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16 Dec 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Knowledge and information will be enhanced if it is generated collaboratively, said the Minister of Higher Education, Dato’ Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
15 Dec 2009
Waseda University
Over the last dozen years, it has been apparent to all that journalism is facing imminent danger. Further, this was followed closely by the tumultuous wave of global financial instability resulting from the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September of last year.
15 Dec 2009
Waseda University
The media reported that Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama and United States President Obama agreed to “deepen” the U.S.-Japan alliance to conclude Obama’s first visit to Japan.
15 Dec 2009
Waseda University
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stated in his address delivered to the United Nations Climate Change Summit in September that Japan would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% from the 1990 level by 2020 on the condition that the major emitters in the world establish a fair and effective international framework for greenhouse gas reduction.
13 Dec 2009
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Wayang, the first film produced by the Research Management Intitute (RMI), UiTM, won awards.
11 Dec 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
A number of 200 seniors in their 50s have successfully completed their short term course (lifelong learning) at the Institute of Gerontology Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) here today.
07 Dec 2009
Keio University
Never Lose Fighting Spirit
04 Dec 2009
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
On 24 November 2009, 15 representatives from the Forest Science Sub-Institute of South Vietnam (FSSIV) paid a visit to Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
02 Dec 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Intellectuals in “newly influential” countries like India have “moral and intellectual” challenges in a post-9/11 world and following the economic crisis of 2008, said author Pankaj Mishra, during a public discussion at IDRC's head office in Ottawa on November 2, 2009.
30 Nov 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
A team of researchers from the Institute for Research in Molocular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia have successfully developed a drug therapy called Methadone Therapy which is not only an effective method of treating drug addiction but which has the capacity to reduce the transmission of HIV among addicts who use needles.
30 Nov 2009
Waseda University
Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs(USA), delivers a lecture at Waseda university.
27 Nov 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
SERDANG, 18 Nov – 10 new food products have been created by the final year students under the New Food Product Development, Faculty of Science and Food Technology (FSTM) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).
27 Nov 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
SERDANG, 22 NOVEMBER – The Tree Planting program of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in collaboration with Mitsubishi corporation will hope to continue in the future as part of the effort to educate the younger generations says Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic & International) Prof. Datin Paduka Dr. Aini Ideris.
27 Nov 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
SERDANG, 25 Nov – Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) wish to express heartiest congratulations to Adjunct Professor of Graduate School of Management, Datuk Sharifah Mohd. Ismail on the recent award conferred, The Brand Leadership Award 2009.
27 Nov 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
SERDANG, 19 Nov - Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (JSSH) now has David Nunan on its Editorial Advisory Board.
27 Nov 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
IDRC and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have joined forces to explore how information technologies can boost food production and rural business opportunities in developing countries.
27 Nov 2009
RIKEN
As part of plans to launch its new Drug-discovery Technology Program in 2010, RIKEN is making its life sciences technology infrastructure available to outside users on a trial basis to facilitate drug-discovery research and development. The new program will be headed by Toshio Goto, currently a senior advisor of RIKEN.
27 Nov 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Chief Executive Mr Donald Tsang, in his capacity as Chancellor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, today announced the appointment of Executive Councillor Ms Marjorie Yang Mun-tak as PolyU Council Chairman with effect from 1 January 2010.
26 Nov 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
PolyU announced the new senior management structure with the introduction of the posts of Provost and Executive Vice President on 25 November...
25 Nov 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
One picture is worth a thousand words, so they say. A striking new map exposes Southeast Asia’s vulnerability to extreme climate hazards.
25 Nov 2009
Keio University
Good, Right - What does that mean?
We discuss fundamental issues of Ethics and Social Philosophy both in Japanese and English. In our seminars, we have two seniors, three juniors, and three graduate students.
25 Nov 2009
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Goh Ying Sung or the Academy of Language Studies and Norlina Mohd Sabri of the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, UiTM developed Yipin Courseware to assist the non-Chinese speaking learners to learn Mandarin.
23 Nov 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Some 100 people attended the public forum where McDougall, IDRC President David Malone, and others fielded questions from the crowd and presented an overview of the Centre’s operations and contributions to the developing world.
23 Nov 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Twenty years ago the HIV/AIDS epidemic was devastating Benin, and the country had few means to combat it. Today, the war against AIDS is still not over, but many battles have been won.
23 Nov 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
There is no longer any doubt that the Earth’s climate is changing. While industrialized nations debate action to stem greenhouse gas emissions, an urgent reality still gets too little attention. Billions of the world’s poorest people are already living on the edge, and will need help adapting to climate change.
23 Nov 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced the reappointment of Ahmed Galal for a second term as an international member of IDRC's Board of Governors.
20 Nov 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The MoU signing ceremony was held in conjunction with the launching of BioMalaysia 2009 from 17-19 November 2009 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
20 Nov 2009
RIKEN
On October 9, 2009, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the RIKEN Center of Research Network for Infectious Diseases (CRNID) held a one-day symposium entitled “Building an Africa-Asia Knowledge Network on Infectious Diseases” at the Marunouchi Building in Tokyo.
19 Nov 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) emerged first and second runner up in the National Writing Case Competition that carries the theme, Case Writing in Action : Dynamics Of Case Method.
18 Nov 2009
Asia Research News
PENANG, 12 Nov – The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) research delegation returned home victoriously with seven Gold medals and one Special Award from the International Exhibition Of Ideas, Inventions and Innovation Trade Fair (IENA 2009) at Nuremberg, Germany recently.
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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.