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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.
24 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A high-performance ‘photonic transistor’ that switches light signals instead of electronic signals could revolutionize optical signal processing
24 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A semi-analytical model can compute electromagnetic interference on an electronic circuit board ten times faster than existing commercial software
24 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Computer modeling is assisting the design of optical modulators with low losses to improve optical communications
23 Apr 2014
University of Malaya
University of Malaya participated in the International Engineering Invention and Innovation Exhibition 2014 (I-ENVEX), which was held in Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), from April 11 – 13, 2014. Young inventors aged between 12 and 25 from all over the world participated in this exhibition.
22 Apr 2014
University of Malaya
Two groups of researchers have recently advanced the field of solar cells with a cheaper and efficient replacement for platinum and better synthesis of zinc oxide.
21 Apr 2014
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
UiTM researchers have developed a modified photocatalyst which is economical and effective at transforming organic pollutants into harmless end products.
17 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)'s innovations will be at IoT Asia and A*STAR SME Day. This includes toilet cleanliness, taxi queueing, outdoor carpark and ready-to-go technologies for SME's
15 Apr 2014
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Researchers at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR) have achieved the first successful atomic-level observation of growing strontium titanate thin films.
15 Apr 2014
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Researchers at Japan's National Institute for Materials Science have discovered a new photocatalyst, Sn3O4, which facilitates the production of hydrogen fuel from water, using sunlight as an energy source.
11 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Multidisciplinary research at A*STAR is producing new technologies to improve safety and efficiency in the aviation industry
10 Apr 2014
Asia Research News
KAIST researchers have developed a light and flexible glass fabric-based thermoelectric (TE) generator that produces electricity from body heat. It is so flexible that the allowable bending radius of the generator is as low as 20 mm, with no change in performance even if the generator bends upward and downward for up to 120 cycles.
09 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A clever chemical transformation yields surface-bound microstructures that efficiently drive away oil- and water-based contaminants
09 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A passive method for sorting and fixing microbeads of different sizes could lead to cheaper and more functional biological assays
09 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A landmark experiment on wave interference from the early 1800s is revisited using gold nanoparticles
09 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Flexible plastics that turn mechanical vibrations into electrical energy could spur the development of self-powered sensors and devices
08 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
NMC also announced an RCA with Mogas Flow Lab (MFL) to establish a R&D lab to develop bunker fuel-based Primary Liquid Flow Standard and a Heavy Hydrocarbon Calibration Rig (HHCR).
02 Apr 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 2 April 2014: The Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) has inked three collaboration agreements that will play a part in speeding up the growth and development of the microfluidics industry.
31 Mar 2014
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan – A Japanese, American & Chinese team have revealed similarities between the molecular mechanism of carbon nanotube (CNT) growth and hydrocarbon combustion. The study published on Jan 24 in the journal Carbon, will identify new ways to control the growth of CNTs and increase the understanding of fuel combustion processes.
28 Mar 2014
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
UiTM researchers have found that steel tubes filled with foam concrete was inferior in strength as compared to that of normal concrete.
27 Mar 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Computer simulations indicate that mixing silicon with other materials improves the diversity of nanoscale electronic devices
27 Mar 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A thinner probe array that uses a silicon-based microstructure could underpin safer neural implants
27 Mar 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Improved design of lasers on optoelectronic chips will advance optical communications
27 Mar 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Using electron beams to encode data in nanocrystals could help to improve the capacity of computer memory devices
23 Mar 2014
Asia Research News
Successful installation and operation of world's first box-shaped, high-pressure tank for the storage of liquefied natural gas in Pohang, Republic of Korea.
21 Mar 2014
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
The Yomiuri Techno Forum was founded in 2011, and have provided support for the development of science and technology in Japan. The organization selects three researchers annually who have shown outstanding achievements.
21 Mar 2014
The University of Electro-Communications
(Tokyo, Japan, 21 March) The University of Electro-Communications research e-Bulletin on 'optical frequency combs’; Bioimaging of real-time development of capillary networks in adult brains; resonance lines in alkali-metal-like ions; molecular motors and bubble-driven walking & Data security with unexpected information leakage from side channel
18 Mar 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Singapore, 18 March 2014 – A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) has launched the Silicon Micro Cooler (SMC) consortium to develop integrated thermal management solutions for semiconductor chips with extreme high heat dissipation and local hot spots applications.
13 Mar 2014
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
Using the latest crowdsourcing techniques for satellite image interpretation they will be able to join volunteers across the globe in the search for the missing aircraft.
13 Mar 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Innovations within REACH @I2R: Over SGD$50 million invested by our industry partners to further develop leading-edge technologies for translation into industry impact
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