Concerns on energy security and climate change risks are making headlines in recent years. Hence, plenty of discussions have centred on the feasible solutions to these matters.
Malaysia's biodiversity enriches the country and the world on many fronts. Malaysia is home to various flora and fauna that is not found anywhere else in the world.
The 13th Meeting of the APEC Policy Partnership on Science, Technology and Innovation (PPSTI) was held in Viña del Mar, Chile.
Academician Professor Emerita Datuk Dr Mazlan Othman FASc and Ms Nitia Samuel represented ASM to attend the meeting from 9 to 11 May 2019.
The winners of National Science Challenge 2018 was invited to participate in the Sakura Science High School Programme (SSHP). The week-long programme was organised by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and featured students from Malaysia, Singapore, China and South Korea. SSHP aims to raise the interest of aspiring youth in science and technology.
My research in the GEM Laboratory focused on assembly and retrofitting of the Long and Short Super-Chamber of the GEM detector. The work included an assembly procedure that follows the newly developed standard quality control tests, to verify satisfactory functionality of the GEM chamber.
For the first four weeks, I was assigned to Aamir Ishard as my first supervisor, and Francesco Fallavollita. I was assigned in a Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) group for Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) endcap project. At the time, I was assigned to the GE 1/1 detector.