This September, Malta’s Science in the City festival brings research out of laboratories and into the streets, using arts, performance and experimentation to make science part of public life. Curious about what you might find? Read on!
Only a fraction of a pressed olive’s nutrients reaches your bottle of oil, leaving behind a goldmine of unused compounds and proteins. Through SustainOlive, researchers at BKEA Ltd and Türkiye’s METU are transforming this neglected agricultural byproduct into eco-friendly food products and biomaterials, keeping this resource out of our waste systems.
For the first time, Esplora is launching a grant for young researchers. If you are between 13 and 21 years of age and have a research idea, the Young Researchers’ Grant will help make it a reality. Read on, and then visit the Esplora website for the guidelines.
A pioneering collaboration between Omnigene Medical Technologies Ltd and the University of Malta is developing a liquid biopsy platform that could transform how cancer is monitored. Called M3Profiler, the technology analyses tumour-derived exosomes – tiny vesicles released into the bloodstream by cancer cells – to generate detailed molecular profiles from just a small blood sample.
