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It's time to grow chemicals for our future " Ahmad Ibrahim
8+ hour, 12+ min ago (589+ words) MAY 31 " If the global economy is stripped down to its most basic, we will find that chemicals power the economy. Energy is combusted hydrocarbons. Food is digested carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Medicine is synthesised or extracted organic compounds. Even a…...
Why Malaysia's R&D crisis needs collaborative shock therapy " Ahmad Ibrahim
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (565+ words) MAY 29 " For decades, Malaysia has been trapped in a cruel statistical paradox. We pump billions into research centres and universities, produce a respectable volume of academic papers, yet our commercialisation rate remains stuck in the single digits. Industries shrug. The…...
Solids full of holes: Nobel-winning materials that trap carbon, harvest water and deliver drugs explained
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (719+ words) PARIS, Oct 10 " The chemistry Nobel was awarded on Wednesday to three scientists who discovered a revolutionary way of making materials full of tiny holes that can do everything from sucking water out of the desert air to capturing climate-warming carbon…...
Plastic to paracetamol: Scientists engineer E. coli to turn waste into painkillers, but doubts remain
11+ mon, 2+ day ago (415+ words) LONDON, June 29 " Scientists have found a way to use the bacteria E. Coli to convert plastic waste into a popular painkiller, a study said Monday, though outside experts doubted the technique would make a dent in the fight against plastic pollution....