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‘Non- evolvable’ essential cells can be targeted to predict and lower possibility of drug resistance

The Index was launched on 1 December following the announcement of the index results in a ceremony held at Hotel ICON in Hong Kong.

Robotic therapy works better if stroke patients’ brains are stimulated by electricity.

Nanoscale ribbons of a new phase of gold have been produced with a different crystalline structure.

Tiny particles with varied shapes scatter light in useful and unusual ways.

Researchers in Malaysia have successfully developed a device called Plant Mobiliser-Flora which can shorten the time for the transfer of seedlings for 400 polybags time from eight hours to 10 minutes per session by just a single person.

On 12 October 2015, results of the Eduniversal annual ranking for the best 1000 business schools in 154 countries were announced and Faculty of Business & Accountancy (FBA), University of Malaya has again made its mark as the only business school in Malaysia being awarded 4 Palmes of Excellence.

~Technology will be ubiquitous in every aspect of business and everyday living~

Korea’s largest scale personal genome project which aims to sequence 10,000 people and patients was launched in Ulsan Metropolitan City on November 25th, 2015.

The National University of Malaysia's hospital has installed a total laboratory automation system, apparently the first in Malaysia, for more time-efficient sample diagnose.

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have developed a smart chip which can tell you how healthy is your battery and if it is safe for use.

Singapore continues its good showing in the field of integrated circuits (IC) research and will present two papers, from the Institute of Microelectronics (IME) A*STAR and Nanyang Technological University (NTU), at ISSCC 2016.

Insights on Industrial Sector Convergence, The Development of Smart Manufacturing and Mining Operations will be presented at the 2015 GIL Australia Congress to be held at the Hilton Hotel Sydney, Australia on 3rd December 2015

Researchers in Korea have developed a technique that can easily analyze the optical activity of charged compounds by using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak organises its fifth indigenous knowledge fair with a keynote speech “Community-based co-design of Indigenous Knowledge Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities” delivered by a professor from Namibia and presentations by researchers in Malaysia and UK.

Scientists from Tohoku University in Japan have developed a method to produce sweeter, well-growing tomatoes.

Investigating how droplets move around on a surface shows us why it is important to set boundary conditions.

Graphene and metal nitrides improve the performance and stability of energy storage devices

A collaborative project by researchers in Malaysia and UK aims to achieve sustainability-led design for the existing non-domestic buildings. It will use 'Building Information Modelling' in these countries to reduce or completely avoid depletion of critical resources and also to prevent environmental degradation.

Nagoya, Japan – RaQualia Pharma Inc. and the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) of Nagoya University have announced a joint research agreement for the discovery of small molecules to control the circadian rhythms of mammals.

High quality natural meteoritic magnet successfully produced in a short time

Under the Economic Transformation and Human Capital Project, students at The National University of Malaysia are helping single mothers to establish a joint venture company. The main goal of this project is to encourage entrepreneurship among single mothers and human capital development of youths in the neigbourhood.

A student of Universiti Putra Malaysia, has succeeded in creating a smart phone application using a GPS Augmented Reality technology to look for halal restaurants within the vicinity of a consumer’s living area.

Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology will lead an IdeasLab on biotechnology for an aging society while HUBO, the winner of the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, will interact with the forum participants, offering an experience of state-of-the-art robotics technology.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the World Health Organization are co-organizing a meeting entitled “The 4th WHO Informal Consultation for Improving Influenza Vaccine Virus Selection” to be held in Hong Kong from 18th to 20th of November, 2015.

As a one-stop spot for native and exotic plants, Universiti Putra Malaysia Conservatory Park features a collection of nearly 500 species of such plants.

A team of researchers at Singapore Management University investigates the complex relationships between economy, geography, real estate and health to unravel important policy implications.

A researcher at Singapore Management University delves deep into the complex world of international corporations to understand how they and their investors make decisions about money.

The Singapore Management University Centre for Marketing Excellence is partnering with Asia’s luxury sector to navigate trends that are changing the face of retail.

Data mining is not just about numbers: It is premised on human behaviour, and the multitude of decisions that we make every day. A researcher from Singapore Management University is trying to identify useful patterns from large amounts of information.