Malaysia first Falling Walls Lab at AIMST invites applications
June 27, 2016
We have recently received this email, which might (should) be of interest to many of our researchers. Subject: Gentle Reminder : Malaysia first Falling Walls Lab at AIMST invite applications Salam Sejahtera & Salam Ramadhan, YBhg. Datuk/Dato’/Prof./Dr./Tuan/Puan, We are pleased to inform you that Malaysia will host its first Falling Walls Lab at AIMST University. We would like to …
The tricks that could help you win your bet on Euro 2016 – if you can pull them off
June 24, 2016
“If you want to bet with your head, rather than your heart, on the Euro 2016 football championships where should you put your money? You might be surprised to discover that there is sometimes a way that you can bet and be guaranteed to win. If you can find the right set of odds and …
UNMC Research on Graphene-based Nanolubricants featured in popular automotive blog
June 22, 2016
Research done at UNMC on Graphene-based Nanolubricants was recently featured in the popular automotive blog, Paultan.org. The article can be found at: http://paultan.org/2016/05/23/graphene-based-nanolubricants-a-performance-leap-from-current-motor-oils-malaysian-research-team-finds/
Year 3 Chemical Engineering Students won the Champion of 4th IEM Chemical Engineering Design Competition
June 21, 2016
by Prof. Denny K. S. Ng For the first time, Year 3 undergraduates from University of Nottingham, Malaysia managed to outperform all other groups which mainly compose of Year 4 undergraduate students from various universities (e.g., Taylor’s University, Universiti Sabah Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Universiti Perlis Malaysia, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, etc.). A team of …
Research article in 2015 SST Highlights Collection
by Dr. T. Nandha Kumar The research article “Modeling of bipolar resistive switching of a nonlinear MISM memristor” by the doctoral research students Firas Odai Hatem and Patrick W. C. Ho and under the supervision of Dr. T. Nandha Kumar and Prof. Haider A. F. Almurib has recently been selected by the editorial board of …
Is the sporting world putting money before fairness?
June 18, 2016
As the 2016 World Snooker Championship gets underway, the 32 entrants will compete for the most sought-after prize in the game. But not all of them will have gone through the same struggle to be there. The top 16 players, defined by the highest money earners over the past two years, get automatic qualification to …
Why the dartboard looks like it does, and how bad players can do better
June 10, 2016
“There are many variants of the game of darts, but by far the most common sees players start with a score of 501 and take turns to reduce this score using three darts at a time until one of the players reaches zero exactly. The layout of a darts board is a circle cut into …
How to beat the casino – legally
June 5, 2016
“If there’s one thing everybody knows about gambling it’s that the house always wins. And while it is true that casinos always make a profit, there are a number of ways to cheat the system – some of which are actually perfectly legal. Half a century ago, mathematician Edward Thorp published a groundbreaking book outlining …
Satellite remote sensing for monitoring construction project
June 1, 2016
Led by Dr. Tuong-Thuy Vu, School of Geography, a multidisciplinary team of UNMC developed an automated system for progress monitoring of key repetitive construction activities in linear infrastructure projects. Initiated from a brief chat between two old friends, Dr. Vu and Mr. Ioannes Tang, Department of Civil Engineering, the project idea was formulated on the …
Nottingham Students Win First Prizes in both Oral and Poster Presentations at the 27th Intervarsity Biochemistry Seminar
May 23, 2016
The Intervarsity Biochemistry Seminar is an annual event of the Malaysian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (MSBMB). This year, the 27th Intervarsity Biochemistry Seminar was hosted by UPM on the 14th May with a theme of “Where Life meets Sciences”. A total of 10 universities participated in the event, namely UPM, UTAR, UKM, UCSI, …
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