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A numerical simulation based on individual preferences provides insights into social attitudes that are unattainable through physical experiments

Antibiotic resistance in Asia, super batteries, the best coffee in the Philippines, protecting elephants from lightning, the end of bad drivers and the true impact of free formula milk for babies. You can read these and more in the 2013 issue of Asia Research News now available online.

An affordable optical modulator to enable high-definition online gaming experience in real-time with multiple players from anywhere in the world

Two researchers from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University have been collaborating with the Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM) in a global study, which identified 24 genes leading to short-sightedness, thus paved the way for further research on the prevention and control of myopia.

PolyU Design is thrilled to announce that Professor Roger Ball has been named one of only eight recipients of an endowed professorship in PolyU’s first-ever Endowed Professorship Scheme.

Ulsan, South Korea, May 30 — Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology (UNIST) has demonstrated that a live rabbit could wear contact lenses fitted with inorganic light-emitting diode with no side effects. This new class of hybrid transparent and stretchable electrode paves the way for flexible displays, solar cells, and electronics.

Singapore, 30 May: Singapore’s SIMTech and Leeds University have inked a MoU to collaborate on innovative medical devices like lab on chips, medical implants and implantable devices. The R&D also includes innovative joint replacements & biological scaffolds for cardiovascular & musculoskeletal tissue regeneration.

Professor Seon Jeong Kim of Hanyang University has created a high capacity yarn muscle that does not require electrolytes or special packaging. It will have a big impact in the motor, biological and robot industry.

Urban mining is a performed by extracting metal resources from electronic products. Gold from PCBs and Lithium from seawater - read more about Prof. Jai-Koo Park of Hanyang University on his research into urban mining.

(Tokyo, 27 May 2013): Scientists at Tokyo Tech have developed a new self-assembled nanostructure that can survive very hot or saline environments.

(Tokyo, 27 May 2013) Self assembled nanostructures for hostile environments: the May 2013 issue the Tokyo Institute of Technology Bulletin contains the latest information about cutting edge research projects and related activities at Tokyo Tech.

Researchers using Lorentz electron microscopy have shown that magnetic skyrmions are spontaneously formed as nanomagnetic clusters in a ferromagnetic manganese oxide with centrosymmetry.

Researchers at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) and Tokyo Medical and Dental University have developed a coating method which accelerates bonding with bone by 3 times.

Researchers in Japan and US have developed a new technique for efficiently creating functionalized nanowires for the first time ever.

The red mahseer is highly sought after by anglers and high end restaurants. Breeding them may be a bit easier now that UPM researchers have found the best feed combination.

Seventy. This is the number of journalists who were killed during 2012 in connection with news-gathering activities. The 34th entry from the top bears the name of a Japanese woman, Mika Yamamoto.

Optical computing could benefit from the recent development of a novel electromagnetic wave

Revelation of how photoreceptive cells in the eye distinguish between different light sources could pave the way for a novel class of optical devices

Ammonium salts could provide a viable way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere via carbon mineralization

Opinion article by Associate Professor Sachiko Kuroda of the Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University

Jointly established by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Sichuan University (Sichuan U), China's first Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR) has recently been officially opened.

Ulsan, Republic of Korea, May 17, 2013 – Researchers have identified a novel role of ATAXIN-2 as a posttranscriptional coactivator crucial for circadian behaviors and molecular clocks. The work was carried out by Chunghun Lim and colleagues during his post-doctoral time at Northwestern University.

16 May 2013 - A new study published in PNAS argues that for fisheries policies to be effective they must take in to account not just fish stock conservation and environmental issues, but also research data on the patterns and dynamics of fish trade, markets and user consumption.

The top 3 prize winners of the Bornean Frog Race were given to photos of the White-lipped frog, the Bornean Horned Frog and the Spotted Stream Frog

(Tokyo, 16 May, 2013) Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology report details on the biological mechanisms through which cells degrade own cellular material, allowing them to survive starvation conditions.

The world’s first Brain Training Device has given a ray of new hope to the recovery of survivors after stroke. Developed by researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, this novel device can detect brainwave and control the movement of paralyzed limbs.

Single-chip integration of the components needed for sending and receiving terahertz radiation should help applications in imaging and communication

High-level simulations reveal that plastic deformation in super-resilient alloys is governed by atomic zones with characteristic lengths

Numerical simulations show how to avoid imperfections in the next generation of high-density data storage

A novel type of tilt sensor may extend the capabilities of ultrasonic devices already used in a range of applications