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16 Jun 2009
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
The Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), a group of 13 merit-based science academies in Africa, will formally present a statement on scientific brain drain to the heads of states attending the G8+5 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy, in July.
12 Jun 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
KUBANG KERIAN, MALAYSIA, 12 JUNE – Researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia have developed the world’s first endodontic or root canal treatment sealer using nanotechnology.
12 Jun 2009
RIKEN
Chemical-induced switching of polymer magnetism achieved at room temperature
12 Jun 2009
RIKEN
This article gives an overview about research combining organic substances and base metals such as zinc to create molecules with properties equivalent to those of precious metals, or molecules that can cause completely new chemical reactions.
09 Jun 2009
University of the Philippines Los Baños
The Bioremediation Research Team of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology based in UP Los Baños is currently conducting studies to rehabilitate several contaminated sites in the country. These include an abandoned mining site at Mogpog, Marinduque, and bodies of water in Bulacan.
05 Jun 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific. This fourth edition (2009–2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings.
05 Jun 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Penang, Malaysia, June 5, 2009 – No one argues about the impact of ICTs on Asia. India leveraged ICTs to drive its economy and lift millions out of dire poverty. However, rural Asians, remain among this planet’s poorest and the most underserved by health, education, and economic programs.
05 Jun 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Penang, 5 June 2009: The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific, and will be launched on June 11th.
05 Jun 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang, 5 June - Imagine cup is the Microsoft sponsored world's premier student technology competition
05 Jun 2009
RIKEN
New phosphorescent complexes improve manufacturing of high-efficiency light sources
05 Jun 2009
RIKEN
RIKEN has developed a common infrastructure called RIKEN SciNeS (Science Networking System) to execute large-scale releases of data in a format conforming to the international Semantic Web standard.
02 Jun 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanizing global South, the book examines the contribution of urban agriculture and city farming to livelihoods and food security.
02 Jun 2009
University of the Philippines Los Baños
With focus on Jatropa, sweet sorghum and cassava, biofuel research and development is fast gaining momentum in the Philippines. Just recently, the drive to produce diesel fuel from renewable and non-food biodiesel feedstock such as microalgae has gotten a big boost.
29 May 2009
RIKEN
Lasing of the XFEL is set to commence by 2010. Starting from 2011, XFEL will serve as a common-use facility for researchers from Japan and from overseas, enabling them to carry out a wide range of new cutting-edge experiments.
28 May 2009
University of the Philippines Los Baños
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) has recently organized a group of biotechnologists and chemical engineers to conduct scientific investigations in a bid to produce ethanol from so-called 3rd generation biofuel feedstocks.
27 May 2009
Nature Publishing Group
In an exclusive News story this week, Nature reporter Geoff Brumfiel describes how ITER, the multi-billion-euro international fusion reactor, is likely to be far less ambitious in its early stages than scientists had hoped.
27 May 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The winning research include Multi-potent Drug removing Arginine from the blood and kill cancer cells; Life-cycle Health Monitoring of Massive Infrastructure; Energy-saving High Brightness LED Lighting; Ultrasonic Semiconductor Thin-die Bonding Platform; Smart Pressure Monitored Suit - Rebuild Body Contour
26 May 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) won 6 gold medals, during the 20th Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) in Kuala Lumpur recently.
26 May 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The research by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) students has the potential to replace fractured or cracked human bone to 16 times the strength of the material that is currently available in the market.
26 May 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
This book will be of interest to researchers, decision-makers, policy advisors, and educators in science, technology, and innovation studies, as well as to development practitioners and professionals around the world.
24 May 2009
RIKEN
Environmental conditions may determine which particular process plants will use to build an essential hormone
24 May 2009
RIKEN
Enhancements to an experimental technique reveal novel magnetic materials
20 May 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Prof. Albert Chan of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Department of Building and Real Estate has been bestowed with the Innovation Achievers Award of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)'s International Innovation & Research Awards 2008/9.
20 May 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The problem of disposing of plastics which is a major environmental issue will soon be resolved with the discovery that plastics can be recycled and turned into fuel.
18 May 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) today received 5 Mindstorms NXT Lego kits worth RM 12 500 as a contribution from international software producer, National Instruments. The software is to be used in a special initiative by USM to create interest in the field of science, engineering and automated equipment among students
15 May 2009
RIKEN
Replacing hazardous solvents with water and improving efficiencies are ways that chemists can reduce the environmental impact of their reactions. RIKEN researchers have developed recyclable catalysts that selectively generate chiral organic molecules in water - a nearly ideal green chemical process.
15 May 2009
RIKEN
There are liquids that can climb up the walls of their container like a life form and down the other side. Superfluid helium is the only liquid that exhibits this mysterious phenomenon.
15 May 2009
RIKEN
RIKEN BioResource Center (BRC) in collaboration with Kyoto University has started a service to provide human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and human embryonic stem (ES) cells to nonprofit research organizations.
08 May 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Mega-Structure Diagnostic and Prognostic System developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has won the Special Prize and Gold Medal for its application in the Guangzhou New TV Tower at the 37th International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products in Geneva in early April.
08 May 2009
RIKEN
In their latest work, Tahara and a team of international and Japanese scientists have directly observed how an organic molecule named stilbene rearranges its structure.
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