Malaysia to host THE Asia Universities Summit next month

MALAYSIA will be hosting the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Universities Summit for the first time next month. Set to be held in Sunway University, the gathering underscores Malaysia’s growing stature as an education hub for academic excellence and innovation in the region. THE Asia Universities Summit 2024 organising chair Prof Chai Lay Ching said … Read more

An eye on AI

The Higher Education Ministry is looking into setting up a polytechnic for artificial intelligence (AI) in Malaysia. Read full story FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Trusted Bulletin is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All … Read more

UM team comes out tops

A PIONEERING solution to muscle weakness among seniors bore fruit for a trio from Universiti Malaya when the team was crowned champion and “Best Team” at the recent Health iPhAMA-thon 2024 innovation competition. Recognising the significant burden placed on healthcare systems due to falls resulting from muscle weakness, Team AgeGracer, comprising Catherine Seow from the … Read more

‘Focus on research impact, not quantity’

WHILE research is essential to drive innovation and effect change, researchers who solely aim to publish their papers are defeating its very purpose and spirit. Further compounding the problem are reports of academic misconduct in Malaysian universities. Cases of academic misconduct include plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, ghost authorship and publication in predatory journals (see infographic). To … Read more

‘Review research KPIs in varsities’

PETALING JAYA: With academic misconduct on the rise and millions of ringgit spent on payments for publication in journals, there is an urgent need to review key performance indicators (KPIs) set for researchers in Malaysian higher education institutions (HEIs), say academics. Cases of academic misconduct include plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, ghost authorship and publication in predatory … Read more

DNA-infused computer chips could bring the next AI breakthrough

A new proof-of-concept DNA-infused computer chip could be the AI breakthrough that we’ve been waiting for. The chip was made using a DNA substrate that can perform calculations and manage big data processing, all in the same component. Scientists have long discussed the possibility of using DNA-based devices to help push processing to new levels. … Read more

Opinion | Plant-based meat’s success in Asia boils down to cost and outreach

For starters, consider which survey respondents were most enthusiastic about plant-based meat. Vegetarians? No. Those reducing their meat consumption? No. In all six markets featured in the study – Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines – the consumers who expressed the most enthusiasm for plant-based meat were the people who eat conventional meat … Read more

Gas giant formation may have a surprising twist

Flat Earth? More like flat Jupiter. New research suggests that gas giants like Jupiter may actually start off much flatter during their formation phase. A new paper featured in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters details the findings, including highlighting how the researchers came to their conclusions. The most widely accepted theory for planetary formation is the … Read more

The world’s coral reefs are even bigger than we previously thought

Our world’s coral reefs are much larger than we previously believed. According to a report shared on The Conversation by Mitchell Lyons, a postdoctoral research fellow at The University of Queensland, and Stuart Phinn, a Professor of Geography at The University of Queensland, researchers found 64,000 square kilometers of coral reef we didn’t know existed. … Read more

Sen. Joni Ernst demands answers on Biden’s USDA spending $1M on ‘dangerous bird flu experiments’ with China

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is demanding information about President Biden’s Department of Agriculture spending $1 million in US taxpayer funds on “dangerous bird flu experiments” in cooperation with the Chinese government — and a researcher connected to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to a letter exclusively obtained by The Post. Ernst wrote to USDA … Read more