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Singapore Management University
17 Feb 2016
Singapore Management University's Office of Research is pleased to announce that the research proposal from Assistant Professors Chung Siyoung, Kim Soojin and Shim Kyu Jin was awarded the grant from the Media Development Authority Singapore's Academic Engagement Programme.
Singapore Management University
17 Feb 2016
Singapore Ministry of Education Tertiary Education Research Fund Grant Award
Singapore Management University
17 Feb 2016
Professor from Singapore Management University studies how trade deals affect the public’s access to affordable medicines and healthcare.
Singapore Management University
17 Feb 2016
Researcher in the Singapore Management University studies the forces and influences that sway a country’s behaviour on international platforms like the United Nations.
Singapore Management University
17 Feb 2016
Conventional wisdom dictates that trade secrets have to be protected at all costs, but research from Singapore Management University shows there may be a better way of doing business.
Singapore Management University
17 Feb 2016
Researchers from all over the world gathered to share their findings at the International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking, held in Singapore on 4-7 January, 2016.
Singapore Management University
17 Feb 2016
Singapore Management University’s Secure Mobile Centre – Tackling cybersecurity risks in mobile computing.
Tohoku University
16 Feb 2016
Surface mechanics specialist Professor Hitoshi Soyama has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Tohoku University
16 Feb 2016
A joint research team in Japan has developed a method to grow high-quality graphene on a silicon carbide (SiC) crystal by controlling the number of graphene sheets.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Centre for Collaborative Innovation (CCI)-UKM
16 Feb 2016
The National University of Malaysia (UKM), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) are working together to develop a uniformed accounting system for the country’s Islamic institutions.
University of Malaya
16 Feb 2016
Two undergraduate scholars from Flinders University of South Australia spent a month studying Social Network Analysis and Antimicrobial Peptides at University of Malaya, Malaysia, under the Australian New Colombo Program.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
16 Feb 2016
Universiti Putra Malaysia has organized a Putra Plantation Forum Series 1 to provide more information and knowledge on sustainability of the palm oil plantations in Malaysia.
IOP Publishing
16 Feb 2016
Improved agricultural water management could halve the global food gap by 2050 and buffer some of the harmful climate change effects on crop yields.
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
15 Feb 2016
New photoelectrode that boosts the ability of solar water-splitting to produce hydrogen.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
12 Feb 2016
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science and medical academies, publishes ‘Doing Global Science: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in the Global Research Enterprise’. The book offers guidance on conducting research responsibly in a research environment that is increasingly international and multidisciplinary.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
11 Feb 2016
A ‘conductor’ that ensures simultaneous processing tasks keep time could dramatically increase the efficiency of ‘cloud’ simulations.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
11 Feb 2016
Single step process transforms carbon dioxide into star-shaped molecules that are promising building blocks for useful polymeric materials.
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) at Kyoto University
10 Feb 2016
New discoveries are bringing scientists closer to understanding how DNA repairs itself with a chemical modification which, when absent, can lead to tumour formation.
Tohoku University
10 Feb 2016
Infants aged between 5 and 7 months hold the representation of color categories in their brain, even before the acquisition of language, according to a new study in Japan.
Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
08 Feb 2016
Researchers in Russia have addressed technical questions concerning routine analytic characterization and provided a concise description of the most important features regarding the accuracy and sensitivity of NMR, EI-MS and ESI-MS measurements.
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
08 Feb 2016
A group of biologists, theoretical chemists and synthetic chemists at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University, Japan, have come together to develop a small molecule that slows down the circadian clock rhythm through binding to the CRY clock protein.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
05 Feb 2016
The Asia Pacific Biotech News covered five major biotechnology research projects sponsored by the Korean government in the areas of biofuels, biomedicine, bio-nano healthcare, and biorefinery.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
05 Feb 2016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University hosts the Global Food Safety and Technology Forum (GFSTF) on February 4-5, 2016 in Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
05 Feb 2016
Assistant Director-General of the World Health Organization and Special Representative for Antimicrobial Resistance in the Office of the WHO Director-General have presented an inaugural Distinguished Lecture entitled "Antimicrobial Resistance: Global Challenges and Ways Forward" at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Tohoku University
04 Feb 2016
A group of researchers, led by Prof. Yuji Matsuura of the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering at Tohoku University, Japan, has developed a method of measuring blood glucose using far infrared light, which is both harmless and non-invasive.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
03 Feb 2016
Seagrass genome reveals the structural and physiological adaptations needed for plants to survive and thrive in the marine environment.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
01 Feb 2016
The Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed fluorescent probes for rapid detection of formaldehyde in food.
Tohoku University
01 Feb 2016
Unanticipated Response to Intense Laser Light Has Broad Implications for Ultrafast X-ray Science.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Centre for Collaborative Innovation (CCI)-UKM
01 Feb 2016
The National University of Malaysia (UKM) has launched an Islamic Knowledge Development and Expansion Research Fund to elevate the role of the UKM Islamic Centre on the international stage.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
01 Feb 2016
A more efficient DNA technology to detect and treat infectious diseases and cancer has been developed by researchers at Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).