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National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
31 Aug 2015
A group in Japan has developed tissue adhesive porous films that promote angiogenesis without using growth factors. This new technology may contribute to medical cost reduction making expensive growth factors-free.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
31 Aug 2015
Knowledge and resources sharing among scientists will enhance research work and translate findings from the bench to the clinics.
Singapore Management University
31 Aug 2015
The electrical power sector in Pakistan provides a lens through which researchers can examine the government’s level of service to its citizens. The research project aims to produce the country's first electricity distribution map.
Singapore Management University
31 Aug 2015
Researchers are studying the driving forces and trends underlying socioeconomic mobility in Singapore. They have found that parents’ income and occupations were major factors in predicting the occupations and incomes they would eventually achieve.
Singapore Management University
31 Aug 2015
Minority investors need to be protected through better information and corporate governance. A study from Singapore aims to achieve this by understanding how minority investors fair in companies dominated by majority shareholders.
Singapore Management University
31 Aug 2015
Researchers in Singapore and UK have examined whether banks that recognised their potential loan losses early also priced their loans at a higher rate compared to other banks. Their results showed that banks with conservative accounting were indeed more prudent in their lending.
Singapore Management University
31 Aug 2015
This research from Singapore aims to help businesses in Asia translate intellectual property rights into innovation and economic gains.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
31 Aug 2015
A Malaysian rice variety gives higher yields with less fertilizer compared to two other varieties grown in Southeast Asia. This could be key to increasing food security in times of climate change, according to a recent analysis published in the Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science (JTAS).
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) at Kyoto University
28 Aug 2015
Scientists have developed a method, using a double layer of lipids, which facilitates the assembly of DNA origami units, bringing us one-step closer to DNA nanomachines.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
28 Aug 2015
The programme “ Scientists Of Tomorrow” will help inject a positive perspective on sciences to gain the interest of students to choose the field in the future.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
26 Aug 2015
Mutants of a common fungus produce endoxylanase enzymes twice as potent as the original strain.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
26 Aug 2015
Using normal graphics processors, a new program for identifying repeated patterns in complex networks significantly boosts search performance.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
26 Aug 2015
Simulations show why platinum nanoparticles become less effective catalysts at small sizes
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
26 Aug 2015
More efficient chips based on plasmonics are a step closer to reality through better control of the directional excitation of plasmons in a gold grating
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
26 Aug 2015
Dried sewage sludge could be an alternative cement material for concrete, researchers in Malaysia have found.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
25 Aug 2015
A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has received the First Prize Papers Award from the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Transactions on Power Electronics (TPEL).
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
25 Aug 2015
Researchers in Japan successfully developed single-crystal phosphors that use a blue LD (laser diode) as an excitation light source, are suitable for ultra-bright, high-power white lighting, and have outstanding temperature characteristics.
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) at Kyoto University
25 Aug 2015
Scientists have developed a technique that could lead to therapies for pain relief in people with intractable pain, potentially including cancer-related pain.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
24 Aug 2015
Scientists in Malaysia have found that crab shells are effective in removing copper and cadmium from contaminated waters.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
24 Aug 2015
An improved understanding of how the circulatory system is formed is the first step to combating multiple diseases characterized by vascular issues.
The University of Tokyo
24 Aug 2015
University of Tokyo researchers discovered an increase in a helium isotope during a ten-year period before the 2014 Mount Ontake eruption in central Japan. The finding suggests this anomaly is related to activation of the volcano’s magma system and could be a valuable marker for long-term risk mitigation.
Singapore Management University
24 Aug 2015
SMU Assistant Professor Yang Hwajin studies how language shapes our ability to process information.
Singapore Management University
24 Aug 2015
SMU Assistant Professor Song Jiyoung works on migration management, a multidisciplinary field that helps vulnerable migrants and mobile populations.
Singapore Management University
24 Aug 2015
SMU Assistant Professor Travis Chow studies how tax influences the behaviour of companies and their shareholders.
Singapore Management University
24 Aug 2015
Deciphering real world issues in economics is like solving a Rubik’s Cube, says SMU Assistant Professor Zhang Haiping.
Singapore Management University
24 Aug 2015
Researchers at the SMU School of Economics are studying how education and trade form two basic pillars of a robust economy.
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
21 Aug 2015
In a new study reported in Science, scientists have developed a new visualizing molecule to examine the process of Striga germination. The outcome of this study is expected to accelerate research to control Striga growth and to save crop losses worth of billions of U.S. dollars every year.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
21 Aug 2015
A direct relationship exists between stress and globalisation – i.e. transnational corporations and transnational economics – according to a recent study published in the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities.
Asia Research News
21 Aug 2015
Held in conjunction with Pharma+Bio Asia 2015
Kuala Lumpur, Convention Centre, 2-3 September 2015
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
20 Aug 2015
Levels of economic development, population, investment, openness and education can all impact the total amount of human misery and economic devastation caused by floods, according to a study published in the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.