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A theoretical model for vibrations in laptops provides design strategies for reducing hard drive failures

Microspheres and a tiny pipette are all it takes to image surfaces with a resolution below 100 nanometers

Scheduling algorithms based on game theory can make better use of computational resources to reduce the costs of grid computing

A systematic analysis reveals that cloud storage services have security weaknesses that can inadvertently leak users’ data

Vulnerable coastal communities in Sri Lanka now have more tools to help them survive tsunamis, cyclones, and other rapid-onset natural disasters. This increased preparedness flows from IDRC-supported research that evaluated the best means of alerting communities to approaching danger.

Population aging, as well as fast technological developments pose new challenges on individuals, communities and nations; these include a stronger digital divide with the growing gap between younger and older generations, ICT illiteracy, elderly people’s exclusion from using ICTs in their daily lives and lack of access to information.

Professor David Greenaway, the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, has been knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2014.

Singapore, 18 June 2014 – The Centre for Technology and Social-Behavioural Insights (CTSBI) will tap on high performance computing technology, big data analytics and behavioural sciences to study people-centric issues and human behaviour including how people think, feel and act in different settings.

Singapore, 16 June 2014 - Over 150 delegates gathered in Singapore on 16 June 2014 to discuss innovative solutions for an ageing society in the new era of ICT-enabled growth and to create opportunities for people with disabilities to capitalise on the digital wave.

13 June, 2014: Are you working on innovations to address poverty? Are you engaging grassroots communities, involved in social innovation, community engagement, social change management or institutional innovation? If yes, then share your knowledge as learning packages, and reach a wider network of social innovators and grassroots communities.

13 June, 2014: The Universities and Councils Network on Innovation for Inclusive Development in Southeast Asia (UNIID-SEA) is launching a research program designed to create innovative solutions to poverty-related or social-exclusion issues faced by poor and marginalized communities in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam

Frost & Sullivan hosts Growth, Innovation & Leadership (GIL) Korea 2014 in Seoul

Scientists at IMRE have invented a new permanent surface coating that attracts water instead of repelling it, for a better, clearer view. The patented technology simplifies the coating process, making it more cost-effective for manufacturers.

Consumption of undercooked cyst-laden meat from cattle, sheep and goats may cause infection in humans. Researchers from Universiti Teknologi MARA have successfully invented a PCR kit which provides a suitable and feasible means of screening, detection and identification with high sensitivity and specificity of the parasite.

Instead of being just landscaping waste, the dried leaves can help environmental agencies and oil and gas companies treat waste water from petroleum extraction

The use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP),a recycled material obtained from deteriorated roads is a suitable way to conserve non-renewable resources that is aggregates and bitumen used for asphalt mixes. This invention received a Gold award in the Invention Innovation and Design Exposition 2014.

Web accessibility, the ability for an individual to access information and content online, becomes an important issue when it comes to the visually impaired.

A group of Chemical Engineering students from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya emerged as champions in the recent Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Contest 2014 organized by Schlumberger.

Researchers in the United Kingdom and Malaysia are developing a new class of injectable material that stimulates stem cells to regenerate damaged tissue and form new blood vessels, heart and bone tissue.

The accurate placement of molecules into gaps between gold nanoantennas enables ultra-high sensitivity molecular detection

Hellma Analytics, a leading company in optics analysis technologies, partners with A*STAR to advance the pharmaceuticals and specialty chemicals manufacturing.

76 deaf students in Thailand have been trained in Graphic Design skills and have been empowered to extend their knowledge and use of language without being bounded to the spoken word.

In recognizing the major challenges and barriers to promoting disability-inclusive economic and social development, CCDKM organized and delivered a series of trainings on ICT for Business and Knowledge Management for disabled people in six provinces in Thailand.

Singapore, 3 June – A*STAR has inked a Master Research Collaboration Agreement (MRCA) with Japan’s IHI Corporation, which will allow the development of efficient and innovative solutions to benefit the chemical, infocomm and media, manufacturing and biomedical industries in Singapore and across Asia.

The 2nd International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules 2014 is an annual event held by ITbM, inviting prestigious speakers from around the world to enhance interdisciplinary research between synthetic chemistry and animal/plant biology.

The University Malaya led team revealed high levels of previously undiagnosed active TB especially amongst HIV infected prisoners.

Singapore, 28 May - SIMTech has pioneered an evaluation, comparison and validation method to produce deep, straight holes in a variety of materials for downhole drill pipes, to enable oil and gas exploration venture into greater depths and harsher environments.

Researchers at ITbM developed a new nickel catalyst with a “Kabuto-like” structure that catalyzed the cross-coupling reaction between carbonyl compounds and readily available phenol derivatives, to form α-arylketones, which are found in many biologically active compounds.

(Tokyo, 27 May 2014) Tokyo Tech scientists and colleagues in Switzerland develop an innovative new model to aid the analysis of financial markets uses the laws of molecular fluid dynamics to describe order-book transactions.

Team Genesis of the University of Malaya, Malaysia will receive two VI-Motorsport licenses worth RM12 000.00 and a 1-day VI-DriveSim session at VI-grade’s SimCenter in Udine, Italy.