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20 Nov 2014
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
The Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules（WPI-ITbM）has been highlighted as a 'ChemSites' article in SYNFORM (2014/12).
20 Nov 2014
Asia Research News
More than 100 Pre-orders Prior to Product Launch Made
20 Nov 2014
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) announced on 20th November two new funding programmes, namely HKSTP-PolyU Tech Incubation Fund (TIF) and PolyU Tech Launchpad Fund (TLF)
19 Nov 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
An agent-based model that analyzes commuters’ travel data will improve the Singapore rail experience
19 Nov 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Waste is reduced through the cheap and green development of a catalyst for the transformation of a commercially important functional group
19 Nov 2014
Asia Research News
The countries most threatened by the Ebola virus —Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea— are also those with the fewest resources to report on the crisis. Three international organizations have launched an IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign to get vital equipment to local radio stations in the worst-affected areas.
13 Nov 2014
University of Malaya
The research paper published in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials presents a comprehensive survey on the state-of-the-art channel assignment algorithms in cognitive radio networks and discusses open research issues and challenges of channel assignment in the cognitive radio networks.
12 Nov 2014
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Integrating force feedback into therapies for impaired hands
11 Nov 2014
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Leading education researchers and practitioners meeting in China make a series of recommendations calling for the wider uptake of inquiry-based science education (IBSE) methods in more countries around the world.
11 Nov 2014
Asia Research News
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus and its partner institutions will bring its expertise in aerospace to the Asia Aerospace City in Malaysia
05 Nov 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A combination of X-ray diffraction and computational techniques can determine unknown crystal structures in powder mixtures
05 Nov 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A multifunctional testing instrument helps improve production of laser-heated hard disk drives with enhanced storage capacities
05 Nov 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A long-lived catalyst facilitates the first steps toward a viable small-scale on-board hydrogen generator
02 Nov 2014
Asia Research News
The Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) and Select Biosciences South East Asia present the second annual Lab-on-a-Chip Asia – Microfluidics and Point-of-Care Diagnostics.
30 Oct 2014
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Researchers at the University of Lorraine in France say that quasicrystals, a type of complex metal alloy with crystal-like properties, can be useful in the design of new composite materials.
30 Oct 2014
Asia Research News
New photonics institute one of the most advanced in the world
29 Oct 2014
Asia Research News
Masdar Institute Faculty and Students to Showcase Research Capabilities and Explore Collaborations in Statistical Hydro-climatology
28 Oct 2014
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Attempting to solve the mystery of why Ag-Rh alloy nanoparticles have a similar property to Pd
28 Oct 2014
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Saint-Gobain, the French National Scientific Research Center (CNRS) and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) have just opened the Laboratory for Innovative Key Materials and Structures (LINK) in the presence of the French Ambassador to Japan, Thierry Dana.
23 Oct 2014
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The collaboration is a significant milestone in PolyU’s engagement in collaborative research with the industry which maximizes the potential of technology development and the applicability of the new technology.
23 Oct 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A new technique for heat-assisted magnetic recording media promises improved writeability for next-generation hard drives
23 Oct 2014
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Quantum effects in nanometer-scale metallic structures provide a platform for combining molecular electronics and plasmonics
23 Oct 2014
Asia Research News
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority approved the reopening of a power plant in Sendai for 2015. This article by Dyna Rochmyaningsih looks at the issue of nuclear power in Japan
20 Oct 2014
Asia Research News
For the first time, two SMART-NUS enhanced driverless buggies to ferry passengers, free-of-charge, around Chinese and Japanese Gardens, as part of the Smart and Connected Jurong Lake District (JLD) Pilots and Trials initiative.
17 Oct 2014
Asia Research News
Keppel Logistics, Sembcorp and Avaya among companies honoured
17 Oct 2014
Asia Research News
Asia’s leading companies were recognized at the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards held at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on 16th October, 2014.
17 Oct 2014
Asia Research News
Frost & Sullivan hosts Growth, Innovation & Leadership (GIL) Asia Pacific Congress in Singapore
14 Oct 2014
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Japan's NIMS and France's GIANT concluded a Memorandum of Understanding on collaborative research center effective for 3 years.
13 Oct 2014
Asia Research News
The Centre for Collaborative Innovation of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bangi will be organizing the above regional workshop on 14 to October 16, 2014 at the Hotel Bangi-Putrajaya, Bangi, Selangor.
09 Oct 2014
Asia Research News
The British High Commission, Singapore and the British Council announce a call for proposals through the UK-SE Asia Knowledge Partnership to support the initial stages of new collaborations between UK and Southeast Asia researchers and policymakers.
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