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Asia Research News
21 Aug 2013
The small and light electric car completely folds in half when parking, making it a perfect fit for public or private transportation in an urban environment.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
19 Aug 2013
The 15 Asian Chemical Congress makes its way back to Singapore after nearly three decades. The prestigious biennial event has been hosted across Asia since its inauguration in 1985 and has been instrumental in bridging the links between major chemistry societies in the East and West.
Nature Publishing Group
18 Aug 2013
Genetic variants associated with haematological cancers, which affect the blood, bone marrow, and lymph nodes, are reported in two independent studies this week in Nature Genetics.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
18 Aug 2013
Professor George Woo, Visiting Chair Professor of Optometry and Emeritus Professor of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)’s School of Optometry, will be bestowed with the Essilor Award for Outstanding International Contributions to Optometry by the American Academy of Optometry (AAO).
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
15 Aug 2013
Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Georgia Institute of Technology and Dong-Eui University have developed a novel cathode material which has outstanding performance and robust reliability even at the intermediate temperature range.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
14 Aug 2013
Fluorescent organic nanoparticles operating as cell tracers outperform existing methods for long-term tracking of living cells
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
14 Aug 2013
Mathematical modeling confirms that a nanometer-scale device that can concentrate light into a tiny spot improves optical sensing
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
14 Aug 2013
A data-sharing scheme utilizing an encryption manager shows the way towards low-cost, flexible and secure cloud storage services
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
14 Aug 2013
A sensor developed at A*STAR can detect bladder cancer cells and track tumor progression
Asia Research News
08 Aug 2013
Researchers at KAIST have published a detailed protocol for synthetic sRNA-based gene expression control that will prove useful for metabolic engineering and synthetic biology studies.
Nature Publishing Group
07 Aug 2013
Scientists plan experiments to increase virulence of Influenza A (H7N9) and induce drug resistance, under strict laboratory controls and safety measures to find out what makes the virus potentially lethal in humans, and how to stop its possible spread.
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
07 Aug 2013
A team of researchers led by Prof. Young-Tae Chang from National University of Singapore and Prof. Yoon-Kyoung Cho from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea, developed a fluorescent caffeine detector and a detection kit that lights up like a traffic light when caffeine is present in various drinks and solutions.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
06 Aug 2013
Food researchers at Universiti Teknologi Mara develop new process to make healthy fruit based snacks
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
06 Aug 2013
Research team developing a more accurate way to monitor and predict weather changes.
Asia Research News
06 Aug 2013
For the first time anywhere, electric buses provide public transportation services and are recharged right from the road.
Asia Research News
04 Aug 2013
A natural genetic variant that changes the growth angle of rice plant roots allows the plants to maintain high yield under drought conditions, reports an article published online this week in Nature Genetics.
Asia Research News
04 Aug 2013
A method that is used to track the fate of a single stem cell within mouse lung tissue is reported in a study published online this week in Nature Nanotechnology. The method may offer insights into the factors that determine the acceptance of transplanted stem cells, and their ability to regenerate within a host.
Asia Research News
04 Aug 2013
A new drug capable of inhibiting growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is reported this week in Nature Medicine. The findings may improve therapeutic options for the treatment of drug resistant tuberculosis (TB).
RIKEN
02 Aug 2013
By exploiting the full computational power of the Japanese supercomputer, K Computer, researchers from the RIKEN HPCI Program for Computational Life Sciences, the Okinawa Institute of Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Japan and Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany have carried out the largest general neuronal network simulation to date.
University of the Philippines Diliman
01 Aug 2013
Humanities Diliman is the first UP Diliman journal to be indexed in Scopus. It is a journal on arts and humanities in the Philippines published biannually by the University of the Philippines Diliman through its Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development (OVCRD).
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
31 Jul 2013
Multi-armed polymers with dual fluorescent and magnetic imaging capabilities boost the resolution of cancer detection tools
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
31 Jul 2013
Sensitive measurements of lubricant transfer in hard disk drives will aid the design of more stable and compact components
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
31 Jul 2013
Experiments and numerical simulations show that miniaturized ultra-small platinum cylinders weaken when their constituents are reduced in number
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
31 Jul 2013
A superglue polymerisation strategy that fortifies encapsulated ‘liquid marble’ water droplets also strengthens their market potential
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
31 Jul 2013
The Singapore White Spaces Pilot Group takes the nation’s capability in ‘white space’ wireless connectivity to a new level
RIKEN
30 Jul 2013
RIKEN is pleased to announce the launch of a pilot study to assess the safety and feasibility of the transplantation of autologous induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell sheets in patients with exudative (wet-type) age-related macular degeneration
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
30 Jul 2013
Ph.D candidate Songyi Chae from the School of Design and Human Engineering at UNIST, majoring in Affective and Human Factors Engineering, was awarded the Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship. She will receive a $3500 scholarship and has been invited to visit a Google office in Sydney, Australia for a networking retreat on September 11, 2013.
Asia Research News
24 Jul 2013
Utilizing existing features on smartphones, the MagPen provides users with a compatible and simple input tool regardless of the type of phones they are using.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
24 Jul 2013
With the use of sophisticated mathematical modelling techniques, a mathematician at PolyU and his co-researchers have completed a study that explains the phenomenon of multiple waves of influenza pandemic in the last century.
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
23 Jul 2013
UNIST researchers have announced a simple, low-cost and eco-friendly method of creating nitrogen-doped graphene nanoplatelets (NGnPs), which could be used in dye-sensitized solar cells and fuel cells The work published in Scientific Reports today could be a step towards replacing conventional platinum (Pt)-based catalysts for energy conversion.