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10 Apr 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia
This new method is capable of reducing the price of carbon nanotubes from USD100 - USD700 to just USD 15 to USD 35 for each gram, much lower than world market prices
09 Apr 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia
SAITAMA, JAPAN, 6 APRIL 2012: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with RIKEN Institute Japan to further strengthen the research initiatives and sharing of technology between the two institutions.
04 Apr 2012
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Nishioka and Ichikawa, researchers from Japan’s largest steel production company, describe recent developments in TMCP Technology in the latest issue of Science and Technology of Advanced Materials Vol. 13 (2012).
03 Apr 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
An elderly resources centre unveils high-technology home care...
03 Apr 2012
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
On April 1, 2012, MANA enters its second term. This is an accomplishment in which all of us at MANA take great pride, and one that would not be possible without your support over the last four and a half years.
03 Apr 2012
Asia Research News
The March edition of the newsletter from the UK’s Science and Innovation team in Japan is now ready.
02 Apr 2012
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) announced on 6th March 2012 that an international research team led by Professor Takao Someya has succeeded in manufacturing the world’s first flexible organic transistor on a polymeric film.
02 Apr 2012
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) announced that they have developed a current-injection photonic-crystal laser with ultralow power consumption, which can be applicable to both off-chip and on-chip optical data transmission for microprocessors.
30 Mar 2012
Waseda University
About 30 years ago, I drove northward from Sotobo in Chiba along the coastline in Fukushima and Miyagi as far as accessible by road, passing through inland areas in Iwate to Miyako again, and went up north to the Shimokita Peninsula.
30 Mar 2012
Waseda University
The accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant caused by the East Japan Great Earthquake Disaster has made it necessary to fundamentally revise the existing nuclear-centric energy policy.
30 Mar 2012
Waseda University
It will be hot this summer. This is not a prediction that this summer will be as hot as last summer, but it does mean that the temperature will be higher in offices and homes to conserve energy.
30 Mar 2012
Waseda University
Buildings have service lives. This seems obvious to Japanese, but might be seen as strange by Westerners.
30 Mar 2012
Waseda University
Every stricken area I saw from the air on March 19 was covered with mud and had turned grey.
30 Mar 2012
Waseda University
A vast expanse of land has been reclaimed along the coastal areas in Japan’s large urban areas, Tokyo Bay, Ise Bay, and Osaka Bay.
30 Mar 2012
Waseda University
The TEPCO Fukushima accident caused severe trouble for the public, beginning with the citizens of Fukushima prefecture, and we must ensure that an accident such as this never occurs again.
30 Mar 2012
Waseda University
For a century, Japanese electric power utilities (electric power companies) have been striving to build electric power systems that can stably supply consumers with high-quality electric power at low rates, which is a very difficult task.
30 Mar 2012
Waseda University
On March 11, 2011, on the campus of Waseda University in Shinjuku, Tokyo, those in laboratories and study rooms on some floors experienced such incredible shaking that they could not stay on their feet. We, on the staff of the Science Media Centre (SMC), also evacuated outdoors.
28 Mar 2012
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A unique 'micro-loop mirror' design may enhance the performance of integrated laser on silicon
28 Mar 2012
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Faster computational methods could simulate the power and signal integrity of next-generation electronic systems
28 Mar 2012
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Nanowires have superior electrical and mechanical properties and can be put to good use in pressure sensors
27 Mar 2012
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
CATALYST - an EU-FP7 funded project - has officially launched its Think Tank. The Think Tank process will engage public officials, the scientific community and the private sector, and include online discussions, virtual meetings and capacity development workshops held in four regions which are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters.
27 Mar 2012
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and Picosun Oy, a Finland-based global manufacturer of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment, have announced a partnership to develop advanced ALD techniques to enable continuing growth in the areas of next generation memories and solar cells.
26 Mar 2012
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME), has signed a research collaboration agreement with QuantuMDx Group (QMDx), a UK based biotech company which is developing a range of portable technologies for diagnostics, DNA sequencing and proteomics.
22 Mar 2012
Toyohashi University of Technology
The pH image sensor was invented by Kazuaki Sawada of Toyohashi University of Technology (Toyohashi Tech). The device enables two dimensional visualization of both the pH and optical imaging of chemical activity of solutions and cell activity.
21 Mar 2012
Toyohashi University of Technology
Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology have developed a new multimodal bio-image sensor.
21 Mar 2012
Toyohashi University of Technology
Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology have invented Hall effect magnetic field sensors that are operable at high temperatures and harmful radiation conditions. The sensors will find applications in space craft and nuclear power stations.
21 Mar 2012
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan has concluded a Comprehensive Collaborative Agreement (a sister institute agreement) with Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Republic of China (Taiwan).
16 Mar 2012
RIKEN
On 21 February 2012, RIKEN President Ryoji Noyori visited the Xi’an Jiaotong University (XJTU) in China to attend the opening ceremony for the RIKEN-XJTU Joint Research Center.
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