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11 Feb 2009
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
At Sri Lanka’s largest agricultural market a large projection screen overlooks 12 acres of stalls brimming with produce. Traders at the Dambulla market consult the screen to receive up-to-the-minute pricing information on produce being sold in the market.
06 Feb 2009
RIKEN
Using moss to remove heavy metal contaminants from water; X-ray charge density to directly observe chemical interactions at the molecular level; new fluorescent probes to discover unknown functions and potential in living things; iPS cells against cancer; Omics Science Centre and The X-Ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL)
06 Feb 2009
RIKEN
Long-range spin currents induced by heat herald a new era for spintronic applications
06 Feb 2009
RIKEN
The application of sophisticated imaging techniques illuminates spatio-temporal regulation critical for T cell activation
06 Feb 2009
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
A research is conducted at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak to design a solar-based pepper-berries dryer.
04 Feb 2009
Keio University
TOKYO, 4 Feb - Japanese researchers have announced the world’s first discovery of genes in jigsaw-like pieces from an archaeon living in hot spring, which gives new insight into the origin of genes.
30 Jan 2009
RIKEN
The Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research (AOFSRR) held its second summer school from September 29 to October 8 at SPring-8, the largest synchrotron radiation facility of the RIKEN Harima Institute.
30 Jan 2009
RIKEN
RIKEN researchers have revealed an unexpectedly large recoil of ‘free’ electrons emitted from a simple metal
26 Jan 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
The main problem in palm oil production recently was infection of Ganoderma which would decrease the number of production and cause the plants’ death.
26 Jan 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
International Agriculture Students Symposium 2009 (IASS 2009) held in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) recently has formed a network for accessible collection of knowledge and experience gained by the agriculture students.
23 Jan 2009
RIKEN
Solitary waves trapped in superconducting junctions could illustrate time dilation effects similar to those in special relativity
23 Jan 2009
RIKEN
When the bonds between atoms suddenly alter in strength, structural changes in symmetry result
21 Jan 2009
Asia Research News
There’s an urgent need for new approaches, new products and services, to tackle climate change, and Forum for the Future has teamed up with The Financial Times and HP to unleash the power of innovation by launching a global competition.
21 Jan 2009
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
The scheme provides Malaysian Airlines, its customers as well as corporate partners with the opportunity to participate in efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
20 Jan 2009
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Filling in the void in nematodes studies in Sarawak, a study is being conducted to provide a database on the taxonomy and ecology of free-living nematode species in Sarawak coastal waters.
19 Jan 2009
University of the Philippines Diliman
On February 17, 2006, a landslide overwhelmed the village of Guinsaugon. It took the lives of more than a thousand villagers, making it the most disastrous landslide event in Philippine history.
16 Jan 2009
RIKEN
A novel numerical technique permits researchers to study the interaction between elementary particles within a material without approximations
16 Jan 2009
RIKEN
The Casimir force between objects in a vacuum shows a complex dependence on temperature
14 Jan 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
SERDANG, Malaysia 10 Jan – Mathematical Research Institute (INSPEM) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has established collaboration on mathematical research with Institute of Mathematics, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (IM-VAST).
09 Jan 2009
RIKEN
RIKEN researchers have produced healthy cloned mice from cells taken from bodies frozen for 16 years. Wakayama and his team are making a name for themselves by developing techniques that could help rescue life from unlikely sources.
09 Jan 2009
RIKEN
Computing based on photons rather than electrons, on the other hand, promises significantly faster computation and information processing. An international team of researchers has now developed a theoretical system that would allow single photons to be controlled reliably.
08 Jan 2009
University of the Philippines Diliman
The Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development presents the patented inventions and registered utility models of faculty-researchers of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman.
07 Jan 2009
Nature Publishing Group
Scitable provides students with free online access to more than 180 overviews of key genetics concepts. The overviews are evidence-based and have been vetted by Nature Publishing Group staff.
04 Jan 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The Clearinghouse for Tobacco Control (C-Tob) at the National Poison Centre in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is to undertake a pilot project to monitor the quality of air in public areas in Penang. This is in line with C-Tob's call for Penang to be made smoke-free now that George Town has been accorded World Heritage Site status by UNESCO.
04 Jan 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Universiti Putra Malaysia’s (UPM) emerged as the second runner up under the public institutes of higher learning (IPTA) category in a website competition that has witnessed 20 participations
27 Dec 2008
RIKEN
Nano-patterning on silicon: a single compound reacts with silicon surface to form perpendicular molecular lines
27 Dec 2008
RIKEN
RIKEN has concluded a comprehensive agreement with US investment firm 360ip Pte Ltd., (360ip) to commercialize and promote the practical use of RIKEN’s intellectual property assets.
19 Dec 2008
RIKEN
Structural and electronic rearrangements discovered in the new oxide LiRh2O4 provide hints for improving electricity generation from heat
19 Dec 2008
RIKEN
The excited energy state of an oxygen nucleus could consist of a condensate of alpha particles
12 Dec 2008
RIKEN
The complex arrangement of spins in a magnetic oxide gives rise to a magneto-electric effect
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