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06 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Planetary science: Saturn’s Great White thunderstorm; Fossils: Vertebrate jaw design locked early; Comment: Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health; Geoscience: Link between Indian/African plate motions and more.
06 Jul 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A rhodium–iron catalyst helps increase the yield of hydrogen gas in the steam reforming of ethanol
06 Jul 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
By harnessing A*STAR image-recognition technology, a Singaporean start-up company is taking information delivery and marketing to a new dimension.
05 Jul 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Japanese scientists report on a unique ‘ubiquitous element strategy’ to overcome the ‘rare-element crisis’ that was triggered by increasing demand for such elements as lithium, used in batteries, and dysprosium for Ne-Fe-B permanent magnets.
05 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summary of newsworthy paper: Optical switch for quantum computing
05 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Long term exposure to fine airborne particulate matter, such as engine exhaust, may alter neuronal morphology, mood, and impair cognition, according to research in mice published online this week in Molecular Psychiatry.
04 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
The ratio between the second and fourth digits is linked to stretched penile length according to a study published online this week in Asian Journal of Andrology. This finding suggests that digit ratio can predict adult penile size and that the effects of prenatal testosterone may in part explain the differences in adult penile length.
04 Jul 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Synthetic cell membranes invented at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), may improve the way we identify and develop drugs by speeding up and reducing the cost of the drug screening process.
03 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Geoscience: Warmth projected for subsurface oceans; Medicine: The myelin fix; Geoscience: Metal-rich mud; Generation of dopaminergic neurons from fibroblasts
01 Jul 2011
RIKEN
Numerical simulations reveal that deliberately engineering defects into ultrathin oxide films enhances catalytic water-splitting reactions
29 Jun 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Cancer: Defining new subtypes of ovarian cancer ; Astronomy: Discovery of a distant luminous quasar; Immunology: The Vpx factor for HIV-1 replication; Africa Special: Population pressures; Africa Special: The battle against wheat rust and more
28 Jun 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Researchers from Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the University of Tokyo and Tohoku University suggested a possibility to control a magnet's behaviour
28 Jun 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Researchers from Institute for Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo and RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) have succeeded in the magnetic control of anomalous Hall effect (AHE) induced by spin chirality, which might be a step toward non-volatile memory based on the AHE.
28 Jun 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Researchers from Tohoku University and Osaka University made a remarkable step toward a next-generation energy-conservation device
28 Jun 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
The Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), a research institute of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), hosts the first AtMol workshop for the world’s experts in the advanced tools needed to build a molecule-sized chip.
26 Jun 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Medicine: Treating snakebite; Chemical Biology: Plutonium poisoning; Nanotechnology: Turning the heat up on cancer; Neuroscience: Reversing brain damage in neonates; Geoscience: Insensitive climate models; Nature: Editing the genome to correct genetic diseases and more
24 Jun 2011
RIKEN
A full-color three-dimensional hologram has been created by harnessing electron density waves in thin metal films
23 Jun 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summary of newsworthy papers - Animal Behaviour: Young monkeys aren't for turn-taking; Marine Science: In search of lost salmon
23 Jun 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Researchers from Singapore’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) and the University of Michigan have developed a blue organic light emitting diode (OLED) with an efficiency level that is double the maximum theoretical limit. This paves the way for longer-lasting, more efficient and vivid OLED displays for the consumer market.
21 Jun 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Award winning contact lens combat childhood myopia
21 Jun 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
A new technique for producing artificial bone implants has been developed by Korean researchers. By mimicking natural bone, it is hoped the implant material will better complement the natural regeneration process.
21 Jun 2011
RIKEN
RIKEN and Fujitsu have taken first place on the 37th TOP500 list announced at the 26th International Supercomputing Conference (ISC'11) held in Hamburg, Germany. This ranking is based on a performance measurement of the "K computer," currently under their joint development.
20 Jun 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
FXMedia Internet, A*STAR’s first licensee of the 3D Face Modeling technology, will launch the e-greeting card application – e-motions at CommunicAsia 2011.
17 Jun 2011
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The Citizen Lab, an IDRC grantee at the University of Toronto, has won this year’s Canadian World Press Freedom Award for its dedicated defence of free expression online.
17 Jun 2011
RIKEN
A previously unknown and unexpected mechanism gives rise to superconductivity in specific types of materials
15 Jun 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers- Astronomy: Hidden secrets of black hole growth; Geoscience: Seismic slip from the March 2011 Japanese earthquake; Astronomy: Voyager 1 charts new territory (and theory); Chemistry: ‘Lock-and-key’ preparation of molecular co-crystals; And finally… Anaesthetics that make you feel better
15 Jun 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Research Consortium launched to address challenges in advanced packaging technology
14 Jun 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
NIMS has developed a new material which enables long-term immobilization of highly concentrated cesium.
14 Jun 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
The NIMS International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), in joint research with other institutions, developed a novel method, "chemical soldering", which enables us to connect single conductive polymer nanowires to individual organic molecules.
14 Jun 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
The 4th World Materials Research Institutes Forum (4th WMRIF) was held at the Institute of Metal Research (IMR), Chinese Academy of sciences, at Shenyang, China, during May 22-26, 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