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Building a better solar panel

One of the fundamental building blocks in modern chemistry, an organometallic chemical compound called ferrocene, has never been structurally defined – until now.Millions of dollars are being spent investigating opportunities to develop solar panels out of the synthetic material because …


Pro Vice-Chancellor says farewell

KUCHING – After almost six years the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Professor Helmut Lueckenhausen, has returned to Melbourne, Australia.On Friday, 25 May, he called on Sarawak Chief Minister Pehin Sri Haji Abdul …


The modernization of Southeast Asian design

Since ancient times, man has been known to use art as a form of expression, communication and association.


Australian deputy high commissioner impressed with university

KUCHING – The Deputy High Commissioner of Australia to Malaysia, Jane Duke, is impressed with the rapid growth of Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus and the high quality of education it offers.Duke was recently on a two-day visit to …


Uzbek student humbled by village folk

KUCHING – After experiencing life with a foster family at a village, Uzbek student Firuz Zaripov says he has been humbled by the warmth and generosity of the village folks despite their day-to-day struggle to make ends meet.A student at …


Australian Consul-General impressed with Swinburne Sarawak

KUCHING – The Consul General from the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, Marilyn Perring, paid a courtesy call to the Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Professor Ken Heskin, recently.Perring was accompanied …


The wonders of mechanical advantage

It was late morning.


Scientific discoveries – just a click away

While scientific discoveries may bring to mind images of scientists busily working in their labs, this is not always the case.


Oil spills – bugs to the rescue

Many of us will have by now heard about or even been affected by the current oil spill in Miri.


Schools from Borneo to face-off in Swinburne debate

KUCHING – Secondary schools from Sarawak, Sabah and Indonesia will clash in a battle of wits at the seventh Swinburne Sarawak Inter-school Debate Championship from 31 March to 3 April. To be held at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, …