WARNA penting dalam kehidupan seharian sama ada secara langsung atau tidak langsung. Warna juga boleh menentukan peraturan. Contohnya, lampu isyarat menentukan peraturan lalu lintas dan melanggar lampu merah boleh dikenakan tindakan undang-undang. Begitu juga dengan kilauan lampu merah pada ambulans yang memberi isyarat supaya pengguna jalan raya memberikan laluan. Warna merah selalunya dikaitkan dengan tanda…
THE conference on science and technology held from Oct 7 to 10 during the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) Summit in Putrajaya was successful but a few things have to be considered due to the challenges of globalisation. The OIC conference on science and technology was organised with the intention of bringing together the member…
PRIME MINISTER Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has constantly reminded us to look forward. Space science is one of the examples that Malaysia is proud to be involved in. Space science has its origin in astronomy, the queen of the sciences. Astronomy has posed a special challenge to Mus lims.As we know, Malaysia will launch…
PENGUASAAN sains dan teknologi (S&T) akan menentukan nasib sesuatu bangsa.Tanpa memiliki sains dan teknologi yang dicipta sendiri, kita akan selamanya menjadi konsumer kepada teknologi asing. Seperti kata pepatah,`orang yang bodoh sentiasa menjadi makanan orang yang pandai.’ Sebagai contoh, jika kita tidak mempunyai ilmu mengenai kenderaan dan jika kereta mengalami kerosakan, kemungkinan kita akan ditipu oleh…
KERADIOAKTIFAN telah wujud secara semula jadi, tetapi perkara itu tidak diketahui sehinggalah akhir kurun ke-19, sedangkan di dalam al-Quran, sudah ada satu surah dikenali al-Hadid, yang memperkatakan mengenainya. Istilah al-Hadid merujuk kepada logam besi. Di dalam keadaan semula jadi, besi wujud sebagai satu sebatian dengan logam dan galian lain, antaranya logam radioaktif seperti uranium, plutonium…
THE Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) will hold a conference on “Science and Technology for Industrial Development in Muslim Countries: Facing the challenges of globalisation” in Kuala Lumpur from Oct 7 to Oct 9. This conference is expected to propose, to the Senior Official Meeting of the OIC, a science and technology policy framework for…
ON APRIL 11, six Malaysian scientists won 12 medals at the International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products in Geneva, Switzerland. This is the largest exhibition of its type in the world. Established since 1972 and now in its 31st year, it was held under the patronage of the Swiss Government, the state and…
AS we have reached the year 2003, we thought the world would be more civilised but unfortunately, once again America is showing its double-sided face against the Middle East. War against Iraq will result in killing thousands of Iraqi children and what will the Americans gain? Apparently, hundreds of historical buildings, artefacts and manuscripts of…
IN MANY ways, our life today is very much influenced by science and technology. People’s lifestyles have been changed in modern civilisation and man’s thoughts have been influenced by the explosion of science and technology But what determines terrorism in terms of science and technology? Fundamentally, science is knowledge to discover, by systematic studies, the…
