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23 Dec 2016
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
A new open access database compiled by Korean scientists may help to combat RNA virus epidemics such as MERS and SARS.
23 Dec 2016
Singapore Management University
Researcher from Singapore Management University is building better safeguards into the everyday technologies of radio-frequency identification (RFID) and mobile phones.
22 Dec 2016
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI)
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute’s broadcasting and media technology has been globally recognized as a leader of related technologies around the world.
19 Dec 2016
Tohoku University
Researchers at Tohoku University have, for the first time, successfully demonstrated the basic operation of spintronics-based artificial intelligence.
19 Dec 2016
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Modeling the fluorescence enhancing capabilities of materials paves the way for more sensitive biological and chemical tracking technologies.
16 Dec 2016
University of Malaya
This novel AgIR® coating lacquer with complex nanomaterials is an effective far infrared absorber and UV blocker for agricultural greenhouse film. AgIR® lacquer has provided the agricultural greenhouse film its unique properties such as light diffusion, thermicity, stabilization against UV breakdown, blocking of ultra violet radiation and more.
12 Dec 2016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed the Smart Indoor Cultivation Platform that can be set up in urban buildings and save water consumption by 95% compared with conventional methods.
12 Dec 2016
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Research at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, finds that silver atoms can be crafted into a box-shaped nanocluster by careful selection of ligand molecules.
08 Dec 2016
University of Malaya
There is a strong connection between breast cancer and the high rate of breast density. These are cases wherein the patient has previously undergone mammography screening and been cleared as ‘normal’. A subsequent diagnosis of cancer indicates the failure of mammography to detect the breast cancer.
08 Dec 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
UNIST Professor Joonbum Bae's tele-operation robot received a commendation from the Minister of Public Safety and Security (MPSS).
08 Dec 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, to lay the foundation for mutual growth between universities and businesses.
07 Dec 2016
Asia Research News
The list highlights the region’s most creative and bold young inventors, entrepreneurs and researchers, celebrating the rising stars who have dedicated their careers to purpose-driven innovation.
05 Dec 2016
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University have developed a genome editing method to knockout target genes in a model plant with high efficiency. The team reports a new CRISPR/Cas9 vector for the model plant that can strongly induce inheritable mutations.
01 Dec 2016
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI)
Researchers from Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) have developed a high performance processor for autonomous vehicles called Aldebaran.
01 Dec 2016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is proud to unveil the plaque today (30 November) for the “PolyU-Huawei Joint Laboratory for Optical Interconnection Network and Advanced Computing System” (Joint Lab).
30 Nov 2016
Tohoku University
Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a super flexible liquid crystal (LC) device, in which two ultra-thin plastic substrates are firmly bonded by polymer wall spacers.
30 Nov 2016
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Combining silicon with an optically active material enables tiny lasers compatible with industrial fabrication techniques.
30 Nov 2016
Hokkaido University
Tiny “walking” proteins could be used to investigate mechanical deformations in soft materials according to Hokkaido University researchers.
29 Nov 2016
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI)
Exobrain, a language intelligence software for communicating between human and machine developed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), defeated four human champions in a quiz show on EBS Korea. South Korea’s Educational Broadcasting System is a children’s educational television and radio network.
28 Nov 2016
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
A statistics-driven method to detect emerging problems in industrial processes could improve industrial safety, reliability and productivity.
25 Nov 2016
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
A group of researchers has developed a new compound, a triarylmethane that can rapidly inhibit cell division in plants. This compound was found to selectively inhibit cell division in plant cells with respect to animal cells.
24 Nov 2016
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
A joint team has developed cryogenic microwave photodetector which is able to detect 100,000 times smaller light energy compared to the existing photedetectors. The significance is DGIST have developed the world's first microwave photodetector using graphene device.
24 Nov 2016
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Researchers of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) have succeeded in developing Eco-Zyme, an enzyme that is extracted from locally isolated microbes to help in the process of kenaf retting in order to obtain kenaf fibres.
23 Nov 2016
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
A research team in South Korea developed electrodes that can measure biological signals. They can diagnose bio-signals such as brain waves, electrocardiograms, eye movements, and muscle activities in conjunction with Internet of Things (IoT) devices without additional analysis and measurement equipment.
22 Nov 2016
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Solar radiation management (SRM) could help control global temperatures. But while most research and discussions have taken place in developed countries, developing countries stand to be most affected by SRM.
The Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (SRMGI) addresses this imbalance by organizing workshops around the developing world.
18 Nov 2016
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
A detailed new report surveys a broad cross-section of biotechnology work across developing countries, revealing steady growth in fields tied to human well-being worldwide.
18 Nov 2016
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
The president of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, has announced its action plan for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
17 Nov 2016
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Insight into the role of a three-ring ligand may improve palladium-catalyzed reactions used for synthesizing organic products.
15 Nov 2016
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Standardized reporting of energy conversion efficiency could help to develop photocatalysts to produce renewable fuels.
15 Nov 2016
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
A research team in Japan developed a technique to quantitatively evaluate the internal magnetic structure of permanent magnet materials using a neutron beam.
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