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26 Jan 2016
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Université Laval, Canada, launched a new Chair on Education Leadership in Development Economics.
22 Jan 2016
Asia Research News
Collaboration to build more high skilled talent in Greater Kuala Lumpur
22 Jan 2016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University held the Asian Knowledge Forum cum Award Presentation Ceremony of the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise Award 2015.
13 Jan 2016
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
A new program aims to help leverage science and advanced technologies to drive innovation and sustainable growth in developing countries.
13 Jan 2016
Singapore Management University
Research from Singapore Management University explores how young, educated urban Chinese people engage with and relate to US television shows.
13 Jan 2016
Singapore Management University
A study on the interaction between state and citizen reveals the profound role that experts can play in public policy.
13 Jan 2016
Singapore Management University
By better understanding the performance appraisal process, organisations can develop more effective performance appraisal systems, according to research done by Singapore Management University.
13 Jan 2016
Singapore Management University
Researcher at Singapore Management University takes on complex urban challenges by dynamically and continuously matching supply with demand.
22 Dec 2015
Singapore Management University
Assistant Professor Kim Seonghoon looks at early-life health shocks and their impact on the economy at large by taking a leaf out of history books.
22 Dec 2015
Asia Research News
A smart city uses information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance the efficiency, convenience accessibility, performance and interactivity of urban services, to reduce costs and resource consumption and to improve quality of life in the city.
15 Dec 2015
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) jointly organised the launch of the Global Assessment Report 2015 and the dialogue on the implementation of the Sendai Framework.
15 Dec 2015
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
OTTAWA, December 14, 2015 – The International Development Research Centre and Global Affairs Canada have announced an initiative to improve nutrition and food security for Vietnamese children.
14 Dec 2015
Asia Research News
They are moving away from government-centralized governance to self-governance, paving the way to more efficient and better-ranked world-class universities.
11 Dec 2015
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
A Walnut Tree, a documentary by Pakistani filmmaker Ammar Aziz, has won the Ram Bahadur Trophy for best film at the Film Southasia documentary festival, held in Kathmandu, Nepal, from November 19 to 22, 2015.
09 Dec 2015
Asia Research News
Shanghai, China, 8 Dec, 2015 – International and private schools across the world are quickly moving away from rote learning towards a more learner-centered, interactive and collaborative approach in order to improve learner engagement and learning outcomes.
08 Dec 2015
Asia Research News
PARIS, FRANCE – Economic losses from the impacts of climate change in Southeast Asia could be 60% higher than previously estimated, reducing the region’s gross domestic product (GDP) by up to 11% by 2100, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study.
07 Dec 2015
Asia Research News
This year is particularly special as it marks the 10th year that Frost & Sullivan is hosting the excellence awards in Australia recognising and celebrating exemplary practices and best-in-class companies in the country.
02 Dec 2015
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Canada’s International Development Research Centre is joining the Government of Canada’s official delegation to the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
19 Nov 2015
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak organises its fifth indigenous knowledge fair with a keynote speech “Community-based co-design of Indigenous Knowledge Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities” delivered by a professor from Namibia and presentations by researchers in Malaysia and UK.
18 Nov 2015
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Centre for Collaborative Innovation (CCI)-UKM
Under the Economic Transformation and Human Capital Project, students at The National University of Malaysia are helping single mothers to establish a joint venture company. The main goal of this project is to encourage entrepreneurship among single mothers and human capital development of youths in the neigbourhood.
17 Nov 2015
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The 5th Annual South Asian Regional Meeting of the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) will take place in Sohna, India, from November 18-20, 2015.
16 Nov 2015
Singapore Management University
A team of researchers at Singapore Management University investigates the complex relationships between economy, geography, real estate and health to unravel important policy implications.
16 Nov 2015
Singapore Management University
Data mining is not just about numbers: It is premised on human behaviour, and the multitude of decisions that we make every day. A researcher from Singapore Management University is trying to identify useful patterns from large amounts of information.
11 Nov 2015
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Centre for Collaborative Innovation (CCI)-UKM
Cambodia has sought the help of The National University of Malaysia (UKM) to research an archaeologist’s theory that Iron-smelting was introduced to South-East Asia in the 5th century A.D. by travelers from the Indus valley located in present-day North-West Pakistan and Afghanistan.
11 Nov 2015
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak in Malaysia in collaboration with the Sarawak Dyslexic Association and the State Education Department for the first time organised a literacy programme to assist children in mastering basic reading and writing skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia.
06 Nov 2015
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Join International Development Research Centre as several of these IDRC-supported global health researchers share their personal journeys and experiences as they strive to improve primary health care for mothers and children.
06 Nov 2015
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) research will be showcased at the Canadian Conference on Global Health 2015, November 5-7 in Montréal, Québec. This year's theme is Capacity Building on Global Health: Research and Practice.
06 Nov 2015
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Molecular ecologists have a key role to play in setting priorities for the conservation of aquatic biodiversity, according to a recent review paper published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Sciences.
04 Nov 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Dr Khor Chiea Chuen and Dr Nicolas Plachta are two of only five award recipients outside of Europe and its neighbouring countries.
04 Nov 2015
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
A paper entitled “Impact of Burning on Physical Characteristics of Tropical Peat” by Professor Dr Ahmad Ainuddin Nuruddin and Masters student Dayang Nur Sakinah Musa picked up the best working paper at the Sixth International Wildland Fire Conference which was held between October 14 to October 16.
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Giants in history
Vietnamese surgeon Tôn Thất Tùng (10 May 1912 – 7 May 1982) developed a pioneering technique that reduced the risks and mortality rate of liver operations.
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.
Rajeshwari Chatterjee (24 January 1922 – 3 September 2010) was the first female engineer from Karnataka in India.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.