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19 Jan 2017
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
The dynamic three-dimensional organization of chromosomal structure can profoundly influence plant gene expression
17 Jan 2017
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) representatives will join high profile, multi-stakeholder dialogues with global leaders across the world to discuss higher education, science, and technological innovation.
17 Jan 2017
Asia Research News
With the event anchored in Singapore, IoT Asia continues to chart the future for IoT in Asia by accurately anticipating the needs and concerns of the rapidly evolving industry.
16 Jan 2017
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
DGIST research team developed a technology to coat metal with several nanometers of semiconducting materials. This technology can be applied to solar cells, wearable devices, displays, and the like.
15 Jan 2017
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Theoretical model reveals how droplets grow around tiny particles on a surface.
15 Jan 2017
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Rapid and cheap on-the-spot diagnoses for diseases such as tuberculosis and cancer are a step closer thanks to a new modular valve for microfluidic chips.
10 Jan 2017
Asia Research News
International Exhibition & Conference on the Internet of Things - Transforming Businesses, Government and Societies
09 Jan 2017
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
A process developed by researchers in Saudi Arabia prints high-performance silicon-based computers on to soft, sticker-like surfaces that can be attached anywhere.
09 Jan 2017
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
South Korea's undergraduate students win the grand prize at the Innovative Design Contest 2016 at the 16th Asia Design Engineering Workshop (A-DEWS).
09 Jan 2017
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Streaming video over mobile networks could be greatly improved by smart prioritization of visually important data.
09 Jan 2017
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Three-layer nanoparticle catalysts improve zinc-air batteries.
04 Jan 2017
Hokkaido University
Researchers have verified that the mere presence of a cell phone or smartphone can adversely affect our cognitive performance, particularly among infrequent internet users.
04 Jan 2017
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI)
Seven technologies in the field of Broadcasting & Media, Hyper-connected & 5G Giga Telecommunications to be introduced such as wireless charging technology for a specific space; technology to acquire and reproduce super-multiview content; and international standards technology for healthcare and connected cars.
04 Jan 2017
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
A product design "Babyking" by Professor Yunwoo Jung of Design and Human Engineering at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has been recognized with the highest 2016 Spark Product Design Award.
04 Jan 2017
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
A new study, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology has introduced a new artificial leaf that generates hydrogen, using the power of the sun to mimic underwater photosynthesis.
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).
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