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07 Apr 2016
More than 120 senior representatives from 65 universities around the world will convene this month in Seoul to discuss the social responsibilities of higher education and strategic global partnerships among academia, research, and industry to advance socio-economic values.
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07 Apr 2016
In the summer of 2015, Tohoku University, Japan, organized the 'Frontiers of Brain Science' program. This unique research program was hosted by the Tohoku Forum for Creativity, and consisted of three international symposia and one practical workshop.
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06 Apr 2016
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) invites outstanding early-career researchers to join one of nine research programs which address some of the most complex challenges facing the world today.
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05 Apr 2016
"Smart healthcare innovation @ the palm of our hand", entered by The University of Malaya, has been selected in the competition dominated by the global entrepreneur start-up community.
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04 Apr 2016
SERDANG – Gamification is an application of game mechanics and game design techniques in learning and teaching (P&P), making the process to be more interesting, interactive and engaging.
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01 Apr 2016
Palm oil wastes could provide an alternative, low cost and locally available source of bio-proteins for animal feed, according to a recent study published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (JTAS).
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01 Apr 2016
Malaysian researchers have concluded that mandatory labelling of genetically modified foods is justified, based on an extensive review of international scientific and legal frameworks related to genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
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31 Mar 2016
A new system allows construction companies monitor earth control measures in a manpower efficient manner.
30 Mar 2016
Zoonotic disease danger ever-present as protected species are sold in markets as food.
AIDF Asia Summit
28 Mar 2016
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, to speak at AIDF Asia Summit 2016 on water and sanitation for effective health response during emergency situations
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28 Mar 2016
Designed for senior HR professionals from well-respected organisations, Training & Development Asia is an exclusive two-day event that tackles trends in learning & development, innovative shifts in HR technology, organisational change, and the implementation and measurement of the success of talent development programmes.
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25 Mar 2016
Scientists in Japan have developed a system using information technology to augment and enhance the capabilities of canine search and rescue (SAR) teams. Outfitted with special suits, these cyber-enhanced SAR dogs can transmit information about disaster sites and victims to their handlers and rescue workers.
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24 Mar 2016
Researchers in Sri Lanka are strengthening the nation’s capacity to detect and manage health issues linked to wildlife-human interactions.
24 Mar 2016
The NGS Program is an intensive 3 month internship program conducted in Basel, Switzerland for talented and motivated research scientists from emerging countries. This program is designed to foster both their scientific and professional development.
23 Mar 2016
Three Bachelor of Chemistry programmes by Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) received international accreditation recognition from the Royal Society of Chemisry (RSC), headquartered in the United Kingdom
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22 Mar 2016
Ahmad Mustapha Mohamad, a Master of Science in Forest Management and Ecosystem Sciences student from the Forestry Faculty, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), won the Best Photo Award at the Asia-Pacific Forest Week 2016 (APFW 2016).
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21 Mar 2016
The Community of Evaluators, South Asia (CoE-SA) – a professional network International Development Research Centre (IDRC), in Canada, helped to establish – played host to the capstone event of the United Nations declared “International Year of Evaluation.”
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21 Mar 2016
As the global scientific community combines technology and brains to track climate change patterns and effects, indigenous populations have been noting these changes in a landscape they know intimately.
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10 Mar 2016
The National University of Malaysia (UKM) has been chosen by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to train teachers and lecturers from Fiji, Niue, Palau, Tonga and Tuvalu in Climate Change Education.
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10 Mar 2016
The growing globalisation of Singapore's legal profession presents both opportunities and challenges, says a researcher from Singapore Management University.
Assistant Professor Clara Portela
10 Mar 2016
A researcher from Singapore Management University studies how the European Union wields sanctions and other foreign policy tools on the international stage.
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03 Mar 2016
Mathematical algorithms may soon help to analyse, organise, understand and sift through large collections of indigenous Philippine music.
03 Mar 2016
The University of Malaya (UM), Malaysia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with VINCI Construction on 20th of January 2016 to encourage and promote cooperation in research and development in the field of Capacity Building and Local Talent Development.
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01 Mar 2016
A new initiative will help Nepali communities rebuild following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the country in April 2015.
29 Feb 2016
Universiti Putra Malaysia and Malaysia's Department of Statistics Malaysia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for strategic cooperation and to identify opportunities for collaborative research and development in the areas of demography and socio-economy.
23 Feb 2016
President Barack Obama of the United States (US) announced 105 recipients of the 2016 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) on February 18. Among the awardees was a graduate from the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
21 Feb 2016
Honorable speakers include Professor Takaharu Tezuka of the world-acclaimed Fuji Kindergarten, John Stewart from the award-winning Green School in Bali, and Chinese pioneers in learning spaces, Professor Zhu Zhi-Ting from East China Normal University and Mr. Liang Senshan from the Ministry of Education of PRC.
19 Feb 2016
Every February, the Government of Canada organizes International Development Week, highlighting the work and achievements of Canada’s development community.
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18 Feb 2016
- Eight-year study shows tiger population recovering in Thai sanctuary, the only location in Southeast Asia where tigers are confirmed to be increasing in number. - 90 tigers identified - Rigorous study is first ever of long-term tiger population dynamics in SE Asia
17 Feb 2016
Obesity Awareness initiative “Young Minds Health Innovations” was launched recently at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). The objective of this initiative is to entice children and youth to be innovative with strategies which will help combat obesity and also to promote healthy lifestyle to children in schools.

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Giants in history

Michiaki Takahashi (17 February 1928 – 16 December 2013) was a Japanese virologist who developed the first chickenpox vaccine.
Maggie Lim (5 January 1913 – November 1995) was a Singaporean physician who promoted family planning and expanded the access to clinics to improve the quality of life for mothers and children in Singapore’s early days.
The founder of the Adyar Cancer Institute in India, Muthulakshmi Reddy (30 July 1886 – 22 July 1968), fought to uplift women and girls from impoverished situations.
Through her iconic stories featuring fictional scenes from the history of the Philippines, language teacher and academic Genoveva Matute (3 January 1915 – 21 March 2009) helped strengthen the Filipino identity.
Tsuneko (7 June 1933) and Reiji Okazaki (8 October 1930 – 1 August 1975) were a Japanese couple who discovered Okazaki fragments – short sequences of DNA that are synthesized during DNA replication and linked together to form a continuous strand.
Sir Mokshagundam Srinivasa Shastry Vishveshwarayya (15 September 1860 – 14 April 1962) is widely regarded as India’s most outstanding engineer. In a career that spanned almost his entire life, Vishveshwarayya played a pivotal role in several engineering projects, including designing the Krishnarajasagara dam that is still the source of irrigation and drinking water for parts of Karnataka today.
Indian scientist and physician Upendranath Brahmachari (19 December 1873–6 February 1946) is best known for creating a drug called Urea Stibamine, used to safely and reliably treat visceral leishmaniasis (or Kala-azar), a severe infection caused by the Leishmania parasite.
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Little is known about Ali, a teenager from Sarawak, Malaysia, who was chief assistant to the famous naturalist Alfred Wallace. Most of what is known comes from Wallace’s writings. Ali accompanied Wallace on expeditions throughout the Malay Archipelago from December 1855 to February 1862.
U Hla Myint (1920 – 2017) was a celebrated economist from Myanmar. Considered a prodigy, he was admitted to Rangoon University to study economics when he was just 14 years old. He went on to earn a Ph.D. at the London School of Economics (LSE).
Rajeshwari Chatterjee (24 January 1922 – 3 September 2010) was the first female engineer from Karnataka in India.