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25Oct-Food1
25 Oct 2011
Waseda University
Scholar urge caution from blind reliance on the market to resolve current food crisis
20 Oct 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Human migration in response to environmental change can be beneficial and, in some circumstances, should be enabled, rather than constrained, say Richard Black, Stephen R. G. Bennett, Sandy M. Thomas and John R. Beddington in a Comment in Nature. The article is linked to the authors’ report on migration and environmental change.
19 Oct 2011
Asia Research News
Deadline: November 1, 2011 IDRC offers these awards twice a year in April and November to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing doctoral studies at a Canadian university.
14 Oct 2011
Asia Research News
Deadline of application: 15 November 2011
14 Oct 2011
RIKEN
On September 9–10, the third Noyori Summer School was held at Kobe Port Island, home to the RIKEN Kobe Institute and the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS). The summer school, launched in 2009, provides opportunities for young researchers from around the world to meet RIKEN leaders and interact with one another.
06 Oct 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
PolyU student won first prize in toy design competition
06 Oct 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
SOAS gender expert, Naila Kabeer, will give talk on 'daughter deficit' today
5Oct-Multilingualism1
05 Oct 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
PolyU received Erasmus grants to promote multilingualism
5Oct-Education1
05 Oct 2011
Waseda University
Waseda scholar Kiyotake Oki assess the causes behind recent criticism against Boards of Educations in Japan
28 Sep 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Deans and academics across the world gathered in Hong Kong from 27 to 29 September to attend the International Leadership Summit on Mechanical/Multi-Disciplinary Education
Hospitality Design Conference
28 Sep 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Many industry leaders, internationally-renowned designers, staff, alumni and friends of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) gathered at Hotel ICON – a unique teaching and research hotel wholly-owned by the university – to celebrate its official opening.
26 Sep 2011
Waseda University
Waseda scholar assess the impact of Arab Spring on the Middle East
26 Sep 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
As the international community gathers in Brazil, IDRC will be on the ground to showcase how communities around the globe are harnessing science, technology, and indigenous knowledge to manage their access to water more equitably and efficiently.
Protein production
23 Sep 2011
RIKEN
A method that rapidly unveils the mode of action of anticancer compounds could soon streamline therapeutic drug discovery
bridge
23 Sep 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Latest release from Nature's Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/srep00098
A Giant Grouper
22 Sep 2011
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
The latest issue of JTAS unravels how biomarkers could help identify vulnerable species of shallow water fish (grouper), how semen qaulity can be improved during storage at low temperatures and explains why knowing the composition of a chicken carcass may be of use.
washing clothes
21 Sep 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Water is scarce for residents on the edge of South Asia’s expanding cities. Four research teams across the subcontinent are working with communities to secure their access to this vital resource. By Jonah Engle
Milkfish
21 Sep 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
In July 2011, the Philippines Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources celebrated the 25th anniversary of its first success at milkfish (bangus) spawning in captivity. During the celebrations the IDRC's Wilfredo Reyes accepted a Plaque of Recognition for our contributions to the country’s milkfish breeding program.
Figure 1: Major Earthquakes and Fluctuations in Housing Prices
20 Sep 2011
Waseda University
Psychological Changes from the Viewpoint of Stock Prices and Housing Prices. By: Yuichiro Kawaguchi, Professor at the Faculty of Commerce, Waseda University
14 Sep 2011
Toyohashi University of Technology
On August 27, Professor Ichiro Mori, the Department of Machinery and Engineering, was elected as a Fellow of CIRP at the General Assembly held in Budapest, Hungary.
Rates of CPI increase
13 Sep 2011
Asia Research News
Mitsuru Iwamura, Professor at the Faculty of Commerce at Waseda University in Japan discusses whether there is any way out of the Keynes "liquidity trap" Japan, the United States, and Europe find themselvesl in.
5Sep-Snacks1
06 Sep 2011
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
UiTM researchers made healthy snacks made out of fruit peels
6Sep-Pterosaur1
06 Sep 2011
Waseda University
The largest ever pterosaur fossil discovered in Japan found in Tohuku
06 Sep 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summary of newsworthy article: Infant behavior predicts adult brain activity
05 Sep 2011
Waseda University
Assoc. Prof. Yoshihiro Kitamura of Waseda University assesses the future of Japanese yen in the international financial market
05 Sep 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has provided valuable opportunity for hundreds of freshmen to listen to the sharing of leaders of their chosen academic discipline
01 Sep 2011
Asia Research News
Rising demand for the dominant form of renewable energy worldwide – wood – could drive yet more acquisitions of land in developing countries where food insecurity is rising and land rights are weak, say researchers at the International Institute for Environment and Development.
H5N1
31 Aug 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in association with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and AusAID have launched a project to assess influenza risks in light of recent policy changes in Southeast Asia that encourage small poultry farmers to concentrate their production activities in specific zones.
17 Aug 2011
National University of Singapore
This multidisciplinary conference examines urban governance in Asia from the perspective of intercity networks. Asia is home to around half of the world’s urban population and many of the most populous cities.

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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).
Ali
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.