MASNANO, double masking solution offered by UNAIR students

UNAIR NEWS – Masks are now primary items that every individual must-have today. Mandatory use when leaving the house causes mask waste, especially disposable masks, to rise significantly. As a response, an Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) Student Creativity Program (PKM-K) team led by Alfionita Isnaini has made a breakthrough called MASNANO. Together with her colleagues, Via Qurrota A’yun, Tarissa Sekar […]

PSDKU PKM-PE Team Presents Alternative Treatment for Mammary Gland Cancer

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UNAIR NEWS – A PKM-PE (Research) Team Universitas Airlangga Off Main Campus Program (PSDKU) successfully presented an alternative treatment for mammary gland cancer through an in vivo study of Glycine max (L) extract. The research is one of the fields of proposals funded by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education (Kemenristek Dikti). The […]

UNAIR Students Study Impact of Excise Policy in Reducing Number of Cigarette Smokers

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UNAIR NEWS –  Indonesia has a significant number of cigarette smokers. It is supported by the increase in cigarette consumption from 2012 to 2016. It raises concerns, especially related to the potential negative impact of smoking on health. The Indonesian government seeks to reduce the level of consumption of cigarettes by classifying cigarettes as goods […]

UNAIR Students Use Pineapple Skin Waste for Wound Treatment

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UNAIR NEWS – Wounds are injury or damage to the integrity of the skin. Wounds may heal by itself if it is supported with optimal conditions, but they may not heal due to existing inhibiting factors. One alternative for wound healing treatment is by using the potential natural resources considered useless, such as pineapple skin. […]

UNAIR Students Make Artificial Corneas to Overcome Vision Problems

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UNAIR NEWS – Damage to the cornea is the second leading cause of blindness in the world after cataracts. Basic Health Research by the Ministry of Health in 2013, recorded 966,329 people of Indonesia suffered blindness. The cornea is a protective layer in the eye that is translucent. Corneal damage can occur due to infections […]

UNAIR Student Innovation Developed Antiseptic Spray Made of Nut Grass

UNAIR NEWS – Development in the pharmaceutical world is endless. Not only the development of drugs with synthetic materials, but also the development of natural ingredients. Preparations of natural ingredients do provide not only a powerful therapeutic effect but also have far lower side effects. One PKM-P group from Universitas Airlangga uses natural ingredients as […]

Probiotic Innovation to Improve Broiler Chicken Productivity

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UNAIR NEWS – In poultry medical field, antibiotics can basically be given with four purposes. They can be for therapeutic, metaphylaxis (control), prophylaxis (prevention), and Antibiotic Growth Promoter or AGP (feed supplement antibiotics, ed). AGP is given to poultry with sub-therapeutic doses or below the normal dose for therapy. Because the AGP target bacteria on the surface of the […]

UNAIR Student Creates “Mobile” Exoskeleton Based on Voice Recognition

UNAIR NEWS – Students of Biomedical Engineering Program Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) created an exoskeleton as a tool for the patient of Brachialis Plexus Injury (BPI) or brachial plexus injury. The team are Aisyah Widayani (2015), Septian Indra Wicaksana (2015), Muwaffaq I’zaz Al-Amin (2015), Nuzula Dwi Fajriaty (2016), and Muhammad Thoriqul Aziz Endryantoro (2017) with the […]

Three FST Students Use Cocoa Pods to Reduce Lead Pollution

Three FST Students Use Cocoa Pods to Reduce Lead Pollution

UNAIR NEWS – Lead (Pb) is one type of metal which is dangerous for living things because it is carcinogenic. It can cause mutations, and it decomposes for an extended period with stable toxicity. To overcome this problem, students of the Environmental Engineering Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga succeeded in researching cocoa […]