More amazing research findings are being made in research centers of the Malaysia’s local universities. The PECIPTA 09 exhibition, which had been held from 8-10 October 2009, uncovers these new findings, which contribute towards a more progressive society. Among many amazing research presented, Associate Prof Dr Amin Ismail explains that his submission, “Guava Pulp Composition Moving from Industrial Waste to Useful Functional Food Ingredients”, processes guavas and their lycopene rich products for the food industry.

Guava pulp also has many health benefits and this method minimizes disposal problems in the …

Many science fields like physcis, mechanics and space have reached their quantum level and the knowledges are very common to even a layman. But, have you wondered what is quantum internet and how it works? Let’s say Adam has a message he wants to send to his friend Jack. He encrypts it with a “key” – a sequence of 0s and 1s that unlocks the message. In quantum encryption, he sends this key using one of two intertwined alphabets. An eavesdropper has to guess which alphabet to read. A wrong …

Every year, million gallons of watermelons are wasted during farm’s harvest. Motivated by this fact, a research team from US biotechnology centre has conducted an experiment with hypothesis which stated whether the wasted watermelons can translate into energy or not.

The result is very shocking. As a matter of fact, watermelon juice is about 10 percent sugar by volume, and about half the concentration can produce ethanol. It also has amino acids that provide a crucial source of nitrogen for yeast to feed on during fermentation. The team calculated that …