Engineering & Technology

Scientists have developed a photoelectrode that can harvest 85 percent of visible light in a 30 nanometers-thin semiconductor layer between gold layers, converting light energy 11 times more efficiently than previous methods.

How cells arrange themselves into precise tissue structures like wings is a response, and a resistance, to global mechanical patterning in a tissue.

Simultaneously modeling of air pollutants and weather under extreme conditions highlights the potential for serious health risks.

An improvement to the catalyst that converts methane to syngas could lead to a more economical process.

Better understanding of the wetting characteristics of phosphorene could pave the way for new applications in biological engineering.

Using deep-learning techniques to locate potential human activities in videos.

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The 2018 Genome Expo was held at South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) from August 31 to September 1, 2018.

The technology-brokerage event will be held at Marina Bay Sands from 18 to 19 of September, with the food innovation track returning this year.

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ASEAN and China’s partnership in the areas of innovation and technology is set to deepen when the Singapore Week of Innovation & Technology (SWITCH) returns for its third edition this year.

Korea’s Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) will present some of their innovative advancements this week at Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA), the world’s largest consumer electronics trade show.

An team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has introduced a novel method that can solve issues associated with the thickness of the photoactive layers in OSCs.

A team of researchers have discovered that terahertz (THz) wave irradiation activates the filamentation of actin protein.

Japan's largest B-to-B trade show specialised in pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing concluded with huge success.

Multifunctional Materials, a journal serving an emerging field at the convergence of materials science, physics, chemistry, bioscience, and engineering, publishes its first issue this week.

A sprayable sensing network for real-time monitoring of structure integrity is lighter, more flexible and less expensive than conventional sensors.

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Modulating photo- and electroluminescence in a stimuli-responsive molecular dye.

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Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have collaborated with others to develop a simple way to create and functionalize virus-like polymer particles that have various nanostructures. The collaboration includes researchers from Michigan University in the USA and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany.

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tohoku University have addressed one of the major disadvantages of all-solid-state batteries by developing batteries with a low resistance at their electrode/solid electrolyte interface.

Singapore’s leading technology-industry brokerage conference TechInnovation is back for its 7th edition.

A project led by Prof. Jin-Guang Teng of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, has been awarded a grant of more than HK$47.2 million to develop a new type of concrete structures for marine infrastructure.

The School of Engineering of HKUST is launching a new undergraduate program in Bioengineering that offers students the opportunity to conduct research in elite overseas universities, and at the same time nurtures leaders in biomedical technology and big data.

Laser-scribed disordered graphene significantly improves sodium-ion battery capacity.

Superflexible aerogels are highly efficient absorbents, thermal insulators, and pressure sensors.

Professor You-Lin Xu, Dean of Faculty of Construction and Environment at PolyU, has been honoured with the International Association for Wind Engineering Senior Award (Davenport Medal) for his distinguished contributions to the field of wind engineering and bridge engineering in research, education, and application.