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10 Mar 2010
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
FRIM and SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd. have signed an MOU to promote cooperation between the two parties to enhance the testing and certification services related to forestry and forest products.
05 Mar 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
13th College emerged a winner inter-college Maulidur Rasul Procession organized by Unit of Zakat Management and Divinity, Student Affairs Division Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and walked away with RM500 cash prize.
05 Mar 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) beat other local universities and emerged top in the Webometrics Ranking Web of World Universities and 4icu.org University Web Ranking.
05 Mar 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The telecentre.org Foundation which improves the social and economic impact of grassroots telecentres around the world is pleased to announce that it has officially opened its doors today in the Philippines.
03 Mar 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
While only six decades old, federalism in India faces many of the same challenges as its more-established Canadian and American counterparts. Equalization, off-shore resource revenues, the environment, and urbanization are leading issues confronting the world’s largest federation.
03 Mar 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The bad habits of Malaysian drivers who like to speed without considering the risks is one of the contributory factors for the high accident rate in the country.
02 Mar 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
PRESS RELEASE - Singapore, March 2, 2010 -- Close to 60 leading experts from Southeast Asia gathered for a two-day conference in Hanoi last week to discuss and present strong evidence on how environmental economics research has made an impact on development in the region.
02 Mar 2010
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
FRIM received a delegation of 13 representatives from the Bangladesh’s Agroforestry Improvement Partnership (AFIP) Project on 23 February 2010.
02 Mar 2010
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
FRIM received a visit from senior officers of Nestle Products Sdn Bhd on 19 February 2010
26 Feb 2010
Waseda University
Waseda University Corporation and VIED-MOET held a signing ceremony at the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) in Vietnam on February 10, 2010, upon which a Memorandum of Understanding on academic exchange (MOU) was concluded.
26 Feb 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Humor is a potentially educative tool that is capable of leaving a lasting impression during the conveyance of a particular message.
26 Feb 2010
RIKEN
Scientists, researchers and amateur astronomers alike will rejoice at the latest news from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and RIKEN.
25 Feb 2010
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
A Malaysian researcher analysed the understanding of information processing and learning preferences among postgraduate students using the Grounded Theory
24 Feb 2010
Nature Publishing Group
With no end in sight to the stand-off between Google and the Chinese government, Nature’s news team has surveyed scientists in China to find out how much they rely on Google – and what the consequences would be if they lost access to the search engine and its related products.
24 Feb 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The widespread practice of external intervention aimed at building “sustainable peace” within societies ravaged by war and violence has been a striking feature of the post-Cold War era.
24 Feb 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Canada is in a serious competition for election to the Security Council in October this year. But the Security Council — and the global environment — have changed dramatically in the decade since Canada was last elected.
24 Feb 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) set a new record in the Malaysia Book of Records for the longest monologue theatre of 6 hours and 16 minutes and 26 seconds of non-stop performance at Dewan Budaya, USM.
23 Feb 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Media Invitation - Hanoi - Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is celebrating two decades of collaboration with the Vietnamese government and research partners on February 25, 2010/ The conference also celebrates IDRC’s 40th anniversary in 2010.
23 Feb 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Press Release - HANOI—The Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) will gather the region’s experts in environmental economics for a two-day impact conference at the InterContinental Hanoi Westlake Hotel and Resort on February 26-27.
22 Feb 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The CIFSRF is a 5-year program that funds a wide variety of applied research projects that aims to solve immediate and concrete food security challenges on the ground in the developing world.
19 Feb 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
A final year international student of Land Resource Management course from the Faculty of Agriculture Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Hafeez Babar won the Presidency seat for Universiti Putra Malaysia International Students Association (UPMISA).
19 Feb 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
In their bid to promote safety among international students, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) organized a seminar on security and protection to further improve the sense of confidence with the University’s campus safety measures.
19 Feb 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
It is with deep sadness that the International Development Research Centre shares the news of the passing of Rex Nettleford, a founding IDRC Governor, on February 2, 2010 in Washington, DC.
19 Feb 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
In collaboration with CIDA, the Rural Poverty and Environment team (RPE) is happy to announce the launch of two calls as part of the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF).
19 Feb 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
As IDRC marks its 40th anniversary this year, activities are rolling out in Canada and around the world to celebrate four decades of promoting development through knowledge and innovation.
19 Feb 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia is the only institution of higher learning in the country that has been selected to help train IPv6 network engineers at St. Xavier’s Catholic College of Engineering (SXCCE), a world-class engineering college in India.
19 Feb 2010
RIKEN
Established in April 2009 through an agreement between RIKEN and Keio University, the Research Center for Human Cognition (CHC) held its first international symposium on December 14 and 15, 2009.
19 Feb 2010
RIKEN
Guanghui Wang writes to Nobuyuki Nukina at the Laboratory for Structural Neuropathology,RIKEN Brain Science Institute
12 Feb 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Revitalizing Agricultural Research for Global Food Security.
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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.