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16 Apr 2010
RIKEN
On 19 January 2010, RIKEN and the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG) signed a memorandum of understanding toward the establishment of a new joint center focused on research in chemical biology.
08 Apr 2010
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
2010 Call for Applications - The Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS) is an international autonomous organization based in Trieste, Italy.
07 Apr 2010
RIKEN
A team headed by researchers at RIKEN and the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics has uncovered details explaining the growth of galaxy clusters, the largest gravitationally-bound objects known to exist, offering new clues about the evolution of our universe.
05 Apr 2010
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Hazadiah Mohamad Dahan, Noor Zaina Idris and Roslinda Wab of Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia, studied how technologies affect language use and how this can potentially lead to language change in Malaysia.
04 Apr 2010
Asia Research News
The Wall Street Journal Asia is now accepting entries for the prestigious "Asian Innovation Awards 2010." The deadline for entries is April 9, 2010.
31 Mar 2010
RIKEN
Press Release - Electrons that carry orbital angular momentum are generated for the first time by researchers at RIKEN, Japan
19 Mar 2010
RIKEN
In January this year, RIKEN and the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) co-hosted Molecular Imaging 2010, a two-day symposium reviewing five years of research conducted under the Molecular Imaging Research Program with funding from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
18 Mar 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Press Release - Making use of advanced ultrasound technology, researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have successfully developed a low-cost and compact Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging System for the examination and diagnosis of breast cancer.
18 Mar 2010
RIKEN
Press Release - Researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center have clarified the function of three proteins that play a central role in the circadian clock in plants. The finding, to appear in the journal The Plant Cell, opens the door to the engineering of plant clock systems, with powerful applications to agriculture.
15 Mar 2010
Asia Research News
The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) announces that it will mark its 40th anniversary in 2010 by expanding its student prize program, with a new awards intended to cultivate the next generation of numerical software talent worldwide
12 Mar 2010
RIKEN
Through close collaboration between theoreticians and experimentalists, RIKEN’s Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory is poised to deliver breakthroughs in our understanding of the origin of matter and nuclear theory
10 Mar 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
A website is helping Southeast Asian women earn an income and balance their work and home lives. Called eHomemakers, it is Southeast Asia’s only community network that promotes the use of information and communication technologies to telework and run small home businesses.
07 Mar 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang, 3 March - Not only can this treatment module help to overcome the problem of vertigo but patients do not have to go to the hospital as they can carry out this treatment in the comfort of their own homes.
05 Mar 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) beat other local universities and emerged top in the Webometrics Ranking Web of World Universities and 4icu.org University Web Ranking.
05 Mar 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The telecentre.org Foundation which improves the social and economic impact of grassroots telecentres around the world is pleased to announce that it has officially opened its doors today in the Philippines.
05 Mar 2010
RIKEN
Geometric factors can have a strong influence on the seemingly random walk of objects across pores in a thin membrane
03 Mar 2010
RIKEN
Protons, neutrons melt to produce ‘quark-gluon plasma’ at RHIC
03 Mar 2010
RIKEN
A novel technique for ultrahigh-precision simulation of cellular dynamics has enabled researchers to uncover a mechanism underlying a ubiquitous response process in eukaryotic cells.
02 Mar 2010
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries
26 Feb 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is planning on using a unique teaching and learning methodology in the field of information and communication technology.
26 Feb 2010
RIKEN
Scientists, researchers and amateur astronomers alike will rejoice at the latest news from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and RIKEN.
25 Feb 2010
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
A Malaysian researcher analysed the understanding of information processing and learning preferences among postgraduate students using the Grounded Theory
25 Feb 2010
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Muhammad Akram Adnan and Mohd Jamaludin Md Noor studying to reduce speed by transferring an upward force to a vehicle
24 Feb 2010
Nature Publishing Group
With no end in sight to the stand-off between Google and the Chinese government, Nature’s news team has surveyed scientists in China to find out how much they rely on Google – and what the consequences would be if they lost access to the search engine and its related products.
24 Feb 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Working in collaboration with the industry and utility companies, civil engineering experts of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have made great strides in expediting the use of "trenchless" technology for installing underground utility pipeline in Hong Kong.
19 Feb 2010
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) researchers received three silver and three bronze medals at the Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE 2010)
05 Feb 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The smart parnership between Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (Miros) is expected to put in place a new mechanism for road safety and the prevention of accidents.
05 Feb 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia
In line with its mission of knowledge sharing, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) today introduced the ‘I-Teacher’, to help school students in their learning process.
05 Feb 2010
Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI)
New Publication: Mapping Study on Excellent Researchers from Southeast Asia
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