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12 Aug 2011
EntoGenex Sdn Bhd
South Asian Journal of Experimental Biology [SAJEB] is an eminent peer reviewed electronic journal, dedicated to bringing the most up-to-date information to biologists and physicians. We are creating a special issue on "Emerging Trends in Vector Biology Research: merging approaches from basic biology to functional genomics"
10 Aug 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University recently established the Food Safety and Technology Research Centre with an aim of raising the standard of food safety by providing research, consultancy and training services to food and related industries in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Region.
05 Aug 2011
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
What is the legal basis for the Law of the Sea Convention 1982 in building the universal law of the sea? And can the State-Parties Consensus Decision-Making’ be a new law-making technique for the law of the sea? Certainly sea thugs will not like these questions.
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03 Aug 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Study shows communication and relationships building with patients help nurses to save time
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03 Aug 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Study finds firms with female board participation have significantly higher earnings quality
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29 Jul 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Scientists and peasants combine traditional farming techniques and cutting-edge research to grow food sustainably in the high Andes, where the ecology is rapidly changing.
29 Jul 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Program Leader - Think Tank Initiative Position #: 838 Location: Ottawa, Canada Salary Range (CAD): $100,135 - $125,169 Duration: Term until June 30, 2015 - Strong Possibility of Extension Closing Date: 14/08/11
29 Jul 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Position #: 835 Location: Ottawa, Canada Salary Range (CAD): $63,240 - $76,193 Duration: Indeterminate Closing Date: 02/08/11
29 Jul 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Program Management Officer - Supporting Inclusive Growth Position #: 292 Location: Ottawa, Canada Salary Range (CAD): $63,240 - $76,193 Duration: Term - 3 Years Closing Date: 14/08/11
29 Jul 2011
RIKEN
RIKEN invites applications for the position of Chief Scientist to lead a new laboratory working on The Advanced Science Institute (ASI). All applications should reach RIKEN by August 15, 2011.
29 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summary of news: Closing the season for stem cell tourism
11 Jul 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and supported by the Government’s Innovation and Technology Commission, the “Forum on Creating Synergy in Innovation and Technology – Shenzhen/Hong Kong Cooperation” was held today (8 July).
25 Jun 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Doha, Qatar, June 25, 2011 – Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) will be at the World Conference of Science Journalists (WCSJ). IDRC participation will showcase the ways in which Arab scientists are strengthening their societies’ chances for peace, order, and good government.
20 Jun 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) as a major initiative to embrace internationalization, innovation and entrepreneurship, PolyU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Student Challenge (GSC) 2011 has attracted more than 190 teams from secondary schools and universities from 27 countries and territories.
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20 Jun 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, PolyU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Student Challenge (GSC) 2011 has come to a fruitful close. After rounds of keen competition, the Gold Award of the University Division went to Purdue University, US. As for the Secondary School Division, ‘Iolani School, US snatched the Gold Award.
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17 Jun 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Long before the term “global warming” appeared in headlines, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) was supporting research on climate change.
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17 Jun 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
A joint research project of the University of Waterloo in Canada and the Universidad Mayor in Chile has been investigating ways to accurately identify rock glaciers.
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17 Jun 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
For Canadian youth, questioning their place in the world has become something of a rite of passage. But on the nation’s northern fringes, where few communities are accessible by road, the vision of young people is decidedly less far-sighted.
17 Jun 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Multi-disciplinary series to showcase emerging topics in economic, political, social, environmental, and technological development around the world.
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17 Jun 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The Citizen Lab, an IDRC grantee at the University of Toronto, has won this year’s Canadian World Press Freedom Award for its dedicated defence of free expression online.
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15 Jun 2011
RIKEN
First-Ever Global Assessment Of Environmental Costs Of Aquaculture Shows Farmed Seafood To Be Less Ecologically Damaging Than Livestock Production; Great Potential For Improvements In Efficiency
14 Jun 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) welcomed the Report from the Quality Assurance Council (QAC) released 9 June 2011. The report concluded that "PolyU has a long-standing and firm commitment to quality assurance" and that "there is a strong culture of quality assurance in the University".
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10 Jun 2011
RIKEN
The year 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of Japan–Germany relations as well as the centennial of the Max Planck Society (MPG), an important international partner for RIKEN.
03 Jun 2011
Chiang Mai University
The 2011 rankings are now in, and Chiang Mai University occupies slot no. 67 of the universities in Asia.
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03 Jun 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
More than 500 delegates from 37 countries and territories are gathering in Hong Kong to attend the 9th Asia-Pacific Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (APacCHRIE) Conference organized by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) from 2 to 5 June 2011.
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03 Jun 2011
Waseda University
Shiro Segawa of Waseda University examines the media response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and the ensuing disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
03 Jun 2011
Toyohashi University of Technology
Professor Minoru Umemoto, Department of Mechanical Engineering was awarded Honorary Mentor from National Polytechnic Institute (Instituto Politécnico Nacional, IPN), one of our partner university in Mexico.
02 Jun 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Five Canadian and Developing Country Teams to Study Climate Change Adaptation
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02 Jun 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Organized and hosted by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), the Fourth International Forum on China Hotel Brand Development was kicked off on 1 June at PolyU’s teaching and research hotel, Hotel ICON.
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02 Jun 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The School of Optometry of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Squina "Loving Heart" Volunteer Team jointly launched a "Comprehensive Eye Check Project for the Elderly" in October 2010 to provide primary eye care services for 500 elderly from Po Leung Kuk Elderly Centres.

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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.