The ASM Sc. J. has come of age. With a total of nearly 300 pages of text in three issues, it is now in the second year ofpublication. In this fi rst issue of the second volume, there is again evidence of a multi-disciplinary blend of articles/topics onmedicine, expert systems for diagnosis of breast diseases, ultra-wideband signals, chemical reaction analysis, applicationof nanotechnology, nanoporous materials, growth and production of biosurfactants, carbon nanotubes, goat spermmorphology, speech recognition algorithms, alkaline hydrolysis of N-(2’-hydroxyphenyl)phthalimide, and mathematics(fractional integral operator)—all contained in a concise manner, contributed by 30 scientists in collaborative R&Dwork.The varied and increasing role of computers, computer-based systems, expert and knowledge-based systems, simulationand mathematical modelling in industry, science and medicine is also evident in various articles in this issue.The next issue (ASM Sc. J., vol. 2, no. 2) will contain 10 articles on photonics—this being a feature in this Journal, asmentioned in the Editorial of the maiden issue, where periodically there will be a concentration of articles on particularthematic subject areas.In attracting and ensuring the publication of a wide variety of articles on scientific topics, the Academy of Science Malaysiacontinues to fulfil its objective of promoting and harnessing science, technology and innovation for the progress ofhumanity at large. Research opens up wide horizons and new data crowds upon us swiftly. Sharing this knowledge is notonly desirable but also vital for knowledge is international and indivisible. The Academy of Science Malaysia continues,therefore, to stress on the importance of publishing research findings.