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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.
13 Nov 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia bagged 3 gold and 3 silver medals at the International Trade Fair (Ideas-Inventions-New Products) held at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center, Germany at which 600 products were showcased.
13 Nov 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Typing biometrics is an approach used to verify the identity of an individual by examining his/her keystrokes on a keyboard or keypad.
09 Nov 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Compared to conventional systems, this hybrid system provides superior comfort conditions because of substantial radiant heat transfer, low air draft and low humidity level
09 Nov 2005
Nature Publishing Group
A solid acid catalyst that can convert vegetable oils into 'biodiesel' fuel could replace the expensive and inefficient process used today, according to
a Brief Communication in this week's Nature.
02 Nov 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Campylobacter jejuni is one of the major causes of diarrhoea in human and animals especially in developed countries. EZ Campy DNA kit was designed and developed to detect for Campylobacter jejuni within 3 hours.
02 Nov 2005
Nature Publishing Group
The black hole at the centre of our Galaxy is as wide as the radius of the Earth's orbit, according to research published in this week's Nature.
30 Oct 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Removal efficiencies of above 95% have been achieved for ethyl acetate at 300 degrees Celcius at a flow rate of about twice that of conventional oxide catalysts.
26 Oct 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Experimental investigation has shown that an energy saving of as high as 25% in fuel usage can be obtained when HTRP is used in an incinerator. The HTRP can also be used in hazardous chemical, radiochemical and power plant.
26 Oct 2005
Wildlife Conservation Society
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and their Russian colleagues from the Russian Far East recently fitted three wild 40-day-old Siberian tiger cubs with tiny radio-collars, marking the youngest wild tigers to be tracked by scientists
23 Oct 2005
Asia Research News
This URSI General Assembly will be held in New Delhi in 2005. Around 1000 delegates (inclusive of 150 young and talented scientists) from different parts of the world in the telecommunication sector are expected to participate in the event.
23 Oct 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Commercial haemosthetic agents available in the market are expensive and most of them are produced from animal gelatine and therefore not acceptable for some segments of the community
19 Oct 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Worm monitor is a new 24/7 monitoring application that monitors and pinpoints sources of worms in a LAN
19 Oct 2005
Nature Publishing Group
Chemists have invented an efficient way to incorporate oxygen directly from the air into the hydrocarbon molecules found in oil and gas; Scientists reveal how arranging dopants into regular arrays can improve device performance
18 Oct 2005
Nature Publishing Group
Some patients who suffer a right-hemisphere stroke develop a syndrome called 'neglect', in which they ignore the entire left side of their bodies. Researchers have found that this is caused by intact areas of the brain connected to the damaged areas.
18 Oct 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
USM researchers have produced a biopolymer with superior properties from palm kernel oil. In terms of cost, the production of this bioplastic is much more lower than other kinds of bioplastics available in the market.
16 Oct 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
This technology involves the detection and conversion of the gases evolved from fire such as carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide on the pellet via catalytic reaction.
16 Oct 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is the most important water-soluble cellulose derivative with many application in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, detergent, textile, paper and many other industries.
14 Oct 2005
Universiti Sains Malaysia
USM bagged 8 gold medals, 6 silver medals and 2 bronze medals as well as 2 special jury awards namely the Special Award for ICT and the Special Award for Best Joint Venture.
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