January 21, 2022
The Academy of Sciences Malaysia congratulates YSN-ASM Member Ir Prof Dr Leong Wai Yie for being selected as the First Runner Up of the 2021 UN Women Malaysia WEPs Awards in the Leadership Commitment Category.
January 21, 2022
The 2021 National Science Challenge Grand Final competition was held virtually on 9 October 2021.
January 21, 2022
The top 15 finalists of the 2021 YSN-ASM Chrysalis Award have delivered their final pitches at the Final Pitch programme held virtually on 23 November 2021.
January 21, 2022
The second instalment of the ASM FAScinate Series in 2021 was held on 10 November and featured four more scientists from ASM’s illustrious Expert Network.
January 21, 2022
Themed “Transcending the Arts and Sciences”, the Academy of Sciences Malaysia collaborated with the Maybank Foundation and the National Art Gallery is launching the inaugural ASM ArtScience™ 2020 Prize Virtual Exhibition on 8 November 2021.
January 21, 2022
The Mahathir Science Award Foundation (MSAF) and the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) hosted the International Conference on Tropical Sciences (TropSc) themed “Contributions to Sustainability” from 25 to 27 October 2021.
January 21, 2022
Malaysia was one of the participating countries of the Dubai Expo 2020. Malaysia's pavilion carried the theme “Energising Sustainability” that captures Malaysia’s commitment to balance socio-economic progress with environmental concerns, to ensure a secure and sustainable future.
January 21, 2022
Carrying the theme “Unlocking the Future”, SO2020 is a flagship study of ASM that explores STI progress in Malaysia since the declaration of Vision 2020.
November 30, 2021
The Closing Ceremony and Announcement of the Semi Finalists for the 2021 National Science Challenge was held on 25 September 2021. The 2021 NSC is organised in collaboration with strategic partners such as the Ministry of Education Malaysia, Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science and Technology Centre, or CREST for short, and the Malaysian Society for Microbiology. The excellent Young Scientists Network-ASM was on board to strategise the concept and content of NSC, while Sasbadi Online Sdn Bhd acted as the technology partner.
November 30, 2021
The Academy of Sciences Malaysia organised the virtual 13th ASM General Assembly (GA) on 9 September 2021. The topic of the day was “Humanising the Economy Through People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships (5Ps) of SDGs for Greater Impact.
The year 2020 was an extraordinary time in human history. The United Nations reported that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact in several areas, undermining decades of development efforts.
November 29, 2021
On 3 September 2021, as part of the pre-conference webinar series “The Future Belongs to The Tropics” leading up to the International Conference of Tropical Sciences (TropSc 2021), the Mahathir Science Award Foundation (MSAF) together with the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) successfully hosted a public discourse on the “joyful chaos” of cities in the Tropics. The speaker of the discourse, Gaétan Siew, past President of the International Union of Architects and UN-Habitat Special Envoy, shared his views on the unique characters of tropical cities. Professor Dato’ Seri Dr Mazlan Othman (Chair of TropSc 2021), started the webinar with her welcoming remarks, sharing her view that the “chaos” arisen from transition in tropical cities can eventually to lead to creativity and growth.
November 29, 2021
The Malaysian National Day was also punctuated with the Opening Ceremony and Announcement of the Semi Finalists for the 2021 National Science Challenge.
The 2021 NSC is organised in collaboration with strategic partners such as the Ministry of Education Malaysia, Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), Collaborative Research in Engineering, Science and Technology Centre, or CREST for short, and the Malaysian Society for Microbiology. The excellent Young Scientists Network-ASM was on board to strategise the concept and content of NSC, while Sasbadi Online Sdn Bhd acted as the technology partner.