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04 Apr 2010
Asia Research News
The Wall Street Journal Asia is now accepting entries for the prestigious "Asian Innovation Awards 2010." The deadline for entries is April 9, 2010.
31 Mar 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC) has won one of the first ALINe Farmer Voice awards for its work with more than 200 community-based organizations (CBOs) improving floodplain management in Bangladesh.
31 Mar 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
USM undergraduates joined others around the world in making Earth Hour 2010 a success by switching off all lights in all the Residential Halls for one hour, from 9.00pm to 10.00pm last Saturday.
31 Mar 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The Raja Muda Perak, D.Y.T.M. Raja Nazrin Shah Ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbudin Shah had dinner with undergraduates from Perak (Kusisdari), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) here, recently.
28 Mar 2010
Asia Research News
The top three finalists in each category will be sponsored to present their work in a public symposium to be held the first week of July 2010 at Tongji University in Shanghai.
26 Mar 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) researchers have successfully invented a palm-sized antenna for communication, known as the Dielectric Resonator Antenna. Although the ceramic-based antenna is smaller than the conventional antennas that are currently in the market, it has features that are far superior.
26 Mar 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Pro-Chancellor, Tan Sri Razali Ismail called upon everyone to ensure that whatever development was carried out did not destroy the environment and that it should be sustainable in nature.
19 Mar 2010
RIKEN
Anindya Datta writes to Tahei Tahara at the Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory,
RIKEN Advanced Science Institute
17 Mar 2010
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
FRIM held an appreciation ceremony on 29 January 2010 to acknowledge the contribution of its former and current staff involved in the rubberwood R&D, which led to FRIM being conferred the Mahathir Science Award 2009.
17 Mar 2010
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
The IUFRO 2010 Conference themed, “Sustainable Utilisation and Conservation of Forests in the Genomics Era” was launched by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment YB Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup at Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, on 8 March
12 Mar 2010
RIKEN
Two researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) have been awarded top prizes for photographs they submitted to the 2009 Leica Japan Photo Contest.
10 Mar 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
An IDRC-supported fund in Lebanon has helped 123 Palestinian women obtain a university degree and an escape from poverty.
10 Mar 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
In the last two decades, decentralization of power and responsibilities from national to local levels has changed the face of governments around the globe. It has also given women new opportunities to participate in local politics and decision-making.
10 Mar 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
A website is helping Southeast Asian women earn an income and balance their work and home lives. Called eHomemakers, it is Southeast Asia’s only community network that promotes the use of information and communication technologies to telework and run small home businesses.
10 Mar 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
In southwestern Morocco, research to conserve and develop a valuable but threatened forest resource – argan trees – has helped to dramatically boost the income of Berber women.
10 Mar 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Centre of Excellence on Lightning Protection (CELP) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) made a shocking discovery that 80 percent of buildings in Malaysia are not equipped with lightning protectors which fulfill standard requirements.
10 Mar 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Researchers in Universiti Sains Malaysia created history when they discovered the site of the earliest civilization in Southeast Asia, dating back to the 2nd century in Sungai Batu near Lembah Bujang, Kedah.
10 Mar 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department has proposed that Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) initiate a move to create a Special Secretariat of Volunteer Students for Celebrating Festivals.
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.
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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.