In 1935, a nomination for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was made for a doctor born in Penang. His name was Dr Wu Lien-teh. W.W. Cadbury put him...
The first Nobel Prize to be awarded to anyone born in the Asia-Pacific region went to a British army doctor. Ronald Ross won the 1902 prize in physiology or medicine...
When the call from Stockholm came on 7 October, Professor Emeritus Kenso Soai was at his neighbourhood supermarket. By that evening, one of Japan’s biggest newspapers had printed an extra...
Every ringgit in the first four parts of this series is now on its way through Parliament. It becomes law once the Dewan Rakyat, Parliament’s lower house, passes the Supply...
Since 1 September, Malaysians aged 18 to 30 have been able to earn three months of free access to selected AI apps. All it takes is completing a set of...
A student in Johor runs a lab experiment on a laptop. In Sarawak, a university college is preparing to provide its students with aircraft design tools on-screen. Both scenes come...
On 7 October 2026, Malaysia’s National Cyber Security Agency (NACSA) launched the My Cyber Hero Portal at the CyberDSA 2026 defence and security conference. It’s an interactive cybersecurity learning platform...
Malaysia has set a minimum target of 3,000 smart factories for its manufacturers by 2030, under Mission 2 of the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030). Every one of...
In May 2024, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim launched the National Semiconductor Strategy. Its talent goal speaks directly to the country’s engineering faculties: 60,000 high-skilled Malaysian engineers and workers...
