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Nature Publishing Group
06 May 2012
An abrupt cooling event in Europe about 2,800 years ago was linked to a sustained reduction in solar radiation, reports a study published online this week in Nature Geoscience. The finding indicates that solar forcing may influence European climate over long, as well as short, timescales.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
03 May 2012
To mark the completion of the first two phases of the Project P.A.T.H.S., more than 900 academics, school principals, teachers, social workers, health care professionals, and university students are attending the international conference on "Youth Development in the Global Context: Emergent Issues and Responses" held from 3 to 4 May 2012.
RIKEN
03 May 2012
The Japanese government announced that it will award the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon to Dr. Tetsuya Ishikawa, RIKEN Harima Institute director, for his considerable contribution to the development of science and technology.
Nature Publishing Group
03 May 2012
Observations of a star being sucked into a supermassive black hole are reported in Nature this week. The data allow the mass and type of the ill-fated star and the timing of this event to be determined. Suvi Gezari and colleagues recount the discovery of a flare of radiation from a star being torn apart and consumed by a supermassive black hole.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
02 May 2012
Simulations of defects inside copper point the way to making stronger metals. Results show that there are many different deformation mechanisms occurring in nano-structured materials like nanotwinned copper. Understanding each of them will allow scientists to tune material properties.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
02 May 2012
Bin Chen of the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing and Huajian Gao at Brown University, US, have built a model to illustrate the process of skeletal muscle contraction. A combination of random protein movements and the elasticity inside muscles helps to maintain a steady force during skeletal muscle contraction.
Asia Research News
01 May 2012
From battling potato blight and supercomputers to nano-magnets used for cancer treatment and the Asia Research Network, the latest edition of Asia Research News features all the cutting-edge science from across Asia.
Waseda University
01 May 2012
OPINION - To me, space meant NASA and the space shuttle. But last year, finally, the space shuttle was retired. Therefore, the only way to return from space now is by using parachutes.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
01 May 2012
Two teams from UiTM won third and fourth placing in Hack@10, a hacking competition organised by Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and Time Engineering Bhd, as game provider.
Asia Research News
30 Apr 2012
Korea pushes research and development for global water market. Busan, a city of almost 4 million and host of the IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, will be operating the world’s largest seawater reverse osmosis plant of its kind in 2013.
Nature Publishing Group
29 Apr 2012
The latest from Nature and Nature Research Journals Sunday 29 April
Asia Research News
27 Apr 2012
Ms Motoe Takagi, a Japanese artist and Toyohashi citizen, donated her art work "A Girl in Ha Gian" in commemoration of the 35th anniversary of Toyohashi University of Technology.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
27 Apr 2012
APMEN is pleased to announce two new Partner Institutions to join the Network: The Mahidol Vivax Research Center and the Malaria Research Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
27 Apr 2012
House of Innovation Reopens...
Toyohashi University of Technology
27 Apr 2012
We are pleased to announce that on 12th of April, 2012, Toyohashi Tech had made an exchange agreement between School of Innovation Science, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
Asia Research News
27 Apr 2012
"Nanotechnology Platform Program" newly starts on 2012 with MEXT support.
Nature Publishing Group
25 Apr 2012
The latest news from Nature 25 April 2012
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
25 Apr 2012
Master’s student Saliha Mohamad and her professor, Suhaimi Abdul Talib of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia, discovered that sulphur and nitrogen can help us get rid of the old age problem of smelly drains.
Waseda University
24 Apr 2012
Team hopes findings will bolster practice’s reputation as a nonpharmacolgical treatment
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
23 Apr 2012
The signing of an agreement between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and China Academy of Space Technology has brought together top-notch experts from both sides to work on the development of sophisticated space tool for collecting sample of lunar rock in the third phase of China's lunar exploration programme.
Nature Publishing Group
22 Apr 2012
Latest News from Nature 22 April 2012
Universiti Kuala Lumpur
19 Apr 2012
The Parabolic Team of Universiti Kuala Lumpur had actuated Parabolic Flights from March 23 till 28, 2012 over the airspace of Nagoya Japan. The flights were performed using a modified jet of the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA).
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
19 Apr 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has named a square in the hub of its campus to pay tribute to the late Dr Tang Ping-yuan and his son Dr Jack Tang Chi-chien for their long-standing support to the Institution over the past four decades.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
19 Apr 2012
The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), recently joined to TIA-nano as a new core institute, in addition to the existing core institutes, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), and the University of Tsukuba.
Universiti Kuala Lumpur
19 Apr 2012
“ There is a need for new strategy as the world today suffers from the lack of social justice, which has become an odd attribute of most national economies”, said MARA’s Chairman Y. B. Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh.
Asia Research News
19 Apr 2012
A good example of an institution trying a new model is Albukhary International University in Malaysia. This institution just opened its doors to its first undergraduate students from 47 countries. All students receive a full scholarship and come from a low-income family and underprivileged or disadvantaged background.
Waseda University
19 Apr 2012
On Monday, April 9, 2012, the US-Japan Higher Education Panel was held at the Rihga Royal Hotel Tokyo under Waseda University’s auspices.
Nature Publishing Group
18 Apr 2012
Latest news from Nature 18 April 2012
Asia Research News
17 Apr 2012
Research group headed by Professor Takashi Tsuji demonstrates regenerating “functional hair regeneration from adult stem cells” Substantial advance in the development of next-generation of “organ replacement regenerative therapies”
Nature Publishing Group
17 Apr 2012
The latest news from Scientific American 17 Apriil 2012