Engineering & Technology

Graphene coatings may offer the ability to control the water evaporation process from various surfaces, according to new research.

Understanding gas flames’ response to acoustic perturbations at high pressure should make next-generation turbines safer and more efficient.

Researchers control the self-assembly of molecules to form an ultralight, porous gel. This could lead to wide-ranging applications for construction, aerospace, electronics and the environment.

Software could transform underground imaging of fossil fuel reserves by providing unprecedented detail in record time.

A research team in DGIST succeeded in discovery of a high efficiency organic image sensor which is expected to replace silicon image sensors.

Singapore has had a long history as a green city – but a tri-sector partnership could help developing Asian countries kickstart a journey into climate change resilience. [This is a feature story published in the Tri-Sector Publication 2018 by Singapore Management University (SMU)]

A research team from the State Key Laboratory on Advanced Displays and Optoelectronics Technologies of HKUST has developed a new Liquid-crystal display (LCD), which image resolution, energy efficiency as well as color saturation were markedly enhanced.

A novel imaging method makes it possible to capture object deformation in three dimensions over time with unprecedented accuracy.

A metal carbide within a hydrogel composite senses, stretches and heals like human skin for use in medicine and robotics.

Global energy policymakers, investors and industry leaders will gather in Singapore to discuss SIEW’s theme, “Transforming Energy: Invest, Innovate, Integrate”, and explore collaborations for a more resilient energy future.

Researchers at Nagoya University have developed a composite material that, by adjusting its composition and exposing it to different types of light, can mimic animals’ changes in color.

Three HKUST teams, comprising students, alumni and their international peers, have won over 100 contesting teams to gain the top three prizes of the HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2018.

* World-renowned technology experience event sets to debut in Singapore, with more than 80 community partners, 200 presenters and 2,000 expected participants * Global advocates (“Campuseros”) poised to re-imagine the future through technology, creativity and innovation, Asia-style

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HKBU scholars invent award-winning medical device for safe growth of neural stem cells using nanotechnology.

Thermally twistable, photobendable, elastically deformable, and self-healable soft crystal gives a multifunctional, all-in-one material.

Researchers more than doubled the ability of a material to convert heat into electricity, which could help reduce the amount of wasted heat, and thus wasted fossil fuel, in daily activities and industries.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today (14 June) kicked off the Jockey Club Smart City Tree Management Project, a large-scale pilot project in Hong Kong, to apply smart sensing technology and Geographic Information Systems for monitoring tree stability.

PolyU has developed a novel micro-embossing equipment for manufacturing precision glass lenses with high image quality and resolution and embossing ultra-precise optical microstructures in glass in a much environmentally friendly way than conventional machines, saving electric power by 60 times and reducing manufacturing cost by two-thirds.

The field of solid-state ionics originated in Europe, but Takehiko Takahashi of Nagoya University in Japan was the first to coin the term ‘solid ionics’ in 1967.

Learning how boron evaporates will help to improve water desalination technologies.

Nanoparticles avoid deactivation and convert biomass-derived gas into methane.

Light focused into nano-grooves in a gold film bonded to an atomically thin crystal flake produces a remarkable frequency doubling effect.

Half a century since the earliest lithium-sulfur batteries were invented, an A*STAR team is leading the race to bring them to the masses.

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Did you know? An international team of scientists have accidentally enhanced a plastic-eating enzyme, leading to a discovery that could change our relationship with plastic forever.

The interface between two tin-oxide semiconductors can exhibit unexpected metallic properties.

Exciting joint power generation event created, called The 73rd Indonesia National Electricity Day - POWER-GEN Asia.

The minister who believes that real gain in educational improvement happens in the classroom to open EduTECH