Engineering & Technology

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) research team developed a novel breed of nanocomposites-inspired sensors which can be sprayed directly on flat or curved engineering structural surfaces, such as train tracks and aeroplane structures.

Researchers have applied advanced scanning methods to visualize the previously unexplored surface of a superconductor: lithium titanate.

Registration opens for the 10th Singapore International Energy Week

A new study has revealed how inspiration from owls’ wings could allow aircraft and wind turbines to become quieter.

Flexible microelectrodes embedded in canine nerve bundles show recording success with latest test, bringing the devices a step closer to human application.

A new approach could help detect forged parts of photographs faster and more accurately than current methods.

South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has embarked on a research project to develop a self-powered tracking device for bird flu outbreak prediction.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University organised the PolyU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Student Challenge 2017 in Hong Kong this week. The teams from Bangladesh and mainland China clutched top prizes in the university division and the secondary school division respectively.

Insights into the thermal behavior of metal nitride nanowires could open new avenues in optical electronics.

A technique to create a material for cost-effective water electrolysis uses a simple chemical method for preparing nickel-based anodes to improve the oxygen-evolution reaction. Efficiency gains like this one developed by KAUST are important in evolving renewable energy.

Controlled rupturing of thin films can make low-cost nanopatterned arrays for solar cells and biomolecular detection.

Nanoparticles improve the strength of metallic alloys.

Better understanding the principles of silicon etching leads to improved surface patterning

Professor Dr. Ling Tau Chuan from University of Malaya has been announced as one of the winner for the Society for Biotechnology Japan’s 2017 Young Asian Biotechnologist Prize.

Electricity consumption in buildings will rise and increase GHG emissions. The biggest challenge for energy and carbon emissions reduction, is not only the relatively cheap price of electricity, but to refurbish existing buildings to become more energy efficient and lessen its environmental impact.

An international team of scientists have developed a method that allows them to engineer crystals with a large fraction of reactive facets.

Nagoya University team used high-valent transition metal catalysts for an unconventional hydrogenation of carboxylic acid groups, common to biomass feedstocks. The high-valent catalysts showed good selectivity under mild conditions.

Zero Waste Campaign (ZWC) is one of the university’s longest and most consistent endeavours. It is unique due to the bottom-up and top-down synergy that characterizes its development. It was set-up to spearhead the development of a more sustainable waste management model in the UM campus and ultimately achieve the status of a zero waste campus.

A floating membrane that uses sunlight to evaporate water shows potential for water purification.

Speakers at the conference addressed the progress of technology across the development of new materials, artificial intelligence, smart cities, personalised medicine, bio-engineering and more

Cars could soon negotiate smart intersections without ever having to stop.

Researchers model new route to molecular wires suitable for use in miniature electronics.

A new technique for manufacturing hybrid silicon lasers paves the way for low-cost, mass-produced photonic devices usable in a range of applications.

Bringing renewable power ‘by wire’ from western China to its power-hungry Eastern cities could have benefits for both local air quality and global climate change, new research has found.

Speech by Mr Teo Chee Hean, Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, and Chairman of the National Research Foundation, at the Opening Ceremony of the Conference on 13 June 2017 at 1700 hrs, at the Marina Bay Sands L4, Simpor Junior Ballroom, Singapore

19 ‐ 21 September 2017, BITEC Exhibition Centre, Bangkok, Thailand

SMART Facilities Management Solutions Conference and Exhibition 2017 integrate innovation and productivity in today’s digital economy

Researchers from Tohoku University have been trying to find out how the plasma flow is influenced by its environment via laboratory experiments. And in doing so, have made headway on research towards creating an electrodeless plasma thruster used to propel spacecraft.