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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
02 Jun 2011
Professor Kaye Chon, Dean and Chair Professor of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management (SHTM) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), has been honoured by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) with the UNWTO Ulysses Prize, a top honour which is also widely considered as the "Nobel Prize in Tourism".
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
01 Jun 2011
In a panel discussion at IDRC on June 3, three internationally renowned experts will discuss the implications of media piracy for the global economy.
Nature Publishing Group
01 Jun 2011
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Neuroscience: Bewildered bloodsuckers; Comment: The kids aren’t alright; Geoscience: Fjord formation under the East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Physics: The cool thing about quantum information; And finally… What lies beneath
Nature Publishing Group
01 Jun 2011
In Nature China this month - Molecular neuroscience: Choosing your mate; Nanomaterials: Drip, drop, quantum dot; Public health: Better safe than sorry; Composites: Graphene foam.
Data Storage Institute
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
01 Jun 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Data Storage Institute (DSI) recently entered into a strategic partnership with 4DS, Inc. to develop a 16 kilobit (Kbit) resistive random access memory (RRAM) prototype and memory controller.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
31 May 2011
ASEAN countries should be allowed to manage the growth and development of the internet including the distribution of internet addresses in their own way.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
31 May 2011
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has forged collaborative ties with The Good Governance and Gender Equality Society (3G’S), a non-government association to explore further opportunities to develop research and project related to gender equity.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
31 May 2011
Realizing that efforts to reduce the release of heavy metal contamination in industrial waste have not taken seriously, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has come out with a new innovation that can absorb heavy metals that are hazardous to man through the use of green technology made from fungal and local industrial waste.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
31 May 2011
Bukit Bunuh Archaeology Complex has been declared a new Quaternary Stratigraphic Unit thereby making it the only suevite stone site from the Quaternary Age (around 2 million years ago until now) discovered in Asia.
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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
31 May 2011
The Sustainable Tropical Environment Design Exhibition (STEdex10) brought by the Faculty of Design and Architecture Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is the best medium to showcase the masterpiece of UPM students and lecturers to a more professional height.
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RIKEN
31 May 2011
A new lightweight web service interface for accessing massive amounts of life science research data across multiple public and private domains has been developed by researchers at RIKEN, Japan’s flagship research institute.
Nature Publishing Group
30 May 2011
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Climate Change: Costing effective forest conservation; Immunology: An innate clue to asthma; Climate Change: Access to the Arctic; Medicine: BIN-ning muscle disease; Nanotechnology: A cool new microscope; And finally…Neuroscience: Success at suppression
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
27 May 2011
The creative flair and design talent of the graduating students from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC) have won big rounds of applause from the industry at their Knitwear Fashion Show held today (24 May) at The Mira Hong Kong.
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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
27 May 2011
Three students from the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FSKTM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), were selected to represent UPM at the 2011 Malaysia Imagine Cup competition recently.
RIKEN
27 May 2011
A new video has been uploaded on the official YouTube "RIKEN Channel".
RIKEN
27 May 2011
RIKEN (President Ryoji Noyori) and LEPL-Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University* (TSU, Rector Alexander Kvitashvili) in Georgia signed an agreement on May 10, 2011 to promote research cooperation in the fields of genetics and genomics.
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
27 May 2011
As aircraft and aerospace technology become increasingly complex, advanced maintenance and repair technologies are now more important than ever.
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
27 May 2011
A new algorithm improves the way computers interpret readings of the brain’s electrical signals
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
27 May 2011
Nanopillars significantly boost the power conversion efficiency of thin-film solar cells
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
27 May 2011
Enzymes turn vegetable oils into fuel through a flexible two-step process
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RIKEN
27 May 2011
Identification of a key compound that regulates plant responses to wounding could provide benefits on three fronts
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RIKEN
27 May 2011
Revealing the inner workings of cells takes a step forward using a newly developed Raman microscopy technique
RIKEN
27 May 2011
A new research group, the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), was established in April 2011 based on the idea that life should be seen as “dynamic biological systems” made up of elements which interact in complex spatiotemporal relationships, and that these systems need to be understood in order to gain a true understanding of life.
Nature Publishing Group
25 May 2011
Summaries of newsworthy papers - News and Comment: The future of vaccines; Planetary science: How Mars had a growth spurt; Biology: Immune response to HIV; Physics: How to measure an electron; Virology: Long-term evolution of swine flu; Neuroscience: Molecular pathology in autism; And finally… They might be Ordovician giants
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
25 May 2011
The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), an institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have announced today their cooperation with TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, on breakthrough projects in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), packaging and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).
Waseda University
25 May 2011
The Information and Public Relations Section of the Waseda University Office of Information and Public Relations would like to announce the opening of official accounts on the social media (SNS) Facebook and Twitter, as well as on YouTube.
Waseda University
25 May 2011
Masayuki Ishii compares Japanese and Western approaches to aspects of life. Taking in both sports and the arts, he reflects on how different approaches can be equally advantageous in academia.
Waseda University
25 May 2011
7 Research Themes Selected for 3 Mid-/Long-Term Research Projects
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
25 May 2011
Muhammad Azhar Bin Zulkffle and his team at University Teknologi MARA, Perlis, Malaysia, studied the micro and macronutrient content of several maize varieties using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS) to screen the best variety.
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
24 May 2011
IDRC lecture by development expert Todd Moss