How To Maintain A Salt Water Chlorinator For Better Pool Performance

General Information | 19 October 2026

A salt water chlorinator makes pool maintenance much easier by converting dissolved salt into chlorine through an electrolytic cell. Instead of regularly adding large amounts of chlorine manually, the system produces a steady supply while the pool wa...

Stanford Scientists Find A Way To Regrow Cartilage And Potentially Slow Osteoarthritis

General Information | 08 October 2026

Scientists at Stanford Medicine have identified a promising approach that appears capable of regenerating worn joint cartilage by blocking an ageing-related protein known as 15-PGDH. In experiments involving older mice, the treatment restored cartila...

TNB Customers To Receive Pro-Rata Credit In October 2026 Electricity Bills

General Information | 05 October 2026

Tenaga Nasional Bhd, or TNB, has confirmed that eligible domestic customers will receive a pro-rata credit in their October 2026 electricity bills following adjustments to the government's electricity protection threshold. The credit applies to custo...

Malaysia’s 2027 School Session To Begin On 4 January

General Information | 05 October 2026

Malaysia's 2027 academic calendar for national and government-aided schools will begin on 4 January, with the school year running until early December. According to the Education Ministry, schools in Group A states will complete the academic year on...

How Short-Form Video Can Affect Teen Mental Health

General Information | 30 September 2026

Short-form video has become a major part of how teenagers communicate, entertain themselves, discover new interests, and express their identity. Platforms built around endless streams of short clips can provide humour, creativity, friendship, and use...

Australia’s Social Cohesion Is Holding Together, but the Signs of Strain Are Getting Harder to Ignore

General Information | 17 September 2026

It is easy to look at the current global environment and come away with the impression that societies everywhere are becoming more fractured. International conflict, political polarisation, economic pressure, racial and religious tensions, and years...

Malaysia Sets Clearer Rules for Online Healthcare With Its 2025 Digital Health Guideline

General Information | 07 September 2026

Malaysia's Ministry of Health has introduced a more structured framework for how online healthcare services should operate, reflecting how quickly telemedicine, virtual consultations and digital health platforms have grown since the pandemic. The Gui...

Which Malaysian Bank Made the Most Profit in Q2 2026?

General Information | 06 September 2026

Malaysia's listed banking sector delivered another strong quarter, with the 10 Bursa-listed banking groups in this comparison generating a combined RM9.58 billion in net profit for the three months ended 30 June 2026. That was about 3.6% higher than...

Why Healthcare Digital Transformation May Work Better as an Enterprise Strategy Than a Collection of AI Projects

General Information | 06 September 2026

Digital transformation has become one of the biggest priorities for hospitals and health systems. Organisations are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, automation, electronic health record modernisation, analytics and digital patient servic...

Programming Is Surprisingly Exhausting: When Your Brain Works Harder Than Your Body

General Information | 02 September 2026

People often look at programming and think, "You're just sitting in front of a computer all day. How tiring can that be?" Anyone who spends hours coding knows the answer: very tiring. Programming may not involve lifting heavy objects, running around...

Why We Trust AI Too Easily — Even When It Gets Things Wrong

General Information | 02 September 2026

Artificial intelligence has moved from being a novelty to something many people now encounter every day. AI summaries appear in search results, chatbots sit inside productivity tools, and digital assistants are increasingly being built directly into...

What Happens to Your Money If a Malaysian Digital Bank Shuts Down?

General Information | 29 August 2026

Digital banks have quickly become part of everyday banking in Malaysia, but there is one question many customers probably have not seriously considered: What happens to your money if the digital bank suddenly stops operating?

Pharmacists Step Up as Haze Continues to Affect Malaysians

General Information | 29 August 2026

Malaysians are being urged to take extra precautions as transboundary haze continues to affect parts of the country, with Sarawak currently experiencing some of the worst air-quality conditions.

Virtual Care Is Becoming a Core Part of How Hospitals Deliver Care

General Information | 27 August 2026

Virtual care inside hospitals is evolving far beyond the traditional idea of a doctor appearing on a video call. Health systems are increasingly using virtual nursing, tele-ICU services, remote specialty consultations and virtual care navigation to e...

Sunway Lagoon Roller-Coaster Incident May Be Linked to Metal Fatigue

General Information | 26 August 2026

The recent roller-coaster incident at Sunway Lagoon, which left 10 visitors with minor injuries, may have been caused by metal fatigue, according to Sunway Group founder Jeffrey Cheah. The incident happened last Saturday and involved 22 riders aged b...

Malaysia’s Sleep Problem Is Becoming a Public Health Concern

General Information | 25 August 2026

Sleep is often one of the first things Malaysians sacrifice when life becomes busy. Work deadlines, studies, family responsibilities, long commutes, entertainment and late-night screen time can all push bedtime later. In some workplaces and social ci...

MediAsas: Insurance Agents Urge Malaysians to Understand the Fine Print Before Switching

General Information | 18 August 2026

Malaysia's upcoming MediAsas medical and health insurance/takaful plan is being promoted as a more affordable option for private medical coverage, but insurance and takaful agents are urging consumers not to make decisions based on price alone.

Health Expert Calls for MediAsas Rethink Over Pre-Existing Condition Exclusions

General Information | 18 August 2026

Exclusions Malaysia's upcoming MediAsas medical and health insurance/takaful plan is facing criticism ahead of its planned January 2027 public launch, with health financing expert Prof Emeritus Dr Syed Mohamed Aljunid Syed Junid arguing that the sche...

Sentara Uses Epic EHR Predictive Model to Identify MRSA Risk Before Infection Develops

General Information | 16 August 2026

Healthcare organisations have spent years strengthening infection prevention programmes, but many interventions still begin only after a patient shows signs of colonisation or infection.

Malaysia Turns To Palm Oil For A Greener Way To Cool Data Centres

General Information | 10 August 2026

Malaysia's rapid data centre expansion is creating plenty of opportunities, but it is also putting growing pressure on electricity and water resources. As AI servers become more powerful and considerably hotter, keeping those systems cool is becoming...