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In South Asia, small millets have been neglected in agricultural research and policy despite their nutritional properties, high storability, and tolerance for adverse growing conditions. The project involves 10 partners across 8 agro-ecological sites in India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

(Tokyo, 24 February 2014) Upgrade of Tokyo Tech’s TSUBAME supercomputer is just one of the cutting edge research projects covered in the February 2014 issue of the Tokyo Institute of Technology Bulletin

Tokyo Tech announces the development of supercomputer TSUBAME 2.5. TSUBAME, recently upgraded from 2.0 to 2.5. How does TSUBAME 2.5 differ from K and other supercomputers?

RIKEN, the University of Tokyo, and NIMS succeeded for the first time in generating and visualizing electron spin vortex state "skyrmion molecules" with topological charge 2 within a thin film of "La1+2xSr2-2xMn2O7," a layered manganese oxide which is a ferromagnetic material with uniaxial anisotropy.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Sino Parking Services Limited (Sino Parking) have jointly developed and launched a new application for Android smartphones, which makes car parking an easy task even in the busy town centre.

WCS commends Indonesian Government for adopting new law prohibiting fishing and trade of manta rays

14 awards in HIT, telemedicine, biotech, life sciences, pharma and medical technology

Unprecedented Transformation in Care Delivery across Australia and Asia-Pacific to drive Innovation and Efficiency

Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) developed K-Glass, a wearable, hands-free HMD that enables users to find restaurants while checking out their menus.

Experiments on tiny gold prisms help to explain the unusual electrodynamics of nanostructures

Adding carbon gives iron–platinum nanocrystals the ideal optical properties for heat-assisted magnetic recording

Nanoparticles with a core–shell structure can minimize the overheating of cells during bioimaging experiments

Simulating the magnetic properties of nanostructures could help to design electronic memories with increased storage capacity

A*STAR and Nanyang Technological University are partnering to develop critical technologies for the three-dimensional printing of high-performance industrial components

A paper-based device that mimics the electrochemical signalling in the human brain has been created by a group of researchers from China.

A*STAR’s exhibition at Singapore Airshow 2014 to highlight its R&D initiatives in aviation

Teaching professionals in the field of English as a Second Language (ESL) often express concern that their students lack sufficiently broad vocabulary knowledge.Therefore, the purpose of this study is to establish baselines that can be used to measure changes in language proficiency among Malaysian students in the future

This study addressed questions related to the potential effects of 10 weeks coaching interventions for students identified as having learner autonomy profiles that indicate they may benefit from additional learning support services.

Incorporating the gamelan into contemporary music

Advancement in materials science and engineering enables research to be carried out to produce lightweight materials that are comparable in performance to their contemporaries.

Homograph pose some difficulties when using the computer to get the meaning of words .

SINGAPORE, 10 FEBRUARY 2014 – The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leading aerospace company Airbus at the 3rd Aerospace Technology Leadership Forum today.

Researchers from A*STAR IME conceptualized a novel strategy to efficiently harness low frequency vibrations as infinite power source for miniature electronic devices.

University of Malaya (UM) held a signing ceremony of dual PhD programme agreement between itself and University of Nottingham on 24th January. The agreement will enable candidates pursuing PhD under this programme to be awarded Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from UM and University of Nottingham each upon graduation.

SINGAPORE, 5 February 2014 - DBS Bank and A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) today announced an agreement to set up a Joint Lab leveraging the research institute’s capabilities in developing new and innovative products and services. This partnership is part of an ongoing journey by DBS to shape the future of banking.

(Tsukuba, 30 January 2013) The ability to modulate the physical properties of graphene oxide within electronic components could have numerous applications in technology.

An unusual reprogramming phenomenon by which the fate of somatic cells can be drastically altered through changes to the external environment is described in two papers in this week’s Nature.

Joint Lab combines A*STAR’s I2R’s Autonomous Vehicle capabilities and BYD’s expertise in electric vehicles to foster clean technology innovations

Waseda University researchers have discovered a hormonal mechanism for controlling aggressiveness in male birds. The team hope this may lead to a method of reducing aggressive behavior in humans.

28 January 2014: Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) have signed a 5-year collaborative agreement to co-publish the open access journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials (STAM).