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12 Jun 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Scientists at IMRE have invented a new permanent surface coating that attracts water instead of repelling it, for a better, clearer view. The patented technology simplifies the coating process, making it more cost-effective for manufacturers.
11 Jun 2014
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Consumption of undercooked cyst-laden meat from cattle, sheep and goats may cause infection in humans. Researchers from Universiti Teknologi MARA have successfully invented a PCR kit which provides a suitable and feasible means of screening, detection and identification with high sensitivity and specificity of the parasite.
10 Jun 2014
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
Instead of being just landscaping waste, the dried leaves can help environmental agencies and oil and gas companies treat waste water from petroleum extraction
07 Jun 2014
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
The use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP),a recycled material obtained from deteriorated roads is a suitable way to conserve non-renewable resources that is aggregates and bitumen used for asphalt mixes. This invention received a Gold award in the Invention Innovation and Design Exposition 2014.
07 Jun 2014
The Research Center of Communication and Development Knowledge Management (CCDKM)
Web accessibility, the ability for an individual to access information and content online, becomes an important issue when it comes to the visually impaired.
07 Jun 2014
University of Malaya
A group of Chemical Engineering students from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya emerged as champions in the recent Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Contest 2014 organized by Schlumberger.
05 Jun 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Hellma Analytics, a leading company in optics analysis technologies, partners with A*STAR to advance the pharmaceuticals and specialty chemicals manufacturing.
05 Jun 2014
The Research Center of Communication and Development Knowledge Management (CCDKM)
76 deaf students in Thailand have been trained in Graphic Design skills and have been empowered to extend their knowledge and use of language without being bounded to the spoken word.
03 Jun 2014
The Research Center of Communication and Development Knowledge Management (CCDKM)
In recognizing the major challenges and barriers to promoting disability-inclusive economic and social development, CCDKM organized and delivered a series of trainings on ICT for Business and Knowledge Management for disabled people in six provinces in Thailand.
03 Jun 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 3 June – A*STAR has inked a Master Research Collaboration Agreement (MRCA) with Japan’s IHI Corporation, which will allow the development of efficient and innovative solutions to benefit the chemical, infocomm and media, manufacturing and biomedical industries in Singapore and across Asia.
28 May 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 28 May - SIMTech has pioneered an evaluation, comparison and validation method to produce deep, straight holes in a variety of materials for downhole drill pipes, to enable oil and gas exploration venture into greater depths and harsher environments.
26 May 2014
Tokyo Institute of Technology
(Tokyo, 27 May 2014) Tokyo Tech scientists and colleagues in Switzerland develop an innovative new model to aid the analysis of financial markets uses the laws of molecular fluid dynamics to describe order-book transactions.
26 May 2014
University of Malaya
Team Genesis of the University of Malaya, Malaysia will receive two VI-Motorsport licenses worth RM12 000.00 and a 1-day VI-DriveSim session at VI-grade’s SimCenter in Udine, Italy.
26 May 2014
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
The main advantages of EF-Healing-Pesticide are two folds. First, it overcomes toxicity to humans and pollution problem found in existing pesticides. Thus, this product has no pesticide disposal problem. Second, its residues on food display some healing properties.
22 May 2014
University of Malaya
As an outcome from the continuous hybrid renewable energy research, an innovative outdoor lighting system powered by a shroud-augmented wind turbine and a solar panel was installed in the Kuala Lumpur campus of University of Malaya (UM).
22 May 2014
Are you working on innovations to address poverty? Are you engaging grassroots communities? If yes, then you are an IID champion! Turn your knowledge and experience into teaching and learning packages. Apply for a grant and become a pioneering IID Fellow. Deadline: May 31, 2014 and 30th June 2014.
21 May 2014
The Research Center of Communication and Development Knowledge Management (CCDKM)
This month, the Telecentre Women: Digital Literacy Campaign – launched by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the telecentre.org Foundation – reached its goal by training a total of 1,014,096 disadvantaged women in basic digital literacy skills.
21 May 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
LION Corporation, one of Japan’s largest multinational companies will be working with A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) to develop safer, anti-odour and anti-bacteria household products that eliminate the use of harmful biocides.
21 May 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 21 May - A*STAR SIMTech and NUS Faculty of Engineering have launched two joint labs in Natural Fibre Composites and Large Format Machining to boost R&D in manufacturing and support the local industry needs. New scholarships are being provided to develop talent for these labs.
21 May 2014
University of Malaya
More than 70 participants from the Technical University Malaysia and the University of Malaya Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre attended the all-day symposium, whose theme was “Sustainable Renewable Energy Development for the Future.”
16 May 2014
Asia Research News
Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have increased the energy efficiency of a piezoelectric nanogenerator by almost 40 times, one step closer toward the commercialization of flexible energy harvesters that can supply power infinitely to wearable, implantable electronic devices.
13 May 2014
Asia Research News
Daejeon, Republic of Korea, May 13, 2014 – Global learners can now take premier engineering courses offered by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) through one of the leading online education providers, Coursera.
08 May 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
New catalysts to remove oxygenated compounds from bio-derived oils may lead to better and cheaper renewable biofuels
08 May 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
The use of a fabrication technique borrowed from the semiconductor industry brings metamaterial applications a step closer to reality
08 May 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Newly detected ‘energy-clustering’ structures inside rare-earth nanoparticles generate intense violet light, which is ideal for studying photon-induced transformations
08 May 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A robust micrometer-scale structure for trapping light enhances optical interactions in advanced photonic devices
08 May 2014
Organization of Frontier Science and Innovation, Kanazawa University
Yutaka Ukaji and colleagues at Kanazawa University have now developed a method for desymmetrising compounds to produce new chiral molecules. The process allows 99% selectivity in the chemicals produced.
08 May 2014
Organization of Frontier Science and Innovation, Kanazawa University
Highlights of Prof. Hayakawa's research who is currently developing methods to identify metabolites of PAHs and NPAHs in urine and blood. Other work include developing the most sensitive method for measuring PAHs and NPAHs, showing that motorcycle engines released more particulate matter than automobiles and more
06 May 2014
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has won a total of 11 prizes for its multi-faceted innovations presented in the 42nd International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva. Not only have these breakthroughs brought glory to Hong Kong, but they've also extended the frontiers of knowledge and enhanced the well-being of our society.
30 Apr 2014
Asia Research News
The 2014 I4CT will be held in Langkawi Island, Malaysia in September 2014. Sponsored by the Malaysia chapter of the IEEE Computer Society, this conference will feature a comprehensive technical program including numerous tracks and prominent keynote speakers.
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