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18 Nov 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Investigating how droplets move around on a surface shows us why it is important to set boundary conditions.
18 Nov 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Graphene and metal nitrides improve the performance and stability of energy storage devices
18 Nov 2015
University of Malaya
A collaborative project by researchers in Malaysia and UK aims to achieve sustainability-led design for the existing non-domestic buildings. It will use 'Building Information Modelling' in these countries to reduce or completely avoid depletion of critical resources and also to prevent environmental degradation.
18 Nov 2015
Tohoku University
High quality natural meteoritic magnet successfully produced in a short time
18 Nov 2015
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
A student of Universiti Putra Malaysia, has succeeded in creating a smart phone application using a GPS Augmented Reality technology to look for halal restaurants within the vicinity of a consumer’s living area.
17 Nov 2015
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology will lead an IdeasLab on biotechnology for an aging society while HUBO, the winner of the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge, will interact with the forum participants, offering an experience of state-of-the-art robotics technology.
16 Nov 2015
Singapore Management University
Data mining is not just about numbers: It is premised on human behaviour, and the multitude of decisions that we make every day. A researcher from Singapore Management University is trying to identify useful patterns from large amounts of information.
16 Nov 2015
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Aviation Services Research Centre (ASRC) co-founded by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Boeing enters its second anniversary this year and is a successful example of research and innovation collaboration between academia and industry.
13 Nov 2015
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
A research group led by National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, improved the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells to over 16% while employing cells that were greater than 1 cm2.
11 Nov 2015
Asia Research News
Intelligent Mobility to reduce traffic congestion, carbon emissions and accidents, while increasing travel speed.
09 Nov 2015
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Scientists at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a new way of making fuel cell membranes using nanoscale fasteners, paving the way for lower-cost, higher-efficiency and more easily manufactured fuel cells.
04 Nov 2015
Tohoku University
A new route for exploration of nontrivial physical phenomena at two-dimensional materials.
04 Nov 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Arranging polymer nanotubes in a vertical array enhances piezoelectric properties for acoustic sensors.
04 Nov 2015
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) will establish two Hong Kong Branches of Chinese National Engineering Research Centres (CNERCs).
02 Nov 2015
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Simple Fabrication, both side light absorption, and with high power conversion efficiencies.
02 Nov 2015
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a novel anaerobic undefined mixed culture fermentation process to produce high value chemicals from glycerol and volatile fatty acids in waste water.
02 Nov 2015
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Researchers in Korea have recently suggested ten general strategies of systems metabolic engineering to successfully develop industrial microbial strains.
02 Nov 2015
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
A research group from National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan has developed the new method to fabricate high-quality perovskite materials capable of utilizing long-wavelength sunlight of 800 nm or longer.
02 Nov 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A 2.5-dimensional magnetic recording scheme could help break the data density barrier.
02 Nov 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A new nanoring design shows potential for generating short magnetic pulses and could be used to explore magnetic switching in materials.
02 Nov 2015
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI)
Researchers in Korea have overcome a 100-year old technological limitation by fabricating the world's first Mott device that reduces the size and enhances the performance of traditional electromagnetic switches and circuit breakers.
26 Oct 2015
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
A new photostable fluorescent dye for super resolution microscopy could serve as a powerful tool to visualize biological events and structural details in living cells at real-time for prolonged recording periods.
22 Oct 2015
University of Malaya
The novel cross-axis-wind-turbine (CAWT) is a new type of wind turbine that has the capability to extract energy from multi-directional wind that is commonly found in urban areas due to the interaction of airflows between high-rise buildings.
19 Oct 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore— Fusionopolis Two, the latest addition to one-north, an R&D hub and icon of Singapore’s knowledge economy masterplanned and developed by JTC, was officially opened by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today.
19 Oct 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
New S$150 million joint investment is expected to create 60 jobs for highly skilled scientists, engineers and researchers.
16 Oct 2015
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Fast charge, space-saving and safe energy storage solution for automobiles, developed by researchers in Hong Kong.
16 Oct 2015
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a linear switched reluctance actuator for automobile active suspension system. This system can significantly improve suspension performance and collect suspension energy.
16 Oct 2015
Tohoku University
A collaborative study by researchers in Japan aimed at precisely controlling phase transformations with high spatial precision, which represents a significant step forward in realizing new functionalities in confined dimensions.
15 Oct 2015
Asia Research News
Select Biosciences South East Asia, the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) and The National University of Singapore (NUS), are pleased to present the Third Annual Lab-on-a-Chip Asia Conference and Exhibition, focusing on Microfluidic Technologies, Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Organ-on-a-Chip.
13 Oct 2015
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
A green farming system that integrates the advantages of traditional soil based farming and modern hydroponic culture
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