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11 Jul 2013
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
This program was developed to assist chemistry students to learn basic concepts in chemistry and contains five modules: molecular-weight calculator, empirical formula, thermochemistry, electrochemistry and acid base calculations.
11 Jul 2013
Asia Research News
When walking on muddy or bumpy roads, the two arms of DRC-HUBO become extra legs, enabling stable and agile movements.
11 Jul 2013
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
The projects include X-ray sterilisation for the MedTech industry, corrosion prevention and advanced precision metal machining for oil & gas, aerospace and MedTech industries.
11 Jul 2013
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) & Topcon Corporation to develop advanced technologies for earlier detection of eye ailments
10 Jul 2013
Waseda University
People composed of biotechnology are cyborgs, an amalgam of human being and technology. What direction are human beings, or should I say cyborgs, headed in? Opinion article by Prof. Toru Takahashi of Waseda University
09 Jul 2013
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 9 July – Reliability and performance issues are technical challenges in packaging solutions for compact sized consumer electronics and high power electronics. To overcome these issues, A*STAR’s IME and leading semiconductor companies formed the 12th Electronics Packaging Research Consortium (EPRC12).
08 Jul 2013
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
With a view to setting new standards for hotel rooms, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has joined hands with its teaching and research hotel, Hotel ICON, and organized a global competition to shape guestrooms of the future.
08 Jul 2013
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
The software, Sullivan’s Voice, developed by the team of the same name from UNIST, was chosen to be one of the finalists of the Asia cooperative pilot projects at the 2013 Asia Youth Tech Entrepreneurship Camp (AYTEC).
08 Jul 2013
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Korean Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) developed a new method to massively synthesize enhanced yet affordable materials for supercapacitors.
04 Jul 2013
Waseda University
Accuracy and precision of robots can give advantage to medical treatment - opinion article by Yo Kobayashi of Waseda University
04 Jul 2013
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
NIMS researchers have solved a 20 year old riddle concerning the reaction mechanism of aluminium surface oxidation
04 Jul 2013
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
A report on the tensile and tearing strength of natural rubber latex (NRL) high strength coated fabrics.
03 Jul 2013
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has won a total of 10 prizes for its multi-faceted innovations presented at the 41st International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. Not only have these breakthroughs brought glory to Hong Kong, but also extended the frontiers of knowledge and enhanced the well-being of our society on different fronts.
03 Jul 2013
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A mathematical model that predicts the electromagnetic radiation produced by circuit boards could help to improve designs and lower costs
03 Jul 2013
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
An approach that directly inserts proteins into polymer-based cell membranes improves drug-screening platforms
03 Jul 2013
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
The A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics and Japan’s Shikino High-Tech Co., Ltd have united to develop improved technologies for motion sensing
02 Jul 2013
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
A MANA research team has developed a new nanofiber mesh which is capable of simultaneously realizing thermotherapy (hyperthermia) and chemotherapy (treatment with anticancer drugs) of tumors. They succeeded in efficiently inducing natural death (apoptosis) of epithelial cancer cells.
02 Jul 2013
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Korean researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have developed a novel bio-inspired composite electrocatalyst which outperforms platinum, in terms of cost, production simplicity and has a longer cycle life reaching above 1000 cycles.
28 Jun 2013
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Hong Kong, 28 June 2013 - PolyU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Global Student Challenge (GSC) 2013 was awarded last night with the Gold Award of the University Division to University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and the Secondary School Division to Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies of South Korea.
27 Jun 2013
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Biomaterials are increasingly replacing human organs and tissues and silver is added to reduce the adhesion of bacteria to biomaterials and prevent infections. However, a recent study by researchers in Portugal suggests that – in one material – increasing levels of silver may indirectly promote bacterial adhesion.
27 Jun 2013
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Ulsan, South Korea, June 27, 2013 – A research team at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have found a new physical organogel electrolyte with two unique characteristics: an irreversible thermal gelation and a high value of the Li+ transference number.
26 Jun 2013
Toyohashi University of Technology
(Toyohashi, 26 June 2013) Toyohashi Tech researchers fabricate powerful red light-emitting diodes by codoping GaN with Eu and Mg. The details are described in the June 2013 issue of Toyohashi Tech e-Newslette
26 Jun 2013
Toyohashi University of Technology
(Toyohashi, 26 June 2013) Growing plants in factories: the June 2013 issue the Toyohashi Tech e-Newsletter contains the latest research-news and views from one of Japan's most innovative and dynamic science and technology-based academic institutes.
25 Jun 2013
Organization of Frontier Science and Innovation, Kanazawa University
(Kanazawa, Japan, 25 June 2013) A new chemical process developed by researchers at Kanazawa University provides an efficient way of synthesizing diverse organic compounds. Such an efficient, flexible route to these useful compounds could greatly benefit pharmaceuticals and other industries.
24 Jun 2013
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
This paper focuses on the spatial-temporal dynamics of the micro climate conditions in canopy gaps in forests.
24 Jun 2013
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
This study investigates the effects of sunlight exposure on Rizophora dye solution
24 Jun 2013
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 24 June 2013 - A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics and Leading Semiconductor Partners combine research and market expertise to address industry challenges
22 Jun 2013
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
A research team headed by Dr. Takashi Nakanishi, a Principal Researcher of the NIMS Organic Materials Group, Polymer Materials Unit, developed a full-colour tunable luminescent liquid material with excellent light stability based on an anthracene molecule, which is a general organic fluorescent dye.
19 Jun 2013
Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences
Singapore, 20 June 2013 –Pfizer Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd, Glaxo Wellcome Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. and Siemens Pte. Ltd, have signed on as founding members of a new A*STAR R&D Consortium Programme - Innovative Processing of Specialties and Pharmaceuticals (iPSP).
19 Jun 2013
Okayama University
(Okayama, Japan, 19 June 2013) Japan's ancient 'Kofun' burial mounds: Fusion of traditional archaeology with cutting edge information technology to uncover the mysteries of ancient civilizations.
Giants in history
Turkish astrophysicist Dilhan Eryurt (29 November 1926 – 13 September 2012) conducted research on how the sun affects environmental conditions on the moon.
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian engineer who was President of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999.
Physicist Narinder Singh Kapany (31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) pioneered the use of optical fibres to transmit images, and founded several optical technology companies. Born in Punjab, India, he worked at a local optical instruments factory before moving to London for PhD studies at Imperial College. There, he devised a flexible fibrescope to convey images along bundles of glass fibres.
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.
Fazlur Rahman Khan (3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect who invented the tube principle, which formed the basis for modern skyscraper design.
A Japanese surgeon, Tetsuzo Akutsu (20 August 1922 – 9 August 2007) built the first artificial heart capable of keeping an animal alive.
Lin Lanying (7 February 1918 – 4 March 2003) was a Chinese material engineer remembered for her contributions to the field of semiconductor and aerospace materials. Lanying was born into a family who did not believe in educating girls and she was not allowed to go to school.
Gregorio Y. Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978) was a Filipino engineer and physicist best remembered for inventing the first two-way video telephone. Zara’s video telephone invention enabled the caller and recipient to see each other while conversing, laying the foundation for video-conferencing