Scientist behind coronavirus shot says next target is cancer

BERLIN (AP) : The scientist who won the race to deliver the first widely used coronavirus vaccine says people can … More

Vietnam says homegrown Covid-19 vaccine to be available by fourth quarter

HANOI (REUTERS) : Vietnam’s first domestically developed Covid-19 vaccine, called Nanocovax, is expected to be available by the fourth quarter of this … More

Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, Lou Ottens, dies age 94

(CNN) Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, has died at the age of 94, his family has … More

Meet the Malaysian enthusiast who builds and launches amateur rockets

KUALA LUMPUR : Growing up watching planes take off and land at Alor Setar airport in the northern Malaysian state … More

Egypt’s ‘Scorpion King’ turns venom into money

Surrounded by thousands of live scorpions in a laboratory deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, Ahmed Abu al-Seoud carefully handles one … More

Could plastic roads make for a smoother ride?

From lower carbon emissions to fewer potholes, there are a number of benefits to building a layer of plastic into … More

Glow-in-the-dark sharks found off New Zealand coast

Scientists say they have found that three deepwater shark species living off New Zealand glow in the dark. The species … More

Swedish researchers are transforming old clothes into sugar to make other fabrics (VIDEO)

MALMO : What if we were able to recover cotton from used clothing and turn it into nylon or lycra? … More

NASA releases Mars landing video: ‘Stuff of our dreams’

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) : NASA on Monday released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a … More

Who Is Swati Mohan? NASA Scientist Who Commentated on Mars Rover Landing Gains New Fans

An Indian American engineer who played a key role in the successful landing of NASA‘s Perseverance rover on Mars Thursday … More

Can Ganga be saved? What must be done to clean up India’s holy river?

Also known as the Ganges, it is one of the foundations of Indian civilisation but has since been tarnished by … More

Support vaccination and don’t listen to conspiracy theories, says Malaysia’s Khairy

PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) : Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has urged Malaysians to support the … More

Protecting our planet, one step at a time: turning kids’ diapers into compost gold

The diapers from babies and toddlers represent a considerable annual mass of waste and are an untapped source of recyclable … More

UK vaccine gambles paid off, while EU caution slowed it down

SAINT-HERBLAIN, France (AP) : French pharmaceutical startup Valneva had big news in September: a government contract for 60 million doses … More

Malaysia’s digital divide makes some students trek up hills and sleep on trees for Internet access

KUALA LUMPUR : In a YouTube video that went viral in June, 18-year-old Veveonah Mosibin, who lives in a village … More

Oil giant Shell turning to hydrogen, biofuels in new climate-friendly drive

The company will focus more on becoming an intermediary between clean power producers and customers. Royal Dutch Shell is betting … More

What about the Chinese Covid-19 vaccines?

The Chinese vaccines are rapidly making inroads into the Malaysian vaccine market place. After the 39 per cent Pfizer-BioNTech, 10 … More

635-million-old fungi is the world’s oldest terrestrial fossil

Scientists have found the world’s oldest terrestrial fossil hiding inside 635-million-year-old sedimentary dolostone rocks from China. Researchers estimate the record-setting … More