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Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
19 Jun 2018
HKBU scholars invent award-winning medical device for safe growth of neural stem cells using nanotechnology.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
19 Jun 2018
Targeting cells involved in blood vessel formation could prevent the growth of the most common type of brain tumour.
Asia Research News
19 Jun 2018
Thermally twistable, photobendable, elastically deformable, and self-healable soft crystal gives a multifunctional, all-in-one material.
IOP Publishing
19 Jun 2018
Leading quantum computing experts from around the world have explored what the future holds for the field in a new special collection in the journal Quantum Science and Technology (QST).
Asia Research News
18 Jun 2018
The Shanghai Lung Cancer Innovation QuickFire Challenge seeks to identify cutting-edge, early-stage innovation from around the world that addresses all stages of lung health.
Hokkaido University
18 Jun 2018
Researchers more than doubled the ability of a material to convert heat into electricity, which could help reduce the amount of wasted heat, and thus wasted fossil fuel, in daily activities and industries.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
15 Jun 2018
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today (14 June) kicked off the Jockey Club Smart City Tree Management Project, a large-scale pilot project in Hong Kong, to apply smart sensing technology and Geographic Information Systems for monitoring tree stability.
Springer Nature
14 Jun 2018
Researchers discover gold nanoparticles in natural plant tissues.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
14 Jun 2018
PolyU has developed a novel micro-embossing equipment for manufacturing precision glass lenses with high image quality and resolution and embossing ultra-precise optical microstructures in glass in a much environmentally friendly way than conventional machines, saving electric power by 60 times and reducing manufacturing cost by two-thirds.
Hokkaido University
14 Jun 2018
A metabolic process that provides heart muscle with energy fails to mature in newborns with thickened heart walls, according to a Japan–Canada research team.
Tohoku University
14 Jun 2018
A team of Japanese scientists led by Masahiro Kayama of Tohoku University’s Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, has discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar meteorite found in a hot desert in northwest Africa.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
13 Jun 2018
The field of solid-state ionics originated in Europe, but Takehiko Takahashi of Nagoya University in Japan was the first to coin the term ‘solid ionics’ in 1967.
Hokkaido University
13 Jun 2018
The works of Japanese physicist Ukichiro Nakaya still remains a primary reference on crystal shapes.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
13 Jun 2018
Learning how boron evaporates will help to improve water desalination technologies.
University of Malaya
13 Jun 2018
Successful university-community partnerships should be integrated into the everyday activities. Students’ community engagement is important for their holistic personal and professional development. Empirical evidence suggests that university should remain committed and supportive towards this lifelong learning plan.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
13 Jun 2018
Nanoparticles avoid deactivation and convert biomass-derived gas into methane.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
13 Jun 2018
Light focused into nano-grooves in a gold film bonded to an atomically thin crystal flake produces a remarkable frequency doubling effect.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
13 Jun 2018
Direct nanoscale patterning of LED surfaces brings new possibilities for the control of light.
Asia Research News
12 Jun 2018
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
12 Jun 2018
Innovative drone designs and software enables a team of drones to work together in a coordinated approach.
Hokkaido University
12 Jun 2018
With the help of citizen science, researchers have unraveled the close correlation between weather conditions and the appearances of a giant slug species, enabling them to predict the slug’s activity on the following day.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
12 Jun 2018
Deep data analytics drive the development of a technique that sheds light on drug action by monitoring the dynamics of thousands of protein complexes simultaneously within intact cells.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
11 Jun 2018
A molecular process that signals distress could also help corals adapt to climate change.
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
11 Jun 2018
HKBU research group has described a new species of gecko in Hong Kong, and named it Hong Kong Tree Gecko (scientific name Hemiphyllodactylus hongkongensis). The species description was published in Zootaxa.
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
11 Jun 2018
New study presents capsule-type microrobots to be used for retinal degeneration treatment by minimizing the external effects of cell and drug transfer.
Nagoya University
11 Jun 2018
Nagoya University researchers use E.coli to convert benzene into phenol, simplifying a chemical reaction that is difficult by conventional methods
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
09 Jun 2018
Half a century since the earliest lithium-sulfur batteries were invented, an A*STAR team is leading the race to bring them to the masses.
Asia Research News
08 Jun 2018
8 June Bangkok (Thailand) – One of the world’s most widely used anti-malarial drugs is safe to use, say researchers, after a thorough review and analysis of nearly 200,000 malaria patients who’d taken the drug dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ).
Asia Research News
08 Jun 2018
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Springer Nature
07 Jun 2018
Researchers investigate how the blue-tongued skink uses a full-tongue display to deter attacking predators.