MOSTI launches Malaysia Grand Challenge, supported by 5 funds 08 Jan 2021 / 15:48 H.
PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) has launched the Malaysia Grand Challenge (MGC), which is supported by five research and development (R&D) funding schemes amounting to RM220 million under the Pemacu Strategic Technology Fund (PEMACU).
The schemes are namely the Strategic Research Fund (SRF), Technology Development Fund 1 (TeD1), Technology Development Fund 2 (Ted2), Bridging Fund (BGF), and the Applied Innovation Fund (AIF), for which 114 products are expected to be commercialised this year.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the MGC was aimed at spurring the country’s research, development, commercialisation and innovation (R&D&C&I) activities in the quest to prioritise science, technology and innovation to turn Malaysia a high-tech country.
New Catalyst Process Recycles Plastic Waste into Useful Materials
Written by AZoCleantechJan 6 2021
Scientists have used an innovative catalyst process to recycle a certain kind of plastic for the first time. This plastic is found in everything, such as food packaging, grocery bags¸ wax, liquid fuels, electronics and toys.
Graphical abstract. Image Credit: Tamura/Osaka City University.
The researchers published their results in the
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental journal on December 10
th, 2020.
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Plastics are essential materials for our life because they bring safety and hygiene to our society,” stated the co-authors of the study Masazumi Tamura, an associate professor in the Research Center for Artificial Photosynthesis in the Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology in Osaka City University, and Keiichi Tomishige, a professor in the Graduate School of Engineering in Tohoku University. However, the researchers said that the growth of the gl
UET, ECO signs commercial licensing agreement Tue 29th December 2020 | 05:40 PM
PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Dec, 2020 ) :University of Engineering Technology (UET) Peshawar and ECO Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd on Tuesday signed a commercial licensing agreement of a project, Performance of confined dry block masonry against Blast loading , funded by HEC under the Technology Development Fund (TDF).
The ceremony was held with Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Iftikhar Hussain in chair, and attended by the senior officials from the school of Advanced Geo-mechanical Engineering (SAGE), Military School of Engineering (MCE), Risalpur and UETPeshawar, said a press release issued here.
The agreement was signed by Yaqoob Khan, CEO ECO Enterprises Pvt. Ltd and Dr. Tariq Khalil, Manager Office of Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC) UETPeshawar.
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