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The possibility of designing a cubic stator in a rotary-linear piezoelectric actuator is intriguing and technically challenging. Theoretically, the vibrational behaviour of cubic stators remains unclear when modeled using the finite element method (FEM).

In late years, the development of a human robot and the use of the portable information terminal have become popular. Sound interface plays a very important role in this.

Insights in neuroscience research from the Toyohashi Tech Bulletin

The prevalence of computer networks for sharing resources places increasingly high requirements on the reliability of data centres. The simplest way to diagnose abnormalities in these systems is to monitor the output of each component but this is not always effective.

In everyday life humans use speech, gestures, facial expressions, touch to communicate. And, over long distances we resort to text messages and other such modern technology. Notably, when we interact with computers we rely exclusively on text and touch in the form of the keyboard/mouse and touch screens.

River Engineering Research Center and Urban Drainage (REDAC), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is a leader in research on water management in Malaysia and has helped the country toward solving the various issues related to it.

A first-of-its-kind research facility in South-east Asia

Latest news from the Nature journals 11 December 2011

Systematic study of the switching behavior in differential dual spin valves reveals the role of interlayer couplings

Microtextured surfacing may help to eradicate the problem of barnacle larvae in the shipping industry

The Research Institute for Advanced Network Technology (RIANT) at Waseda University has formed the Demand Response Technology Research Program, together with nine other companies.

A treatment that renders brain tissue transparent allows neuroscientists to visualize neural circuitry at once-unattainable depths

A newly developed group of fluorescent probes highlights cancer cells resistant to anticancer drugs

Clarification of the role of a specific protein fragment that forms toxic clumps and damages the brain could lead to therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) have uncovered mechanisms that help our brain to focus by efficiently routing only relevant information to perceptual brain regions.

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CoERE) has identified 10 districts in Sarawak as micro hydro dam sites under its Green Energy Island research project said Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui today.

Latest news from Nature 7 December 2011

Singapore, 7th December 2011 – Dr. Zhang Rui, a research scientist at A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), has won the “6th IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Best Young Researcher Award” for his outstanding participation and active involvement in IEEE ComSoc publications and conferences in the last 3 years.

The A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and Tezzaron Semiconductor, a leader in 3D-ICs, have today announced a research collaboration agreement to develop and exploit advanced Through Silicon Interposer (TSI) technology.

Life Sciences, environment and engineering News from the Tokyo Science and Innovation Section 5 December 2011

In a bid to promote the best practices of knowledge management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has introduced through its Knowledge Management Research Centre (KMRC) the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) Award to the Chinese mainland.

Japanese researchers from the Toyohashi University of Technology develop an online search tool for rapidly detecting spoken words in speech and video on the internet

Latest news from Nature Methods 4 December 2011

School enrollment and nutrition also suffer, new study says

Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers uncover the physical interactions between water and minerals that might explain why some fault lines slip without causing catastrophic earthquakes.

Rice consumers worldwide can now look forward to eating “green” rice with the launch of an initiative that will set environmentally sustainable and socially responsible rice production management standards.

Real-time x-ray measurements of remarkable rare-earth/transition metal clusters expose the secrets of storing and releasing hydrogen gas

A single sugar molecule plays an outsized role in helping a glucose-transporting protein respond promptly to insulin signals

Based on non-linear optical effects, imaging with light has reached atomic precision in the most precise microscope ever built.

More than 20 years after the introduction of aquaculture, fish farmers are thriving in Kulekhani, Nepal.