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Keiko Sakagami of Waseda University looks at the role of nature in Japanese art and how events such as the 2011 earthquake can affect the viewer's response.

More than 500 delegates from 37 countries and territories are gathering in Hong Kong to attend the 9th Asia-Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (APacCHRIE) Conference organized by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) from 2 to 5 June 2011.

Shiro Segawa of Waseda University examines the media response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the ensuing disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Taishi Takenobu of Waseda University gives an overview of his research history in materials science, seeking next generation functional materials.

Trapping four silicon atoms into a short-lived, diamond-shaped complex gives surprising insights into aromaticity

The first cubic-shaped complexes of rare-earth metals and organic carbenes present chemists with a unique structure motif for carbene chemistry study

Gene expression data offer surprising evidence that embryos of different vertebrate species are most similar at intermediate stages of development

Nazlin Asari of UiTM Shah Alam Malaysia studied the diversity of bamboo in the Pahang National Park, Malaysia.

Five Canadian and Developing Country Teams to Study Climate Change Adaptation

Organized and hosted by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), the Fourth International Forum on China Hotel Brand Development was kicked off on 1 June at PolyU’s teaching and research hotel, Hotel ICON.

The School of Optometry of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Squina "Loving Heart" Volunteer Team jointly launched a "Comprehensive Eye Check Project for the Elderly" in October 2010 to provide primary eye care services for 500 elderly from Po Leung Kuk Elderly Centres.

A research group led by Associate Professor Hideo Ohkita of Kyoto University has succeeded in improving the efficiency of dye-sensitized polymer solar cells, and confirmed the principle of selective dye loading.

National Institute of Materials Science announced that a chemical wiring method has been developed for interconnection of each organic molecule by electrically conductive polymers.

A research group led by Professor Kazutoshi Gohara in cooperation with Hitachi, Ltd. has succeeded in imaging individual atoms in single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Associate Professor Keisuke Tajima of the University of Tokyo and his colleagues succeeded in improving output voltage of organic thin-film photovoltaic cells by tailoring bilayer interfaces under the support of JST.

It was a 100 percent victory for Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) at the 22nd International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX). The exhibition, held at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre also saw USM taking home four special awards.

In a panel discussion at IDRC on June 3, three internationally renowned experts will discuss the implications of media piracy for the global economy.

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Neuroscience: Bewildered bloodsuckers; Comment: The kids aren’t alright; Geoscience: Fjord formation under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Physics: The cool thing about quantum information; And finally… What lies beneath

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Data Storage Institute (DSI) recently entered into a strategic partnership with 4DS, Inc. to develop a 16 kilobit (Kbit) resistive random access memory (RRAM) prototype and memory controller.

ASEAN countries should be allowed to manage the growth and development of the internet including the distribution of internet addresses in their own way.

Realizing that efforts to reduce the release of heavy metal contamination in industrial waste have not taken seriously, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has come out with a new innovation that can absorb heavy metals that are hazardous to man through the use of green technology made from fungal and local industrial waste.

Bukit Bunuh Archaeology Complex has been declared a new Quaternary Stratigraphic Unit thereby making it the only suevite stone site from the Quaternary Age (around 2 million years ago until now) discovered in Asia.

The Sustainable Tropical Environment Design Exhibition (STEdex10) brought by the Faculty of Design and Architecture Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is the best medium to showcase the masterpiece of UPM students and lecturers to a more professional height.

A new lightweight web service interface for accessing massive amounts of life science research data across multiple public and private domains has been developed by researchers at RIKEN, Japan’s flagship research institute.

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Climate Change: Costing effective forest conservation; Immunology: An innate clue to asthma; Climate Change: Access to the Arctic; Medicine: BIN-ning muscle disease; Nanotechnology: A cool new microscope; And finally…Neuroscience: Success at suppression

The creative flair and design talent of the graduating students from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC) have won big rounds of applause from the industry at their Knitwear Fashion Show held today (24 May) at The Mira Hong Kong.

Three students from the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FSKTM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), were selected to represent UPM at the 2011 Malaysia Imagine Cup competition recently.

As aircraft and aerospace technology become increasingly complex, advanced maintenance and repair technologies are now more important than ever.

A new algorithm improves the way computers interpret readings of the brain’s electrical signals

Nanopillars significantly boost the power conversion efficiency of thin-film solar cells