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17 Oct 2018
Asia Research News
Staged in Indonesia for the first time, this was the most important and successful POWERGEN Asia to date. POWERGEN Asia will be joined by Asian Utility Week and DistribuTECH Asia, offering a full end-to-end power solutions event in 2019, at MITEC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 3-5 September 2019.
16 Oct 2018
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Printable solar materials could soon turn many parts of a house into solar panels.
16 Oct 2018
Asia Research News
Show attracted over 40,000 visitors, with more than 1000 technological and patented products demonstrated
15 Oct 2018
Tohoku University
A Research and Development group led by Professor Yoshifumi Saijo of Tohoku University and Noriyuki Masuda of Advantest has succeeded in developing in vivo skin imaging technology that can simultaneously generate dual-wavelength photoacoustic images and ultrasound images.
11 Oct 2018
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
An international team of researchers , affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has demonstrated a new technique for accelerating electrons to very high energies over short distances.
10 Oct 2018
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
A new system improves the speed and accuracy of fingerprint scanning and matching by using 3D technology. No pressing required.
10 Oct 2018
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
An international team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) introduced a simple technique to fabricate full-color perovskite LEDs.
09 Oct 2018
New simulations indicate that swirling ammonia in combustion chambers can help reduce harmful emissions – insight that may help on-going efforts to develop ammonia as a carbon-free fuel source.
09 Oct 2018
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Tantalum nitride as thin layers improve the extraction of electrons from silicon solar cells.
08 Oct 2018
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed eNightLog, a multi-function nighttime monitoring system for the elderly with dementia, to track their respiration and activities in bed for preventing fall or wandering away.
05 Oct 2018
Asia Research News
Over 3,000 educators, policymakers & technology leaders to gather at Asia’s largest education technology event to assess future of Asian education
04 Oct 2018
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Genome sequencing of two Red Sea bacteria highlights their potential as industrial workhorses.
04 Oct 2018
Asia Research News
Technology has become incredibly intelligent and already knows a lot about our internal states.
03 Oct 2018
Asia Research News
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02 Oct 2018
Asia Research News
The event also garnered strong support from the global innovation and enterprise community
02 Oct 2018
Asia Research News
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01 Oct 2018
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
A comprehensive model for simulating mudcake growth during oil extraction could transform well-drilling protocols.
01 Oct 2018
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
A numerical study reveals how to reduce instabilities in the complex flow of plasma in converging geometry of particles in fusion reactions.
27 Sep 2018
Asia Research News
The event will take place at Singapore’s Suntec Convention & Exhibition Centre from 9-10 October. Admission into the expo is free for all.
27 Sep 2018
Japanese scientists have identified a metal able to stand up to constant forces in ultrahigh temperature, offering promising applications including in aircraft jet engines and gas turbines for electric power generation.
27 Sep 2018
Asia Research News
TechNode and CYZone were two China-based organisations that spotlighted ASEAN-China tech collaboration at SWITCH, the Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology, Sep 17-20, 2018.
24 Sep 2018
University of Malaya
ScreenMen is a mobile web app that educates, motivates and empowers men to undergo evidence-based health screening. It was developed rigorously based on theories, evidence and needs assessment. It is currently undergoing a randomised controlled trial to determine its effectiveness in improving screening uptake in men.
24 Sep 2018
Asia Research News
For the first time, the 36th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM) and Associated Meetings will be held together with the 11th SIEW.
21 Sep 2018
Asia Research News
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20 Sep 2018
Asia Research News
Find out more at SWITCH 2018 - 17-20 September 2018, Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore
18 Sep 2018
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has presented an innovative wearable technology that will turn your skin into a loudspeaker.
18 Sep 2018
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
A team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) presents alternative approaches for versatile future applications of plastic magnets.
18 Sep 2018
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
A team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has introduced a novel technology that promises to significantly boost the performance of lithium metal batteries.
18 Sep 2018
Asia Research News
Innovative water treatment solutions will be presented at TechInnovation 2018, Halls A & B, booth A6 at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore 18-19 September 2018.
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