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19 Mar 2012
Waseda University
Waseda University's Tadahiko Abiko argues that formal and informal education should be differentiated in discussion.
16 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The fate of the languages spoken in Malaysia, especially minorities, are more likely to become endangered, as has happened in a number of other countries. Unless efforts are made to maintain them, they will continue to disappear.
15 Mar 2012
Toyohashi University of Technology
Last week more than 150 international students and regional supporters for Toyohashi Univeristy of Technology's international students gathered in Toyohashi Chamber of Commerce, to have an annual meeting and the buffet party for Toyohashi Tech's International Students.
15 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has signed an MoU with the government of Malacca to establish the Cancer Center at the Putra Specialist Hospital, Malacca, and work together to promote and implement green technology in Malacca by Hang Tuah Jaya Corporation.
15 Mar 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Speech Therapy Unit newly set up by the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University was officially opened on 3 March. The opening ceremony was followed by the signing of the MoUwith Tung Wah Group of Hospitals on the PolyU campus.
15 Mar 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The signing of a tripartite MoU has paved the way for The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to work together with the King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang and the Expressway Authority of Thailand on the establishment of a Research Centre on Transportation Technology and Railway Engineering.
14 Mar 2012
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The next deadline for application for IDRC's Doctoral Research Award competition is April 1, 2012.
13 Mar 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
This year, about 400 guests have rendered support to the "PolyU Charity Dinner 2012". The charity dinner was not only one of the celebratory activities of PolyU's 75th anniversary, but also a major fund-raising activity of the University.
13 Mar 2012
Asia Research News
Applications are invited for Postdoctoral Fellowships at the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS). We are particularly looking for researchers focusing on the three clusters: ‘Asian Cities', ‘Asian Heritages' and ‘Global Asia'
12 Mar 2012
University of the Philippines Diliman
The University of Seoul led by its president, Dr. Kun Lee, signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with UP Diliman (UPD) through Chancellor Caesar A. Saloma on March 5 at the Board of Regents Room in Quezon Hall.
12 Mar 2012
Waseda University
Comment on one year anniversary by Waseda University President Kaoru Kamata
08 Mar 2012
Waseda University
Masayuki Manabe from Waseda University in Japan discusses the changing relationship between humans and animals.
08 Mar 2012
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Have we given a thought to the nurses' anxiety and pressure at workplace? Researchers at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) in Malaysia have been studying how being burnt out at work affects nurses' job performance.
07 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Farmers in Malaysia, especially rice farmers, can now take advantage of mobile technology, with information related to planting and other farming practices available at their fingertips, thanks to an initiative set up by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
05 Mar 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
More than 100 social workers, occupational/rehabilitation therapists, medical/nursing personnel, researchers and clothing designers gathered at Hotel ICON on 26 February to attend the Symposium and Workshop on Apparel for the Elderly and the Disabled with Special Needs, organized by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).
05 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will focus on sharing the best practices of indigenous knowledge so That the impoverished 'bottom billion' of the world's population can benefit from more affordable technology, said USM Vice-Chancellor Prof Dato 'Omar Osman.
02 Mar 2012
Prince of Songkla University
PSU had the honor to host the 9th ASEAN Learning Network Council (ALNC) on February 16, 2012. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Surna Tjahja Djajadiningrat, from the Institute of Technology Bundung, Indonesia, and Prof. Chong Li Choy, Director of Asia Research Center at St. Gallen University, Switzerland.
02 Mar 2012
Prince of Songkla University
Sansanee Baroness von Enzberg, Coordinator for PSU collaboration with German universities, and Prof. Dr. Reinhold Jahn, Professor at Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany, recently visited PSU and met with representatives from Kasetsart University, Chiang Mai University, and Prince of Songkla University (PSU) at PSU Hat Yai campus.
01 Mar 2012
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia, has launched a lecture program which aims to change the mindset of young researchers and encourage them to exand their work beyond the laboratory.
01 Mar 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Prime Minister Dato 'Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak sent his congratulations to the organizing secretariat of the Chinese New Year Festival 2012, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) for its success in organizing the program consistently every year.
28 Feb 2012
University of the Philippines Diliman
The Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences (RWUAS), Germany led by its president, Professor Marie Louise Klotz, has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the University of the Philippines Diliman through Chancellor Caesar A. Saloma.
28 Feb 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Children of of Malacca, Malaysia, who are pursuing studies at Higher Education Institutions have been urged to provide new ideas that can help towards the development of Malacca.
27 Feb 2012
Hanyang University
Hanyang University of Korea and RIKEN of Japan, along with other Asian research institutes, are launching the Asian Research Network (ARN). Recently ARN members succeeded in producing transparent touch sensors using carbon nanotubes and ink solutions that can print electronic circuits or change colour in exposure to heat or UV radiation.
24 Feb 2012
Waseda University
Waseda University Institute of e-Government is pleased to release the 2012 Waseda University International e-Government Ranking. This is the eighth consecutive year of monitoring the development of e-Government worldwide by the research team of Prof. Dr.Toshio Obi, Director of Institute of e-Government.
24 Feb 2012
University of the Philippines Diliman
A memorandum of agreement (MOA) was entered into by UP Diliman through Chancellor Caesar A. Saloma with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) through Secretary Virgilio R. Delos Reyes and the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) led by its president Antonio Kalaw.
24 Feb 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) provides RM2 million for University Innovation Fund (Innovation Seed Fund) to enable researchers to continue research programs with potential for commercialization.
23 Feb 2012
Asia Research News
Albukhary International University is a wholly charitable university located in Alor Setar, Malaysia dedicated to providing students from disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds a high quality education. ResearchSEA visited their campus to find out more.
23 Feb 2012
Toyohashi University of Technology
Late last month, the 'TUT CALL' advisor, Associate Professor Takahiko Hayashi along with Toyohashi Tech's international students from Bangladesh, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and Korea in addition to five Japanese students visited Toyohashi City Hosoya Elementary School to have an exchange party.
22 Feb 2012
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Research institutions in Canada and Southeast Asia are joining forces to boost collaborative research aimed at understanding regional trends in a fast-changing world.
22 Feb 2012
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
City dwellers have been growing their own food for millennia, but the concept of urban agriculture been formally recognized in research and public policy since the mid 1990s. Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has played a leading role in forging this new discipline and raising awareness of it.
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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.