Microbes that live in fishes’ slimy mucus coating could lead chemists to new antibiotic drugs Drug discovery can get an assist from what nature’s already devised. Annie Spratt/Unsplash, CC BY Sandra Loesgen, Oregon State University One day in the future, you may take a pill to treat an illness – and owe your recovery to … Read more
Ms. Leneka Rhoden, Project Manager Leneka Rhoden is the reigning Miss Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen 2018. She is the founder and Managing Director of e-Biome: a Scientific Research and Development Consultancy geared towards transforming the role of STEM in Jamaica. She is also the founder and Executive Director of iAspire International, a non-profit … Read more
Jamaica leads in Richard Branson-backed plan for a Caribbean climate revolution Turbines in Manchester Parish, Jamaica, the English-speaking Caribbean’s first wind farm. Debbie Ann Powell Masaō Ashtine, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus and Tom Rogers, Coventry University After hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through the Caribbean in 2017, devastating dozens of islands – … Read more
Blue Economy and JAMPRO Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO) invited me to speak at one of their series of Strategic Planning information sessions to share our expert knowledge on the topic of the Blue Economy. These information sessions are open to all staff and form part of the research stage to identify emerging/nascent industries for the … Read more
Progress Bar 0% Prefix Postfix CMU reports positive results from ocean-cleaning trial The Jamaica Gleaner reported on Saturday, March 2, 2019 about our first successful JAMBIN test. The Caribbean Maritime University (CMU) is reporting positive results from the trials of the prototype of its ocean-cleaning device dubbed ‘Jambin’. An innovation out of the CMU’s recently … Read more
IMO, CBEI and Blue Economy The Secretary-General of the IMO (International Maritime Organisation), Mr. Kitak Lim, visited Jamaica on February 26 to 28. 2019,. He attended the High-Level Symposium “Harnessing the Blue Economy for the Sustainable Development of the Caribbean.” Tuesday, 26th of February had paid a courtesy call to the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), … Read more
I found this fantastic interactive website last night. You select a specific event, like the first coral reef or you can jump to a particular time, let’s say 500 million years back, and you will see how mother Earth looked. Type in your address, and maybe you have to realize that your home today was … Read more
On a scale from 1 to 10 for scientific surprises, I personally come to a 9 for the results of a new study described below, a result what the author had foreseen. Susan Lozier, an oceanographer at Duke University who was the lead author of the research published end of January in Science gives herself a … Read more
What do elephants have to do with the plastic waste in the oceans? Nothing. Thats right. Normally. In order to better imagine the monstrosity of the problem, elephants come into play. At least that’s what some scientists were thinking about to illustrate the problem. It sounds almost funny if it would not be so sad. … Read more
The message seems to be clear. Young, growing populations and high scope for catch-up mean emerging economies still offer the best prospects for long-term growth. Today’s emerging markets are tomorrow’s powerhouses, according to a recent forecast from Standard Chartered. The bank sees developing economies like Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, and Egypt all moving up the ladder – and by … Read more