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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
14 Jul 2008
SERDANG, MALAYSIA - Four Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) researchers won six medals including two gold awards during the Invention and New Product Exposition (INPEX) held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA recently.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
13 Jul 2008
WHILE the G8 continues to make more promises on how to save the world, a Malaysian is putting his money where his mouth is. Tan Sri Mustapha Kamal of the well-known EmKay group took the initiative to launch the Belum Rainforest Research Centre last week.
Nature Publishing Group
13 Jul 2008
The Irrawaddy Delta, Myanmar is a high-risk area for groundwater contamination with arsenic, suggests research published online this week in Nature Geoscience.Other papers include A common inflammatory pathway in silicosis and Alzheimer’s, Genetic risk factor for osteoarthritis and Shells ruled by mass extinctions
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
13 Jul 2008
Brunei - The Information Comunication Technology Centre (ICTC), formerly known as Computer Services Centre, was formed in 1986 with the mission "to create and maintain an IT environment at Universiti Brunei Darussalam.
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
13 Jul 2008
Brunei: The Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre was set up by Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) deep in the country's unspoiled jungle as an international focus for research into the threatened rainforests of Borneo.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
12 Jul 2008
Penang, Malaysia 12 July – A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Friday between Nigeria’s Sheda Science and Technology Complex (SHESTCO) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) to commercialize USM’s research on bananas.
Asia Research News
11 Jul 2008
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) announced today it is again sponsoring the Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA) to acknowledge Asian and Pacific print journalists who cover development trends and the impact these have on the countries and people of the region.
Waseda University
11 Jul 2008
The Waseda University affiliated Waseda Saga Junior High School and High School is scheduled to open in April of 2010 in Karatsu City. The proximity of Karatsu to China and Korea makes it the perfect place for the development of individuals who will become active in Asia and throughout the world.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
10 Jul 2008
The increase in global demand for wood requires increase in forest productivity. There is, therefore, a need for a high-yield, faster growth, and short-rotation plantation forests. Thus, a joint research programme between Sarawak Forestry Corporation and UNIMAS was sealed for the development of plantation forests in the State of Sarawak.
Waseda University
09 Jul 2008
The research spans a wide-range, from people who study plays with a literary approach and people who study the history of noh theater and kabuki to people who study how theater should be promoted in cultural policies.
Waseda University
09 Jul 2008
"If Japan can only spend $1 million dollars where Hollywood spends $50 million dollars, then we must have the determination to give that $1 million dollars a value of $20 million dollars by utilizing technology, networking, and alliances."
Nature Publishing Group
09 Jul 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include The scare switch, Ebola structure reveals virus camouflage, A bridge from the historical to the contemporary, A handle on human proteins used by H5N1 virus, Could there be water in the Moon?, Spinning to destruction, The usefulness of social diversity, Monitoring stress at depth and Keeping an eye out
Asia Research News
09 Jul 2008
The Arab Technology Business Plan Competition is a regional Technology investment competition organized by Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) in cooperation with Intel Corporation.
Nature Publishing Group
09 Jul 2008
In Nature China this week - Researchers in Beijing have developed a screening method that can quickly pick out potential antitumour agents from natural plant extracts and more
Nature Publishing Group
08 Jul 2008
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is pleased to announce the initiation of a free service, launching in 2008, to help authors fulfil funder and institutional mandates.
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
08 Jul 2008
Although the conference theme is “Economics of Higher Energy and Food Prices: Future Scenarios and Implications for Developing Economies,” papers on any topic within the broad, general area of sustainable economic development will be considered.
Universiti Brunei Darussalam
08 Jul 2008
This conference will provide a platform for researchers, practitioners and policy makers to discuss and negotiate how bridging this diversity demonstrates the interdependence of these worlds.
Nature Publishing Group
06 Jul 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers including Nanotechnology: Look to the stars, Mutation associated with increased rice yield, How EGFR promotes skin cancer, A natural ligand for PPAR-gamma, Ingesting and digesting intracellular bacteria, Sensing light without eyes, Muscling in on disease imaging and Enzyme implicated in risk of common obesity.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
06 Jul 2008
Monitoring and detecting oil spills as they occur in real times accelerates response time – thus substantially reducing cleanup/remediation costs, and limiting damage to the environment. UPM has developed the optimum solution for this requirement. Oil Scan is a highly effective, cost saving and easy to use
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
06 Jul 2008
As IDRC's South Asia regional office celebrates its 25th anniversary, some of the region's most respected thinkers talk about their impressions of the Centre and the work it has carried out.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
06 Jul 2008
Be one of 5 journalists (from all over the world) to cover the meeting of the world’s experts on the relationships between health and the environment, in Merida (Mexico), 1 – 5 December 2008
Universiti Sains Malaysia
04 Jul 2008
In a press conference today, USM unveiled their new product made from starch, rubber and plastic waste which will degrade in just 3 - 6 months when exposed to microbes, air and sunlight and costs only RM5 (USD1.50) per kg
Waseda University
04 Jul 2008
This program by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology seeks to promote the advancement of international competitiveness of the university.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
04 Jul 2008
Unlike Virtual Reality (VR) that aims at replacing the perception of the world with an artificial one, Augmented Reality (AR) has the goal of enhancing a person's perception of the surrounding world. Being partly virtual and real, the new interface technology of AR can revolutionise education.
Nature Publishing Group
02 Jul 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Extinction: A game of chance, Materials: Going with the flow, Virology: Viral sedatives, Collision course: Another type of brief encounter and finally… Carbon on early Earth
Asia Research News
02 Jul 2008
For next week’s G8 Summit, ResearchSEA suggests the following experts in Climate Change, Energy and Development in Africa
Nature Publishing Group
02 Jul 2008
In Nature China this week - Researchers in Shanghai explain how cholesterol is absorbed in cells, and more importantly, how the drug ezetimibe stops this absorption and more
RIKEN
30 Jun 2008
On July 21, RIKEN will host a science session entitled “Drought-tolerant plants: helping the world to cope with global warming” at EuroScience Open Forum 2008 (ESOF2008) held in Barcelona, Spain.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
29 Jun 2008
The present invention relates to Internet Protocol version six (IPv6) as a wireless network infrastructure. The use of this technology is expected to guarantee no packet loss while reducing handover delay by 94.32% and packet delay by 84.43% during handover.
Nature Publishing Group
29 Jun 2008
Landslides drive glacial advances, Cognitive therapy to control reward anticipation, A new way to treat premature ageing, A sweet route to treating Alzheimer’s disease?, Oceanic methane production, New anti-parasite protective mechanism, Automated imaging of worm gene expression, Mushroom bodies feel the heat