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Stable environmentally friendly polymer coatings inhibit the surface buildup of bacterial and marine organisms.

On-the-spot diagnosis of certain cancers and other diseases is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a sensitive biosensor.

Surface chemistry offers new approach to directing crystal formation in pharmaceutical industry.

The design team at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, has been recognized for outstanding product design for its aftermarket wireless head-up display at the 2016 iF DESIGN AWARD in Munich.

Bringing three powerful chemical groups together offers new possibilities in drug development.

A research team in Korea has suggested an innovative concept of a reactor cooled by supercritical state carbon dioxide (S-CO2). The core has long life (20 years) without refueling as well as inherent safety features.

Aquilaria rostrata forest tree species said to have become extinct after the last time it was found about 100 years ago, has been rediscovered by researchers from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed metabolically engineered Escherichia coli strains to synthesize non-natural, biomedically important polymers including poly(lactate-co-glycolate) (PLGA), previously considered impossible to obtain from biobased materials.

Researchers from the University of Malaya, Malaysia, have documented 60 species of butterflies in Kuala Lumpur city parks. They found that wild areas within parks are particularly popular with butterflies and should be maximized to encourage butterfly diversity. The study was published recently in the journal Urban Ecosystems.

Studies conducted at the Saudi Aramco-KAUST Marine Environmental Research Center provide new insights into the physical and biological aspects of the Red Sea.

Harvesting of oil palm fruits is now made easier and faster – thanks to Universiti Putra Malaysia and Malaysian Palm Oil Board which have jointly developed a new electric cutter innovation, known as E-Cutter.

A Malaysia-China joint research team explores on new medicinal uses of Malaysian traditional herbs Eurycoma longifolia, also known as Tongkat Ali.

Hailed as one of the six ground breaking innovations by the UK's daily newspaper Guardian – Smarter renewable power: six innovations, research led by Dr Chong Wen Tong at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, is indeed a ‘shining new light’ in the fight against the global epidemic of dengue and climate change.

An innovative project to develop a novel surgical robotic system (NSRS) with haptic (tactile) feedback and capable of single incision or natural orifice (incision-less) robotic surgery has been initiated by a team led by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

An international team of researchers in Japan is getting ready to power up a 50,000-ton neutrino detector by adding a single metal, which will turn it into the world’s first detector capable of analysing exploding stars beyond the immediate neighbourhood of the Milky Way.

Researchers in Japan are developing methods to improve the efficiency of biorefinery systems.

Researchers at Nagoya University and the National Institute of Polar Research, Japan, successfully profiled passage of a magnetic cloud within a mass ejection event from the Sun. This success in the accurate simulation of a magnetic flux rope’s arrival on Earth provides vital improvements for real-time forecasting of space weather events.

A new initiative will help Nepali communities rebuild following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the country in April 2015.

A Korean industry-academic collaborative group has recently developed an anti-bacterial fabric that are effective against antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology upgraded their smart glasses with a low-power multicore processor to employ stereo vision and deep-learning algorithms, making the user interface and experience more intuitive and convenient.

Scientists based at Nagoya University, Japan, demonstrate the development of behavioral laterality (left-/right-handedness) in a scale-eating cichlid from Africa’s Lake Tanganyika, Perissodus microlepis.

A new computer model greatly speeds up the analysis of data from electromagnetic reverberation chambers.

A simple fluid dynamics model accurately predicts how bubbles impact on solid surfaces.

Innovative method creates larger sheets of two-dimensional materials.

Making microporous, non stick polymers soluble in liquids opens opportunities for targeted clean-up of molecular impurities.

Nanocrystalline shape memory alloys lose their memory as the crystalline grains get smaller.

A research team led by Nagoya University, Japan, shows in mice the potential of a special immune cell that targets a key protein in tumor growth that helps stop brain cancer.

A research team based at Nagoya University, Japan, has discovered how dopamine controls the brain’s response to cocaine. Findings from this study will reveal new insights into dopamine function in the brain.

The experiment opens the way to the study of more complex processes which occur in nature on the scale of attoseconds, such as photosynthesis, combustion, catalysis and atmospheric chemistry.

A team of scientists from Singapore and France has revealed the underlying mechanism for the formation and growth of a fundamental type of tissue – epithelial tubes.