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Asia Research News
29 Jun 2018
Light-controlled reversible aggregation of microtubules mediated by paclitaxel-modified cyclodextrin.
The University of Tokyo
28 Jun 2018
The techniques that make industrial pearl culturing possible were developed over a century ago at the Misaki Marine Biological Station in Japan.
Asia Research News
28 Jun 2018
In a new white paper, Dr. Justin Kim, Director of South Korea at Clarivate Analytics, undertakes a study based on these types of analysis. Examining the 2017 HCRs, Kim focuses primarily on South Korea and a selection of comparator nations.
Asia Research News
28 Jun 2018
New interface shifts from journal metrics to journal intelligence, offering richer data and greater transparency for comprehensive assessment
Nagoya University
27 Jun 2018
Researchers at Nagoya University have developed a composite material that, by adjusting its composition and exposing it to different types of light, can mimic animals’ changes in color.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
27 Jun 2018
Three HKUST teams, comprising students, alumni and their international peers, have won over 100 contesting teams to gain the top three prizes of the HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2018.
Asia Research News
27 Jun 2018
* World-renowned technology experience event sets to debut in Singapore, with more than 80 community partners, 200 presenters and 2,000 expected participants
* Global advocates (“Campuseros”) poised to re-imagine the future through technology, creativity and innovation, Asia-style
Springer Nature
26 Jun 2018
Researchers show that female nipples are more diverse in size than male nipples – going against assumptions from evolutionary biology.
Hokkaido University
26 Jun 2018
A large-scale analysis has suggested it’s easier for people to form and replace relationships in North America, Europe and Latin America, compared to Asia and the Middle East, what causes these differences, and how they may influence people’s thoughts and behavior.
Hokkaido University
21 Jun 2018
Scientists demonstrated for the first time that horses integrate human facial expressions and voice tones to perceive human emotion, regardless of whether the person is familiar or not.
Asia Research News
21 Jun 2018
Transport of lipid-conjugated floxuridine by natural serum albumin for delivery to cancer cells.
Asia Research News
19 Jun 2018
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Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
19 Jun 2018
HKBU scholars invent award-winning medical device for safe growth of neural stem cells using nanotechnology.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
19 Jun 2018
Targeting cells involved in blood vessel formation could prevent the growth of the most common type of brain tumour.
Asia Research News
19 Jun 2018
Thermally twistable, photobendable, elastically deformable, and self-healable soft crystal gives a multifunctional, all-in-one material.
IOP Publishing
19 Jun 2018
Leading quantum computing experts from around the world have explored what the future holds for the field in a new special collection in the journal Quantum Science and Technology (QST).
Asia Research News
18 Jun 2018
The Shanghai Lung Cancer Innovation QuickFire Challenge seeks to identify cutting-edge, early-stage innovation from around the world that addresses all stages of lung health.
Hokkaido University
18 Jun 2018
Researchers more than doubled the ability of a material to convert heat into electricity, which could help reduce the amount of wasted heat, and thus wasted fossil fuel, in daily activities and industries.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
15 Jun 2018
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today (14 June) kicked off the Jockey Club Smart City Tree Management Project, a large-scale pilot project in Hong Kong, to apply smart sensing technology and Geographic Information Systems for monitoring tree stability.
Springer Nature
14 Jun 2018
Researchers discover gold nanoparticles in natural plant tissues.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
14 Jun 2018
PolyU has developed a novel micro-embossing equipment for manufacturing precision glass lenses with high image quality and resolution and embossing ultra-precise optical microstructures in glass in a much environmentally friendly way than conventional machines, saving electric power by 60 times and reducing manufacturing cost by two-thirds.
Hokkaido University
14 Jun 2018
A metabolic process that provides heart muscle with energy fails to mature in newborns with thickened heart walls, according to a Japan–Canada research team.
Tohoku University
14 Jun 2018
A team of Japanese scientists led by Masahiro Kayama of Tohoku University’s Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, has discovered a mineral known as moganite in a lunar meteorite found in a hot desert in northwest Africa.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
13 Jun 2018
The field of solid-state ionics originated in Europe, but Takehiko Takahashi of Nagoya University in Japan was the first to coin the term ‘solid ionics’ in 1967.
Hokkaido University
13 Jun 2018
The works of Japanese physicist Ukichiro Nakaya still remains a primary reference on crystal shapes.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
13 Jun 2018
Learning how boron evaporates will help to improve water desalination technologies.
University of Malaya
13 Jun 2018
Successful university-community partnerships should be integrated into the everyday activities. Students’ community engagement is important for their holistic personal and professional development. Empirical evidence suggests that university should remain committed and supportive towards this lifelong learning plan.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
13 Jun 2018
Nanoparticles avoid deactivation and convert biomass-derived gas into methane.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
13 Jun 2018
Light focused into nano-grooves in a gold film bonded to an atomically thin crystal flake produces a remarkable frequency doubling effect.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
13 Jun 2018
Direct nanoscale patterning of LED surfaces brings new possibilities for the control of light.