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1,700 PELUMBA BASIKAL TEROKA BUKIT BUKAU TIGA NEGERI |
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Friday, 30 July 2010 11:46 |
PULAU PINANG, 29 Jul – Lebih kurang 1,700 pelumba basikal mountain bike bakal meneroka bukit-bukau di tiga buah negeri dalam Nibong Tebal Mountain Bike Adventure 2010 (NTMBA 10) yang akan berlangsung pada Ahad depan.
Para peserta yang bakal melalui trek berbukit-bukau meliputi negeri Perak, Pulau Pinang dan Kedah itu akan dilepaskan Timbalan Naib Canselor Hal Ehwal dan Pembangunan Pelajar USM, Prof. Dato’ Omar Osman dari Dataran Sukan USM, Kampus Kejuruteraan Nibong Tebal.
Pengelola pertandingan merangkap Presiden Kelab Rekreasi Mountain Bike Seberang Perai Selatan, Wan Azri Wan Ahmad berkata, pertandingan kali kedua dianjurkan itu mendapat sambutan hangat dari peserta dalam dan luar negara.
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USM RESEARCHER PRODUCES PLASTIC FROM SKIN OF TROPICAL FRUITS |
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010 17:03 |
PENANG, 24 May – Aware of the high demand for environmentally friendly plastic, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) researchers have developed a bio-degradable plastic, known as Fruitplast from the skins of tropical fruits such as bananas, rambutans and chempedak.
The head of the research team, Professor Hanafi Ismail said that the idea to produce plastic from the the waste products of fruits came about because they saw the potential market for bio-degradable plastic which is estimated to increase up to 30% each year.
"Commercial bio-degradable plastic such as Polylactic Acid (PLA) and Polycaprolacton (PCL) that are available in the West are at least 8 times as expensive as the petroleum-based, non-biodegradable plastic such as Polyethylene (PE) and Polypropylene (PP). We have developed a study to produce bio-degradable plastic using waste products from fruits to reduce costs but which can compete with the quality of the commercial plastics that are currently available in the market," he said.
Prof. Hanafi, who is a lecturer with the School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, USM, said this at a press conference to introduce Fruitplast here today. Also present were co-researchers Assoc.Prof. Dr.Nor Aziah Ab. Aziz and Ooi Zhong Xian.
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