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09 Dec 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Systematic study of the switching behavior in differential dual spin valves reveals the role of interlayer couplings
09 Dec 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Microtextured surfacing may help to eradicate the problem of barnacle larvae in the shipping industry
09 Dec 2011
Waseda University
The Research Institute for Advanced Network Technology (RIANT) at Waseda University has formed the Demand Response Technology Research Program, together with nine other companies.
08 Dec 2011
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CoERE) has identified 10 districts in Sarawak as micro hydro dam sites under its Green Energy Island research project said Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui today.
07 Dec 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 7th December 2011 – Dr. Zhang Rui, a research scientist at A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), has won the “6th IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Best Young Researcher Award” for his outstanding participation and active involvement in IEEE ComSoc publications and conferences in the last 3 years.
06 Dec 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
The A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and Tezzaron Semiconductor, a leader in 3D-ICs, have today announced a research collaboration agreement to develop and exploit advanced Through Silicon Interposer (TSI) technology.
06 Dec 2011
Asia Research News
Life Sciences, environment and engineering News from the Tokyo Science and Innovation Section 5 December 2011
05 Dec 2011
Toyohashi University of Technology
Japanese researchers from the Toyohashi University of Technology develop an online search tool for rapidly detecting spoken words in speech and video on the internet
05 Dec 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Latest news from Nature Methods 4 December 2011
02 Dec 2011
Asia Research News
Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers uncover the physical interactions between water and minerals that might explain why some fault lines slip without causing catastrophic earthquakes.
02 Dec 2011
RIKEN
Based on non-linear optical effects, imaging with light has reached atomic precision in the most precise microscope ever built.
01 Dec 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and Peking University (PKU) have announced to jointly collaborate in research interests spanning areas in emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies such as RRAM.
30 Nov 2011
Asia Research News
The Tokyo Institute of Technology Bulletin highlights cutting edge research projects being conducted at the University.
30 Nov 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science, in collaboration with members of the Magnetic Materials Unit, have demonstrated a scissors-type trilayer magnetoresistance device that is promising for narrow readers of ultra-high density hard disk drives (HDD).
29 Nov 2011
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has made history once again by winning 14 medals in three international exhibitions held recently in Germany and Poland.
28 Nov 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A tiny generator built from silicon nanowires can harness energy from the surplus heat produced in electronic circuits
28 Nov 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 28 November 2011
28 Nov 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Short, capped single-walled carbon nanotubes may serve as ideal probing tips to study friction, lubrication and wear at the microscale
28 Nov 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Nanoparticles offer insights into interactions between single-stranded DNA and their binding proteins
24 Nov 2011
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
GOMBAK A team from Universiti Teknologi MARA called 'Yogi Bear' won 3rd place in ACM-ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) Al-Khawarizmi National Programming Contest, held on 29th October 2011 at International Islamic University Malaysia (UIAM), Gombak.
23 Nov 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
NIMS and the University of Queensland Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, the Dalian Polytechnic University and the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics clarified for the first time the cluster structure which has an extremely large effect on the long-term stability of solid oxide fuel cells for independent distributed power generation.
23 Nov 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
A research group at the NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) has proved that the electrical resistance of a metal single atomic layer on a silicon surface becomes zero by superconductivity.
23 Nov 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
SIMTech established Singapore’s first Large Area Processing Research Programme as it sets sights on creating a new industry to produce innovative large area printed electronics and functional films that are cost-effective, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly.
18 Nov 2011
RIKEN
The development of electrolytic in-process dressing grinding more than 20 years ago set in motion a revolution in nanoprecision machining that continues today
18 Nov 2011
RIKEN
Molecular ‘handles’ that allow on-demand growth of thick columnar films make enhanced liquid crystal devices viable.
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
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