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23 Apr 2008
Nature Publishing Group
The quest for new materials exhibiting high-temperature superconductivity may be about to explode into life again. In Nature this week, a team of researchers in Japan demonstrate the highest temperature yet reported for a non-copper-based material.
23 Apr 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Serdang, Malaysia - Five out of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) six researchers, whom participated in the International Exhibition of Inventions New Techniques and Products Geneva (INTPG).
22 Apr 2008
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Sarawak is the world's largest exporter of sago, exporting up to 40,000 ton sago a year. Sago mills that produced sago starch through debarking and processing of sago trunk, generates effluent which is channelled into nearby rivers. A research conducted in UNIMAS currently looks at turning this potential pollutants into commerciable entities.
21 Apr 2008
Institute for Dispute Resolution, Khon Kaen University
Nakhon Phanom University, Thailand is please to announce the establishment of International Aviation College
16 Apr 2008
Keio University
TextImi is a system that helps people understand the thoughts of others from large volumes of text through a collaboration between computer analysis and human interpretation. The system can be used in for marketing surveys coordinated with network research systems, customer voice analysis, public comment analysis and more.
15 Apr 2008
The mangrove red snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus), is an important food fish in Southeast Asia. Several trials were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of hormones to induce spawning of mangrove red snapper.
15 Apr 2008
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Biofuels have come under criticism lately for competing with the world food production. The Jathropha curcas is a weed that does not compete with food production yet yields fuel and heals wounds. UNIMAS is currently working on developing its potential as the alternative plant for biofuels production.
13 Apr 2008
Keio University
On 1 April, the Graduate School of System Design and Management and Graduate School of Media Design were established as part of Keio University's 150th Anniversary Commemorative Project, aiming at fostering innovative leaders in complex fields.
13 Apr 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Two Universiti Putra Malaysia researchers whose inventions have brought in more than RM20mil have won the Commercialisation Award at the university’s excellence awards ceremony. With their research products, rice farmers’ yields have increased from four tonnes to 10 tonnes per hectare and sold in other ASEAN countries and the Middle East.
08 Apr 2008
Waseda University
Towards the development of information infrastructure technology which Japan will promote globally
08 Apr 2008
Waseda University
The two universities conduct collaborative researches in a broad range of fields, including organ transplantation, regenerative medicine, medical robotics, and genetic diagnosis technology.
08 Apr 2008
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
As hundreds of citizens around Sri Lanka help spread the benefits of modern technology to small communities, 20 of them find inspiration on a study tour to India.
08 Apr 2008
University of the Philippines Diliman
The application of mantle tomography to seismic intensity data gathered in Central Philippines by researchers from the University of the Philippines Diliman offers new insights into the collision in ancient times between the Palawan Microcontinental Block and the Philippine Mobile Belt in Central Philippines.
04 Apr 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
At the World Largest Invention Market this week, UPM researchers unveil a new method which significantly decreases the catalyst particle size to nanoparticle size. This method is the first such breakthrough in the world.
04 Apr 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
In Geneva this week, UPM researchers show new system for real time electrical conductivity mapping comprising of a measurement probe, data logger, Differential Global Positioning System and a computer mounted in a tractor cab.
04 Apr 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
From World's Largest Market-Place for Inventions in Geneva, UPM researchers show a new design for a gamma camera which reduces its weight from 115 kg to just 45 kg.
04 Apr 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
From UPM in Geneva this week - This research is on a system for in-situ testing of high strength concrete which can be widely applied in the construction industry as it is easy to assemble & suitable for in-situ concrete strength estimation, including high-strength/ high-performance concrete.
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 software will help solve 2nd and 3rd order ordinary differential equations and will be useful to solve many mathematical models.
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.
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