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25 Mar 2019
Asia Research News
Stimulate the global phenomenon of rapid development of cities into the future
23 Mar 2019
Asia Research News
Activating collaboration of sustainable IoT solutions for commercial outcomes; Showcasing IoT integration solutions that address industry challenges; Spotlight on new approaches to e-commerce and logistics IoT solutions
22 Mar 2019
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Stretchable devices could have a wide range of potential uses, from wearable health monitors to elastic solar cells to artificial skin.
21 Mar 2019
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Scientists from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (HKUST) have recently uncovered the mechanisms of how RNA polymerase II performs intrinsic cleavage reaction to proofread RNA transcriptions, shedding light on how mis-regulation of accurate transcription can lead to diseases including cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
19 Mar 2019
University of Malaya
A novel solar panel tracer is faster, less expensive and more accurate than conventional devices.
18 Mar 2019
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
Senior Researcher Wonseok Kang signed a technology transfer contract for commercialization of DGIST-VRES CUBE 'Complex Life Log Management Technology'. Will develop new services such as living and health with life data management Technology
18 Mar 2019
University of Malaya
A compact sensor noninvasively checks dengue severity and cholesterol at home or in any health care centre.
15 Mar 2019
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Developing materials similar to graphene remains a challenge, but chemists are making progress, moving closer to smaller, faster electronics and photonics.
14 Mar 2019
Tohoku University
A new method to diagnose cancer cells inside lymph nodes could allow doctors to treat cancers before they spread around the body.
11 Mar 2019
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
The School of Science (SSCI) and the School of Engineering (SENG) at HKUST jointly launched a new degree program in Data Science and Technology (DSCT) to nurture interdisciplinary and pragmatic talents who could address the needs of the society with data analytic and technical approaches.
11 Mar 2019
Asia Research News
Gain insights into lessons learnt from UK’s large-scale project failure, South Korea’s ambitious AI plans and Singapore’s current and upcoming digital health initiatives!
05 Mar 2019
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
A new scaffold expands to fill in bone defects and encourage tissue growth.
05 Mar 2019
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
An international team has developed an attachable guidewire that can move and steer towards a desired direction inside complicated blood vessels. The technology will contribute to increasing the success rate of heart disease treatment with a shorter cardiovascular disease surgery time and higher accuracy.
04 Mar 2019
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Compact chips could power electronics using natural vibrations.
28 Feb 2019
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
Researchers in Korea have developed a biosensor that expresses biomaterials’ colors using nano structure and applies a new image signal processing technique.
28 Feb 2019
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
A technology that has maximized space intensity by eliminating color filter from an image sensor has been developed. The National Research Foundation of Korea (Chairman Jung Hye Rho) announced that DGIST Professor Dae Sung Chung’s research team developed a color filter-free full-color image sensor using an interferometer electrode.
27 Feb 2019
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
3D printing shows potential for fabricating personalized ‘soft’ robotic hands and hearts. But challenges need to be addressed.
27 Feb 2019
IOP Publishing
Engineered human skin can look more natural when made using 3D bioprinting.
26 Feb 2019
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) (PolyU) and the Royal College of Art (RCA), United Kingdom, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to confirm their intention to establish the PolyU|RCA Artificial Intelligence Design Laboratory (AIDL).
25 Feb 2019
Tohoku University
Deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (DUV-LEDs) made from aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) efficiently transfer electrical energy to optical energy due to the growth of one of its bottom layers in a step-like fashion. This finding, published in the journal Applied Physics Letters, can lead to the development of even more efficient LEDs.
25 Feb 2019
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
DGIST Senior Researcher Changsoon Choi’s team coiled the existing carbon nano tube/spandex fiber and developed a new fiber of supercoiled structure. Expects to be applied in developing various wearable device platforms with super-coil that stretches up to 16 times
21 Feb 2019
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS)
Japanese researchers have investigated a collapsed bridge in Myanmar and surveyed the safety of seven similar bridges across the country.
21 Feb 2019
Asia Research News
Foundation awards travel grants to journalists to cover the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum
18 Feb 2019
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Computer model learns to identify Twitter users’ evolving interests by analyzing their Tweets.
15 Feb 2019
Asia Research News
Trust is key to IoT manufacturers and service providers' success
14 Feb 2019
Asia Research News
EduTECH Philippines - 20-21 February 2019, SMX Convention Center, Manila
12 Feb 2019
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Rapid-fire photography reveals how even a nanoscale amount of surface roughness can unleash microbubbles that may interfere with coating technology.
11 Feb 2019
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Concepts for boosting WiFi coverage could also help car sensors distinguish walking pedestrians from other slowly moving objects.
07 Feb 2019
Nanyang Technological University
From air-conditioned clothing to cancer screening tools, the Centre for Optical Fibre Technology (COFT) is paving the way for a light-based future.
07 Feb 2019
Tohoku University
A research team led by Tohoku University in Japan has developed new materials for supercapacitors with higher voltage and better stability than other materials. Their research was recently published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science.
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