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14 Dec 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
The pilot shipment of silicon optic device fabricated using novel MEMS technology developed by A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) for LinkStar Microtronics Pte. Ltd. (LinkStar), a one year old company which is a spin-off from IME, has been qualified by LinkStar’s customers for mass production.
13 Dec 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Local startup develops handheld plug-and-play file sharing device in A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research laboratories
13 Dec 2011
Toyohashi University of Technology
The possibility of designing a cubic stator in a rotary-linear piezoelectric actuator is intriguing and technically challenging. Theoretically, the vibrational behaviour of cubic stators remains unclear when modeled using the finite element method (FEM).
13 Dec 2011
Toyohashi University of Technology
In late years, the development of a human robot and the use of the portable information terminal have become popular. Sound interface plays a very important role in this.
13 Dec 2011
Toyohashi University of Technology
The prevalence of computer networks for sharing resources places increasingly high requirements on the reliability of data centres. The simplest way to diagnose abnormalities in these systems is to monitor the output of each component but this is not always effective.
13 Dec 2011
Toyohashi University of Technology
In everyday life humans use speech, gestures, facial expressions, touch to communicate. And, over long distances we resort to text messages and other such modern technology. Notably, when we interact with computers we rely exclusively on text and touch in the form of the keyboard/mouse and touch screens.
13 Dec 2011
Universiti Sains Malaysia
A young researcher from the University Sains Malaysia (USM), Yam Mun Fei, was given the international Young Researcher Award for his study, a machine which measures the level of pain from Arthritis, in Taiwan recently.
12 Dec 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A first-of-its-kind research facility in South-east Asia
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.
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