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04 Apr 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
This week, UPM unveiled their latest research at the World's Largest Market-Place for Inventions in Geneva. This research is on a technique to transform non-conducting organic polymers into electricity conducting "synthetic metals" using radiation, which can be used for artificial muscles, antistatic clothing, rechargeable batteries and more
31 Mar 2008
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
iCompetent is a psychological instrument developed by a team of psychologist from University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) for screening potential employees with the aptitude for the job. Using internet based technology, it allows the screening of thousands of job applications from all over the world, 24 hours a day.
27 Mar 2008
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Language is a tool for expressing knowledge and knowledge is the essence of intelligence. Researchers from UNIMAS is involved in the R&D of language based technology, with one of the applications being the revitalisation of ethnic languages in Sarawak (Borneo).
26 Mar 2008
Keio University
The present invention enables manufacturing of a small-sized generator battery which is harmless to the human body when swallowed and can supply electrical power for an extended period, thereby allowing a physician to perform more precise endoscopic inspection.
13 Mar 2008
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Supplying electricity to the remote communities in Malaysia is difficult due to their remoteness and difficult terrain, yet most of these villages are situated near fast flowing rivers, where potential energy lies untapped. UNIMAS researchers have built a low cost system which is currently undergoing its pilot project.
07 Mar 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
This week, some 50 ICT experts from more than 30 countries in Asia Pacific came together in Singapore to brainstorm and network for the Digital Review of Asia Pacific (DirAP) 2009/2010 which is expected to be released early next year.
05 Mar 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The IDRC ECOPOLIS Graduate Research and Design Awards goal is to promote research and design projects that help lighten the environmental problems borne by the urban poor and enhance their financial, human, resource, and social and political assets. Deadline May 15th, 2008.
05 Mar 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
IDRC Doctoral Research Awards are intended to promote the growth of Canadian capacity in research on sustainable and equitable development from an international perspective. Deadline April 1, 2008
01 Mar 2008
RIKEN
RIKEN researchers have shown that electron beams, like light, can be twisted into vortices that have useful functions
01 Mar 2008
RIKEN
Alternating electric current can be used to precisely control tiny vortices of magnetism
27 Feb 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Maria Ng was recognized for her efforts to develop the Khmer script for computers through the PAN Localization project, which focused on developing local language standards and technology across seven Asian countries.
25 Feb 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
MEDIA ADVISORY - The Editorial Board and Authors of “The Digital Review of Asia Pacific ”, comprising some 50 experts from government, academe, industry and civil society, will be meeting in Singapore from March 2-4th at Sentosa’s Silosa Beach Hotel, to start planning for the 2009-2010 version of the Digital Review of Asia Pacific.
17 Feb 2008
The Asian Institute of Technology
Applications are invited for post-doctoral research fellowships under the Southeast Asia Urban Environmental Management Applications (SEA-UEMA) project.
15 Feb 2008
RIKEN
High-energy gamma rays from thunderclouds may help us to predict when lightning will strike
14 Feb 2008
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 (ICT4D) in Asia Pacific.
11 Feb 2008
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Call for papers & participants. Authors are invited to submit their abstracts in the field of Structural Engineering, Geotechnical and Highway Engineering, Water Resources and Wastewater Engineering, Construction Engineering and Project Management before 15th February 2008.
10 Feb 2008
Keio University
Prof.Yoshiyasu Takefuji was the first person with the idea of camera-equipped cellular phones using satellites and is now taking on the challenge for new public transportation services with unique ideas including floors for passengers to generate electricity, speakers for noisy stations and GPS inside trains.
08 Feb 2008
RIKEN
The future of computing may emerge not from electronics, but from ‘spintronics’. This new technology relies on the transport of electrons whose quantum spin states—or internal angular momentum—are all the same.
08 Feb 2008
RIKEN
Researchers at RIKEN’s Discovery Research Institute in Wako, in collaboration with researchers from Cornell University in the US, and Kyoto University, have refined a method that measures small electronic excitations in superconductors.
08 Feb 2008
RIKEN
RIKEN scientists have discovered a new state of matter with unusual magnetic properties—its constituent electrons are in a continuous state of flux, even at incredibly cold temperatures.
05 Feb 2008
NAM S&T Centre
Natural products, including plants, animals and minerals, have been the basis of treatment of human diseases and have been exploited for human use for thousands of years. This new publication is a collection of 25 selected papers in Natural products
05 Feb 2008
NAM S&T Centre
This new publication by the NAM S&T Centre exposes the difficulties of agricultural output, faced by mostly dry and saline parts of the world due to scarcity of clean water and fertile land for crop production.
05 Feb 2008
NAM S&T Centre
The Group of 77 (G-77) have approved a multi-lateral collaborative project on ‘Sustainable Rainwater Harvesting and Ground Water Recharge in Developing Countries - HRD and Technology Transfer’ for implementation by the NAM S&T Centre
03 Feb 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Malaysia currently produces 39.8 million tonnes oil equivalent (mtoe) of NG and consumes only 19.5 mtoe. Hence, there is plenty of NG available for automotive use. This CNG/DI Engine and Transmission research project aim to produce a car designed specifically for use with NG.
01 Feb 2008
RIKEN
Two different chemical compounds can be used to draw perpendicular molecular lines on the surface of silicon substrates
25 Jan 2008
RIKEN
X-rays, neutrons and theoretical modeling are used to explore the physics of quasi-crystals
25 Jan 2008
International Rice Research Institute
Rice research community seeks to reach 18 million households with improved rice varieties, increase yields by 50% within 10 years
20 Jan 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
The exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation originating from sunlight can cause harmful effects on human health, such as erythema (sunburn), melanoma (skin cancer), and premature skin aging. This research provides two alternatives in producing structured lipids that has sun-screening effect and has 2 patents pending.
18 Jan 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Urban areas of Indonesia generate about 55,000 tons of solid waste every day. Only about 50 to 60 percent of the waste is collected, and landfill sites are mostly open dumps. The IDRC-backed initiatives are looking at new ways of managing solid waste in slums, through innovative collection, separation, and disposal mechanisms.
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