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23 Jan 2006
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
In Asia, distance education using information and communication technologies is proving to be an efficient way of delivering high-quality education. And by making higher education affordable and accessible, it is helping to address equity issues.
19 Jan 2006
Keio University
Keio University, Japan’s leading university, held an annual Science and Technology Exhibition on December 2nd 2005 which introduced its latest research achievements to the industries.
13 Jan 2006
Nature Publishing Group
A study by researchers in Canada has shown that the snap decisions Internet users make about the quality of a web page, in just a twentieth of a second, have a lasting impact on their opinions.
07 Jan 2006
Divan Enterprise (indianjournals.com)
This biannual journal is published by the Animal Nutrition Association of India
04 Jan 2006
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The UAV is locally designed, manufactured, integrated and tested. It can be used as an alternative solution to manned aircraft, for operations such as search and rescue, maritime patrol, urban traffic control, surveillance and military applications.
04 Jan 2006
Indian Science Congress Association
India is set to become a Developed Nation by 2020. Despite all the achievements made in the fields of science and technology, food front, industries, twenty six percent of India's population is below the poverty line with no security of any kind.
30 Dec 2005
Divan Enterprise (indianjournals.com)
After carbon dioxide, methane is the second major green house gas contributing to global warming but methane is 20–40 times more potent as green house gas. This paper suggest various methods of reducing the production of methane in animal farming.
30 Dec 2005
Divan Enterprise (indianjournals.com)
Published by Sher-E-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology – Jammu. Topics include organic farming, methane reduction strategies, impact of insect pollinators, studies in rape, rice, broccoli, cauliflower, fertility, soil and water conservation, efficiency of herbicides and many more.
21 Dec 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Spot Electroplater for Lead Frame (SPEL) have been designed to cater to existing problems faced by the rubber masking technique, presently applied in lead frame manufacturing industries.
21 Dec 2005
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
This report presents findings of a study conducted in 1997-2001 in the Syria Badia to test different water-harvesting techniques for improving vegetative cover.
18 Dec 2005
Quaid-i-Azam University
Everyday, we use many different types of liquids. Understanding their flow behaviour is very important. This paper studies how the flow of a viscoelastic liquid in a pipe changes by imposing alternating pressures.
18 Dec 2005
Nature Publishing Group
Japanese researchers have found that a rice plant that grows with its shoots more erect will produce more grains than normal.
14 Dec 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
A new e-journal to showcase the latest findings in fundamental and applied aspects of food research has been launched by Universiti Sains Malaysia.
11 Dec 2005
Asia Research News
Field-Programmable Technology; The Physics of Semiconductor Devices; Biotechnology; Migratory Waterbird Conservation
11 Dec 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Vanadium oxides nanotubes are important in technological applications such a catalysts for oxidation-reduction reactions, semiconductors, optical devices and coatings.
07 Dec 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Mass screening has been a problem in many developing countries due to costs and lack of expertise. The NeuralMammo can help solve this. It is an artificial intelligent system to diagnose breast cancer based on images captured from fine needle aspirates.
07 Dec 2005
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
The studies reveal that even in the dry areas, which are characterized by water scarcity, available water is not used efficiently for agricultural production due to farmers’ practices and prevailing policies on water.
04 Dec 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
This is the first research in Malaysia and in the world that uses oil palm biomass as an ash glaze. Aside from being cost efficient, this glaze is also aesthetically pleasing compared to the usual commercial glazes.
04 Dec 2005
Keio University
It is perceived that with the continued Westernization of the Japanese diet, colon cancer will become more prevalent and more important for screening in Japan.
30 Nov 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
DataPap is the first database system that gathers patient's details, medical report and Pap smear images in a single database. It also has intensive search facilities, sophisticated image processing and automatic diagnostic functions.
30 Nov 2005
Nature Publishing Group
When the Huygens probe landed on Titan, it provided the first direct measurements from Saturn's giant moon. Seven papers in Nature this week describe a world that resembles a primitive Earth, complete with weather systems and geological activity.
30 Nov 2005
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
This report presents results of three studies conducted in Iran aimed at increasing and stabilizing rainfed wheat production using supplemental irrigation.
27 Nov 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
OilZob, is ideal for cleaning up oil spills and a low cost technology for recycling rubber waste. The amount of discarded tyres alone reaches 10 million tons every year worldwide.
23 Nov 2005
Divan Enterprise (indianjournals.com)
This paper reviews macro trends in the performance of regulatory institutions in electricity and telecommunications sectors in India and evaluates the direction and pace of their work.
23 Nov 2005
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
“If women are empowered to do science, state-of-the-art research will follow, and science and technology will find application in all of our endeavours.”
23 Nov 2005
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Durum wheat is a staple food of strategic importance, and its production is a major farm activity in Morocco
20 Nov 2005
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
The Central Laboratory for Agricultural Expert Systems (CLAES), Agricultural Research Center, Cairo, Egypt, organized a workshop on “Utilization of Intelligent Systems for Plant Protection” on 25–26 October 2005.
20 Nov 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
A new and simple method of removing residue oil from oily wastewaters
20 Nov 2005
Keio University
This paper highlights a new method to detect damage of buildings after a severe natural disaster using middle resolution images resulting in wider coverage and lower cost.
16 Nov 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
The number of plantlets produced was found to be ten times more than that of the conventional gel culture system. The plantlets can be harvested within 1/3 of the time used in the conventional method.
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