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Initiative to add the Korean Citation Index to the Web of Science platform will provide global researchers with greater visibility and access to South Korean research.

The 2014 I4CT will be held in Langkawi Island, Malaysia in September 2014. Sponsored by the Malaysia chapter of the IEEE Computer Society, this conference will feature a comprehensive technical program including numerous tracks and prominent keynote speakers.

Read about breakthroughs in graphene, photonics and energy research, the impact of global migration, secret lives of elephants, 3000-year-old tombs, robots destroying breast cancer cells, the world’s first synthesizer for traditional bamboo instruments, a new heavy ion accelerator, gender bias in health systems and more in Asia Research News 2014

Muslim-Science.Com and partner organizations are hosting a global essay contest to identify gifted science communicators from within the Islamic world.

KAIST researchers have developed a light and flexible glass fabric-based thermoelectric (TE) generator that produces electricity from body heat. It is so flexible that the allowable bending radius of the generator is as low as 20 mm, with no change in performance even if the generator bends upward and downward for up to 120 cycles.

Successful installation and operation of world's first box-shaped, high-pressure tank for the storage of liquefied natural gas in Pohang, Republic of Korea.

Astronomers say that they have found long-awaited evidence for the theory that the Universe underwent a period of rapid inflation in the very first moments of its existence.

By Ravikumar Madavaram, Consultant for Aerospace & Defense, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific.

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 – with 239 people on board – is unusual in that two days after the plane lost communication there is no reliable evidence of debris.

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.

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

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.

NEW YORK (January 23, 2014) — The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today the arrest of a wildlife trader in Indonesia who specialized in smuggling live animals including baby primates and komodo dragons.

New York/Manila, 18 Nov 2013—As the international community continues to transport and distribute aid to the victims of typhoon Haiyan under extremely challenging circumstances, the UNDP has pledged US$5 million to help kick start the removal of some of the millions of tonnes of debris left over from the storm.

”If Malaysia is to join the top flight of international financial centres, it must leverage its status as an established Islamic finance hub. And it must address the challenges associated with the supply of high quality human capital.” - Opinion article from Prof. Christine Ennew

Three reports published today provide policymakers with concrete proposals to reduce the diverse threats that climate change poses to different communities in urban areas of Vietnam.

About 12 million people in 23 East Asian cities are at risk from rising sea levels, severe storms, and more intense drought caused by climate change that could jeopardize $864 billion in assets, a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warns.

More than 120 global leaders from higher education, private and public sectors, to discuss the promotion of economic growth through knowledge creation and entrepreneurship

A novel ‘magic’ number of neutrons corresponding to a particular substructure of atomic nuclei is reported in Nature this week. New insights into the structures of atomic nuclei can help us to understand astrophysical processes, such as the creation of atomic nuclei in stars.

Tokyo, 2 October - The research group headed by Professor Takashi Tsuji of Tokyo University of Science signals a substantial advancement in the development of next-generation organ replacement regenerative therapies for dry eye disorders.

Tokyo, 2 October 2013 - The research group led by Professor Takashi Tsuji of Tokyo University of Science and Organ Technologies Inc. has provided a proof-of-concept for bioengineered mature organ replacement as a regenerative therapy.

A major scientific breakthrough in the development of renewable energy sources and other important chemicals The research team succeeded in producing 580 mg of gasoline per litre of cultured broth by converting in vivo generated fatty acids

The Southeast Asian Macroeconomic Network, which is expected to formally launch in 2014, is the first of its kind in the region. It will include participants from Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and possibly Laos, Indonesia, Mongolia, and China's Hunan Province.

Three studies highlighting the exciting potential of graphene for optoelectronic devices.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Larvae-eating guppy fish can help combat the spread of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness giving rise to hundreds of thousands of severe cases including 20,000 deaths worldwide every year.

Application for the prestigious 2014/15 Chevening Scholarships programme is now open. Malaysians are invited to submit their applications from 1 Sept – 15 Nov 2013.

Bangkok, 10 September 2013— A UN study of 10,000 men in Asia and the Pacific, released today, found that overall nearly half of those men interviewed reported using physical and/or sexual violence against a female partner, ranging from 26 percent to 80 percent across the sites studied.