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SAINS & MASYARAKATSCIENCE & SOCIETYPada 21 Mac bertempat di KBU International UniversityCollege, Prof Peter Hicks dari University of Manchestertelah menyampaikan syarahan bertajuk ‘SilikonMikroelektronik—Apakah Kita Telah MenghampiriPenghujung Jalan?’ Syarahan beliau didahului denganmengimbas kembali akan pencapaian industri silikondan seterusnya menyingkap sesetengah rintanganyang dilalui dalam usaha meneruskan Undang-undangMoore untuk lima hingga sepuluh tahun akan datang.Beliau juga menegaskan kemungkinan teknologi barumengambil alih kecemerlangan silikon.Pada 22 Mac bertempat di Universiti Malaya, Prof SimonBiggs dari University of Leeds telah menyampaikansyarahan berjudul ‘Collodial Nanotechnology:Manufacturing Smart Products from Colloids’ kepadapelajar muda. Beliau telah menjelaskan kerja-kerja terkiniyang telah dilaksanakan di University of Leeds dalambidang Colloidal Nanotechnology. Selain ini beliaujuga membincangkan penghasilan kapsul fungsianpintar secara besar-besaran menggunakan emulsifi kasimembran selaku teknologi asas. Kapsul ini merangkumibahan koloidosome dan complex multilayer coatingsyang mengandungi polimer peka stimulus.Prof Peter Hicks from the University of Manchesterspoke on ‘Silicon Microelectronics—Are We Nearingthe End of the Road?’ on 21 March at KBU InternationalUniversity College. His presentation began with a reviewof the achievements of the silicon industry and laterexamined some of the obstacles that stand in the wayof a continuation of Moore’s Law beyond the next fi veto ten years. The possibility of new technologies thatcould take over from where silicon leaves off was alsomentioned.Another lecture by Prof Simon Biggs of the University ofLeeds was on ‘Colloidal Nanotechnology: ManufacturingSmart Products from Colloids’ to young students on 22March at the University of Malaya. He described in thistalk the recent work that had been undertaken at LeedsUniversity in the area of Colloidal Nanotechnology. Healso discussed the large scale manufacturing of smartfunctional capsules using membrane emulsifi cationas the baseline technology. The capsules includecolloidosome materials as well as complex multilayercoatings consisting of stimulus responsive polymers.◄ Siri syarahanSterlingdisampaikan olehProf HicksSterling SeriesLecture deliveredby Prof Peter HicksProf Ramkisson dari Akademi Sains CaribbeanProf Ramkisson of the Caribbean Academy ofSciences ▲Syarahan Insan TersohorProf Harold Ramkisson yang merupakan PengerusiJawatankuasa Pemandu kepada Sains dan TeknologiCARICOM, dan bekas Presiden Caribbean Acadamyof Sciences telah menyampaikan satu syarahan diAkademi Sains Malaysia pada 13 Julai. Syarahanbertajuk, ‘S&T di Caribbean’ diiringi data statistik bagimembolehkan para perserta meneliti secara kritikalEminent Persons’ LectureProf Harold Ramkisson who is the Chair of CARICOMSteering Committee on Science and Technology, andformer President of the Caribbean Academy of Sciencesdelivered a lecture on 13 July at the Academy. Hislecture entitled ‘S&T in the Caribbean’ was presentedwith statistical data to enable the participants to take74In Pursuit of Excellence in Science