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18 Aug 2010
RIKEN
Tokyo, 18 August - Researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center have illuminated mechanisms underlying the genetic robustness of metabolic effects in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Their findings reveal a key balance between the roles played by duplicate genes and metabolic network connectivity in functional compensation.
16 Aug 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
LAST week was the 65th anniversary of the world's first nuclear bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After more than six decades, the terrors inflicted on people in the twin city bombings are still felt today.
16 Aug 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
OPINION: A RECENT survey conducted by a company indicated that almost 90 per cent of Malaysian children who go online have had negative experiences.This ranged from harassment to being exposed to unwholesome images. However, many parents are unaware of them. Only 40 per cent supervised their children.
02 Aug 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Often, the best answers can be found right at home
20 Jul 2010
RIKEN
Tokyo, 20 July - Scientists at Stanford University and RIKEN have revealed new clues on the microscopic processes by which resistance in certain materials is dramatically altered by the presence of magnetic fields.
19 Jul 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
PENANG, 13 July – Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) through the School of Distance Education (PPPJJ) launched another centre of excellence, known as mobilelearning@usm here recently.
19 Jul 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
PENANG, 9 July – Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) with the collaboration of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the Centre for Knowledge, Communication and Technology, Engineering Campus contributed almost 110 used computers to several selected schools under the Lestari Siswa Project introduced by USM.
19 Jul 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Professor Tan Sri Dato' Dzulkifli Abd Razak
The writer is the Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia. He can be contacted at [email protected]
This article was published in the 'New Sunday Times' on 28th June 2010
16 Jul 2010
Asia Research News
Singapore, 16 July - Groundbreaking of A*STAR’s Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC) paves the way for cutting-edge R&D to develop Singapore as a ‘living laboratory’ for smart grid solutions. Four companies, namely, Rolls Royce, Vestas, SP PowerGrid and CEI Contract Manufacturing entered into strategic partnerships with A*STAR today.
16 Jul 2010
RIKEN
A database released by RIKEN and Keio University researchers has information on over three thousand phosphorylated proteins and phosphorylation sites in rice which opens new doors in the study and engineering of plants.
12 Jul 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Mexico- DDT use was eliminated with no increase in malaria, Guatemala - Chagas disease has been addressed through improvements to house construction, Amazon - Mercury poisoning was halted, by finding alternatives to the slash and burn agriculture, Malawi - Children’s health has been improved by growing legumes instead of corn.
12 Jul 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Partners in Health (PIH), Canada’s IDRC and the I-TECH program (University of Washington), is working with the Haitian Ministry of Health to support the strengthening of Electronic Medical Records interoperability in Haiti.
12 Jul 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
OPINION: In a May 30 interview on a weekly public affairs show hosted by journalist and author Fareed Zakaria on CNN, Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates mentioned the need "to reorder the priorities of the innovation system" in making changes in the healthcare sector.
30 Jun 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has made a head start in Medical Biometrics researches, with the development of several state-of-the-art authentication and medical diagnosis tools based on the concept of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
28 Jun 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Indigenous people in western Kenya have relied on the mystical abilities of the Nganyi rainmakers to predict the weather for generations.
28 Jun 2010
Prince of Songkla University
“Prince of Songkla University” was granted a petty patent for a biodiesel test process using only a microwave oven as the main equipment, making it economical in terms of money and time (only 15 minutes for the result to come out).
26 Jun 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) showcased an array of innovations which range from stem cell research to energy-saving device and RFID technology. These breakthroughs have impressed overseas audience at the 38th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in Switzerland.
26 Jun 2010
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Rome, Italy, 24 June. The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome) announces today that TWAS has received the prestigious international Antonio Feltrinelli Prize for helping to build scientific capacity in the developing world.
26 Jun 2010
Waseda University
OPINION - It was last autumn that I got interested in that vehicle. One day, I suddenly developed a symptom that was beyond my receptive threshold, just like hay fever.
15 Jun 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
A senior delegation led by Professor Timothy W. Tong, President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), has recently visited Beijing to explore collaborations with the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
08 Jun 2010
RIKEN
Tokyo, 8 June - The world’s most powerful beam of heavy ions has enabled Japanese scientists and their international collaborators to uncover 45 new neutron-rich radioisotopes in a region of the nuclear chart never before explored.
27 May 2010
RIKEN
Tokyo, 27 May - A research team at RIKEN, Japan’s flagship research organization, has uncovered the first ever evidence of nuclear gene transfer from host to parasite plant species. The discovery, reported in Science this week, hints at a greater role for horizontal gene transfer in plant evolution.
27 May 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
More than 300 leading experts in geospatial information science (GIS) from over 20 countries and regions are gathering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) from 26 to 28 May to participate in the Joint International Conference on Theory, Data Handling and Modelling in GeoSpatial Information Science.
24 May 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
A team of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) researchers have produced a device based on the concept of Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) which can accelerate the process of marine data collection and minimize manpower.
24 May 2010
RIKEN
TOKYO, 24 May - The Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering (BASE), a division of RIKEN, Japan’s flagship research institute, is holding its first ever International Rational Genome Design Contest (GenoCon) on the semantic web between May 25 and September 30.
21 May 2010
RIKEN
On March 18–19, RIKEN held its second symposium on biosupercomputing in downtown Tokyo, focusing on new directions in life science research made possible by high-performance supercomputing
20 May 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
PolyU computing experts have successfully developed a Digital Video Signals Optimization System which can be applied for digital camera, HDTV and other consumer electronics, enabling consumers to enjoy higher-quality digital images and videos...
20 May 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
PolyU and its business partner EuAuto Technology Ltd are proud for sealing a landmark deal today (17 May) with US auto maker GreenTech Automotive (GTA). This collaboration will take the city's first home-grown electric vehicle, which is jointly developed by EuAuto and PolyU, to the US market.
20 May 2010
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Noor Aznimah Abdul Aziz, Siti Salwa Salleh, Daud Mohammad and Megawati Omar of UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia, studied the conventional Jaccard Distance performance to recognize shapes with and without pre processing tasks.
17 May 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has received global recognition as a centre of excellence that provides an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) curriculum that is not only holistic but systematic as well.
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