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The National University of Malaysia (UKM) and the Institute of Community Ophthalmology (ICO) Bangladesh, have joined forces to help the people of Bangladesh who suffer from eye diseases, said UKM Vice Chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Noor Azlan Ghazali.

The Office of Research is pleased to announce that the research proposal from Singapore Management University Assistant Professor Hady Wirawan Lauw was awarded with the NRF Fellowship grant.

With the official launch of the 3D Advanced Additive Manufacturing Center, UNIST hopes promote 3D printing technology, as Ulsan's new future growth engine.

The University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with VINCI Construction on 20th of January 2016 to encourage and promote cooperation in research and development in the field of Capacity Building and Local Talent Development.

“The 1st Japan's NIMS - Israel's Technion Workshop on Innovative Materials for Energy and Electronics” was held in two days, on February 16th and 17th at Namiki Site of NIMS.

Three renowned global networks of academies of science and medicine this week merge together to become the InterAcademy Partnership.

Universiti Putra Malaysia and Malaysia's Department of Statistics Malaysia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for strategic cooperation and to identify opportunities for collaborative research and development in the areas of demography and socio-economy.

President Barack Obama of the United States (US) announced 105 recipients of the 2016 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) on February 18. Among the awardees was a graduate from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

MARA-Aerotech a subsidiary of Majlis Rakyat Amanah (MARA) is offering RM 3 million worth of scholarships and stipends over the next 6 years for doctoral research studies in aerospace research in the Asia Aerospace City Research and Technology Centre (AACRTC) at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC).

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BioPharma Asia Convention is less than 4 weeks away and the event is growing with well over 1,500 registered attendees to date. Readers of ResearchSEA will get a special 15% discount to attend the conference.

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Honorable speakers include Professor Takaharu Tezuka of the world-acclaimed Fuji Kindergarten, John Stewart from the award-winning Green School in Bali, and Chinese pioneers in learning spaces, Professor Zhu Zhi-Ting from East China Normal University and Mr. Liang Senshan from the Ministry of Education of PRC.

Every February, the Government of Canada organizes International Development Week, highlighting the work and achievements of Canada’s development community.

South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology graduates have been recently acknowledged by the Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. for their scientific contributions at the 22nd Samsung HTP Award contest.

Obesity Awareness initiative “Young Minds Health Innovations” was launched recently at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). The objective of this initiative is to entice children and youth to be innovative with strategies which will help combat obesity and also to promote healthy lifestyle to children in schools.

​International Development Research Centre and the Graduate Institute in Geneva are partnering to lay the groundwork for a program of support that would enable developing-country think tanks to further global objectives in health.

Singapore Management University's Office of Research is pleased to announce that the research proposal from Assistant Professors Chung Siyoung, Kim Soojin and Shim Kyu Jin was awarded the grant from the Media Development Authority Singapore's Academic Engagement Programme.

Singapore Ministry of Education Tertiary Education Research Fund Grant Award

Surface mechanics specialist Professor Hitoshi Soyama has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

The National University of Malaysia (UKM), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) are working together to develop a uniformed accounting system for the country’s Islamic institutions.

Two undergraduate scholars from Flinders University of South Australia spent a month studying Social Network Analysis and Antimicrobial Peptides at University of Malaya, Malaysia, under the Australian New Colombo Program.

Universiti Putra Malaysia has organized a Putra Plantation Forum Series 1 to provide more information and knowledge on sustainability of the palm oil plantations in Malaysia.

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science and medical academies, publishes ‘Doing Global Science: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in the Global Research Enterprise’. The book offers guidance on conducting research responsibly in a research environment that is increasingly international and multidisciplinary.

The Asia Pacific Biotech News covered five major biotechnology research projects sponsored by the Korean government in the areas of biofuels, biomedicine, bio-nano healthcare, and biorefinery.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University hosts the Global Food Safety and Technology Forum (GFSTF) on February 4-5, 2016 in Hong Kong.

Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization and Special Representative for Antimicrobial Resistance in the Office of the WHO Director-General have presented an inaugural Distinguished Lecture entitled "Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Challenges and Ways Forward" at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

The National University of Malaysia (UKM) has launched an Islamic Knowledge Development and Expansion Research Fund to elevate the role of the UKM Islamic Centre on the international stage.

Education experts from Malaysia and Indonesia have reached a consensus on the integration of children with disabilities or special needs into mainstream schools and universities during a recent international seminar held at the National University of Malaysia.

World’s leading universities presented campus sustainability case studies at a conference during the 2016 World Economic Forum held on January 20-23 in Davos, Switzerland.