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07 Jul 2015
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
The simultaneous charging of multiple mobile devices at 0.5 meter away from the power source is now possible under the international electromagnetic field guidelines.
06 Jul 2015
The University of Tokyo
Slow episodic slip probably occurs in the plate boundary
06 Jul 2015
The University of Tokyo
How does single "RISC" accurately cleave and release target RNAs?
03 Jul 2015
Tohoku University
An international team has been developing a new experimental technique - the decay-pion spectroscopy of electro-produced hypernuclei since 2011.
01 Jul 2015
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Application of High-Temperature Superconductor Was the Key. A Big Step Forward in Accelerating the Development of New Drugs and Materials
29 Jun 2015
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a new method for rapid authentication of edible oils and screening of gutter oils.
29 Jun 2015
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) won numerous awards at the recentInvention, Innovation & Design Exposition (iidex 015), an annual International Exhibition and Competition organised by Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM).
29 Jun 2015
The University of Tokyo
New observation data from infrared astronomical satellite AKARI have become available for world-wide researchers
29 Jun 2015
The University of Tokyo
A step towards redefining the time standard
24 Jun 2015
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have developed a 3D gap-plasmon antenna which can focus light into a few nanometers wide space.
24 Jun 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A nanostructure design enables pixels to produce two different colors depending on the polarization of the incident light
23 Jun 2015
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
The development of new methods for the chemical synthesis of proteins is highly significant to access a range of proteins inaccessible by conventional approaches. Chemists at ETH-Zürich and ITbM have succeeded in the first synthesis of oxazetidine amino acids as a new ligation partner for the rapid and chemoselective synthesis of proteins.
22 Jun 2015
The University of Tokyo
Evolution of structural fluctuations in a supercooled liquid
22 Jun 2015
The University of Tokyo
Anomalous spin ordering revealed by brilliant synchrotron soft X-rays
22 Jun 2015
The University of Tokyo
Paving the way to future superconducting spintronics devices
18 Jun 2015
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Japanese researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) have achieved a 15% energy conversion efficiency in perovskite solar cells for the first time in the world, as officially recognized by an international public test centre. The research group was led by Dr. Liyuan Han, leader of the Photovoltaic Materials Unit at NIMS.
18 Jun 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
IME’s rare cell isolation technology will eliminate risk of pregnancy loss associated with invasive diagnostic testing, paving the way for effective therapy treatments of genetic fetal abnormalities.
16 Jun 2015
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Professors Keon Jae Lee and Yeon Sik Jung of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST have developed the first flexible PRAM enabled by self-assembled block copolymer (BCP) silica nanostructures with an ultralow current operation.
15 Jun 2015
Tohoku University
A new method of converting squalene, which is produced by microalgae, to gasoline or jet fuel, has been developed by the research group of Prof. Keiichi Tomishige and Dr. Yoshinao Nakagawa from Tohoku University's Department of Applied Chemistry, and Dr. Hideo Watanabe from the University of Tsukuba.
11 Jun 2015
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
The first graphene quantum dot light-emitting diodes (GQD-LEDs), fabricated by using high-quantum-yield graphene quantum dots through graphite intercalation compounds, exhibit luminance in excess of 1,000 cd/m2.
10 Jun 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A three-dimensional star-shaped polymer network enhances cell adhesion and growth for tissue regeneration.
10 Jun 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
An interdisciplinary study exposes how structural flaws dictate failure strength and deformation in nanosized alloys with super-resilient properties.
08 Jun 2015
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
DRC-HUBO finished all eight assignments in less than 45 minutes, taking first place among 24 international teams and claiming the USD 2 million prize offered by a US defense research agency.
08 Jun 2015
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A*STAR scientist and National University of Singapore professor recognized for pioneering work in the development of 3D and PET/CT imaging.
05 Jun 2015
University of Malaya
University Malaya researchers have developed a non-invasive, radiation-free, early stage detection system called the Knee Sound Detector to determine the seriousness of the knee joint condition for osteoarthritis patients. The system is based on sound recordings on the subject’s knee.
03 Jun 2015
Tohoku University
Researchers at Tohoku University and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan, have developed a novel ultra-compact heterogeneous wavelength tunable laser diode.
02 Jun 2015
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Developed by KAIST researchers, a thin flexible capacitive goosebump patch can measure the degree of human emotion quantitatively.
02 Jun 2015
Tohoku University
A research group at Tohoku University has succeeded in fabricating an atomically thin, high-temperature superconductor film with a superconducting transition temperature (Tc) of up to 60 K (-213°C).
02 Jun 2015
Nanyang Technological University
As a fast-evolving market with enormous growth potential across numerous sectors, there has been increasing worldwide attention in 3D Printing. The Economist has forecasted 3D Printing to be the 3rd industrial revolution, due to prospects of thriving into a new type of manufacturing industry.
02 Jun 2015
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Researchers at Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia have succeeded in using ionised gas in a common fluorescent light tube as an antenna for a Wi-Fi Internet router.
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