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17 Nov 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Latest news from Nature 17 November 2011
16 Nov 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A single polymer can be used to fabricate both thin-film transistors and solar cells
16 Nov 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A passive alignment method offers an easy solution for fabricating integrated photonic circuits
16 Nov 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
To spur the growth in eco-friendly industries, A*STAR’s research institute, SIMTech, is spearheading a slew of R&D initiatives in green technologies in collaboration with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS).
15 Nov 2011
Toyohashi University of Technology
Professor Saegusa from the Research Center for Agrotechnology and Biotechnology Received a Research Paper Award from Pedology Society of Japan
15 Nov 2011
Nature Publishing Group
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11 Nov 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
New digital audio format allows listeners to enjoy full range streaming audio with consistent quality, without frustrating delays or large file sizes
07 Nov 2011
Asia Research News
Technology Frontier: newsbite from Hong Kong Polytechnic University
02 Nov 2011
Asia Research News
Engineering News from the Japanese Science and Innovation Section
02 Nov 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
A Russian spacecraft carrying the state-of-the-art space tool made by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is set to embark on a one-year space journey to the Red Planet at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 8 November 2011 Moscow time.
01 Nov 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 1 November 2011. The Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC), one of the largest experimental power grid facilities in the world was officially opened in Singapore, today, by Mr. S. Iswaran, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Trade & Industry.
31 Oct 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Certification affirms IME’s ability to meet partners’ and industry’s requirements to conduct R&D to develop next generation novel medical devices
31 Oct 2011
Nature Publishing Group
A summary of newsworthy articles, including genes related to schizophrenia, brain landscaping, bacterias, mosquitoes and more
28 Oct 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Micron and Singapore’s A*STAR Data Storage Institute to Develop Spin Transfer Torque Magnetic Random Access Memory
28 Oct 2011
RIKEN
Revelation of the genetics underlying the response of plants to water shortage could lead to new drought-tolerant crop varieties
28 Oct 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers on Evolution, Fungal threat to bats, stellar dust, microbiota, roundworm and more
27 Oct 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Coupling nanoparticles to purpose-built resonators boosts the performance of Raman spectroscopy
27 Oct 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
The elimination of detrimental cross-talks in single-photon detectors pushes quantum optics to new limits
27 Oct 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
The rate of data transmission over plastic optical fibers can be increased by controlling modal dispersion with simple and robust tapers on each end
24 Oct 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Challenges In Developing Carbon Nanotube Technology, structural analysis of proteins related to neurodegenerative diseases using NMR spectroscopy and more.
21 Oct 2011
RIKEN
Ontological systems under development at the RIKEN BioResource Center promise to revolutionize life science research by completely changing the way researchers share data
18 Oct 2011
Nature Publishing Group
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14 Oct 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
A novel type of fabric that can absorb water and perspiration on one side and transport it to the other has been invented by a team of textile scientists based at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).
14 Oct 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Dr Joel Yang from the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering with collaborators from the National University of Singapore and the Data Storage Institute has developed a process that can increase the data recording density of hard disks to 3.3 Terabit/in2, six times that of of current models. The key ingredient? Regular table salt.
13 Oct 2011
Nanyang Technological University
The Strengthening Information Society Research Capacity Alliance – or SIRCA II – aims to improve the inter-disciplinary research skills of emerging scholars in the Global South.
13 Oct 2011
Nanyang Technological University
Proposals for research projects on Information Societies and Information & Communication Technology for Development (ICTD) carried out in the Global South will be accepted by SIRCA II
12 Oct 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Multi-compartment globular structures assembled from polymer-based materials may soon serve as cell prototypes
12 Oct 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Advanced electronics beckon thanks to self-assembling templates that allow the creation of nanoscale features on silicon wafers
11 Oct 2011
Nature Publishing Group
On irradiation protection and linking the end of an ice age with atmospheric oxygen among other research
11 Oct 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 11 October 2011 –
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