) lecturer, Professor Dr Mahiran Basri, not only succeeded in producing new useful substances made of oils and fats for the industry, but […]

14th Annual Field Course in Conservation Biology & Global Health: At the Human-Environment Interface 

14th Annual Field Course in Conservation Biology & Global Health: At the Human-Environment Interface 

ByAmrita TuladharJan 21, 20152 min read

Kathmandu– A Training Program for University Students, Journalists, National Park Staff and Professionals has been organized by Nepal Biodiversity Research Society (NEBORS), Kathmandu and University of Washington (UW) Seattle, Washington, USA…

Prof. Dr. Rajah Rasiah

University of Malaya’s Professor awarded the 2014 TWAS Celso Furtado Prize

ByAmrita TuladharJan 9, 20153 min read

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…

$118M gift from MIT alumnus will advance socially responsible and sustainable real estate development

$118M gift from MIT alumnus will advance socially responsible and sustainable real estate development

ByAmrita TuladharJan 8, 20157 min read

Samuel Tak Lee MIT Real Estate Entrepreneurship Lab to include focus on China. (Cambridge, MA) — MIT has received one of the largest gifts in its history, from alumnus Samuel…