Press releases on Asia Research News' Newsroom are provided by our partner Institutions keen to connect with journalists and the public.
Get the news in your inbox
Osaka Metropolitan University
05 Dec 2025
Underlying cause of illness at high altitudes examined at the summit of Mt. Fuji
Tohoku University
05 Dec 2025
Every bit of technology fails eventually, whether time, wear-and-tear, adverse conditions, or perhaps a mixture of all three are the cause of its demise. Yet predicting when technology might fail is notoriously difficult. When designing equipment for clear-energy systems, engineers often over compensate for this by designing it to withstand more stress than needed. This generates waste, and can sometimes inadvertently increase the wear and tear on materials.
Osaka Metropolitan University
04 Dec 2025
Elastic fiber component level in human hepatic stellate cells may predict liver damage
National Taiwan University
03 Dec 2025
Researchers at National Taiwan University have uncovered, for the first time at atomic resolution, how the human proteasome recognizes branched ubiquitin chains. This breakthrough reveals a multivalent decoding mechanism that enhances protein degradation accuracy and speed.
Tohoku University
03 Dec 2025
Rechargeable batteries get a supercharged boost from newly developed RAMOFs that don’t break down in water, which was previously a major problem for this material.
National Taiwan University
03 Dec 2025
The origin of the elusive preference of copper chalcogenides for selectively converting carbon dioxide (CO2) into formate has long puzzled researchers. Researchers at National Taiwan University have identified a charge-redistribution mechanism that resolves this long-standing debate, providing fundamental insight into the basis of their exceptional selectivity.
National Taiwan University
02 Dec 2025
A team of researchers from Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University has identified the Drosophila Cul2 substrate adaptor DmZer1 as a key regulator of protein quality control, acting at the intersection of two major cellular “cleanup systems”: autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system. Interestingly, lowering DmZer1 levels activates the Cnc/Nrf2 stress-response pathway, which in turn strengthens the cell’s ability to defend itself against oxidative stress.
Kanazawa University
02 Dec 2025
Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, report in ACS Nano the successful creation of artificial synaptic vesicles that can be remotely controlled by near-infrared (NIR) light. By embedding a phthalocyanine dye into lipid bilayers, the team achieved local heating that modulates membrane permeability, enabling precise release of neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine.
Kanazawa University
02 Dec 2025
Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, have developed a breakthrough method for quantitative imaging of ATP levels inside living cells. The study, published in Nature Communications, introduces qMaLioffG, a genetically encoded fluorescence lifetime indicator that allows scientists to observe how cells produce and consume energy in real time.
Osaka Metropolitan University
02 Dec 2025
Sonochemical degradation of carbon tetrachloride was found to increase in the presence of alcohols
Ateneo de Manila University
02 Dec 2025
Sea salt aerosols are an important, chemically-reactive contributor to air quality when their components interact with the already polluted city air, particularly in Metro Manila.
Duke-NUS Medical School
01 Dec 2025
Asia-led, “sovereign-by-design” platform built for secure, decentralised pathogen intelligence-sharing across borders aims to break data silos and provide faster “time to actionable insight” of outbreaks, from detection to control measures being in place.
The University of Osaka
01 Dec 2025
Slow earthquakes have been discovered to exhibit anomalously slow, long-lasting, and small slips, adjacent to regular earthquakes where we sometimes feel catastrophic vibration. However, no one knows the reason why they show such strange characteristics.
Hiroshima University
01 Dec 2025
Surface-bound gels may have provided the structure and chemistry for life to take root on Earth, and perhaps beyond
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Dec 2025
- Professor Ko Jae-won’s research team at DGIST uncovers key role in signal transmission between neurons and memory formation
- Establishing the molecular foundation of learning and memory, expected to treat dysfunctional brain disorders, such as autism and dementia
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Dec 2025
- Joint research team from DGIST, KAIST, POSTECH, Kyung Hee University, and Kongju National University develops a next-generation, eco-friendly heating and cooling technology that operates without electricity
- The research result was selected as the cover study in ‘Advanced Materials’
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Dec 2025
- With donations from NH Investment & Securities, providing a unique local menu.
- ‘Farmer’s Day’ event, also scheduled for November 11
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Dec 2025
- The DGIST research team, led by Professors Eom Ji-won and Ko Jae-won, identified the cause: a protein abnormality in autistic patients that disrupts brain signal transmission and leads to communication difficulties.
- Identifying the ‘Switch inside Brain’ linked to autistic symptoms, expected to provide clues for developing future treatments for mental illness.
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Dec 2025
- Exploring practical uses of AI across all areas of research, education, and administration
- Creating a ‘DGIST-type AI circular ecosystem to spread AI applications into education
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Dec 2025
- Lectures scheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Innopolis Daegu on December 11, 12, 15, 16, and 17, 2025
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Dec 2025
- Enables high-resolution Doppler estimations through signal extrapolation without complex computation... Expected to enhance unmanned system performance
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Dec 2025
DGIST Holds Joint Symposium with Korea University, Collaborating in Future Convergence Research
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Dec 2025
- Opening DGIST’s advanced research infrastructure to the local community to realize future-oriented convergence education.
- Fostering creative and problem-solving talent through programs mainly exploring math and science convergence.
- Targeting 5th and 6th grade elementary school students and 1st grade middle school students in Dalseong-gun.
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Dec 2025
- Fostering next-generation talent through a tailored, non-graded education for elementary, middle, and high school students.
- Promoting balanced regional development and strengthening national competitiveness through a full-cycle AI/SW curriculum.
Asia Research News Partnerships
01 Dec 2025
GNSS Indonesia Summit & Expo 2025, the first international-scale GNSS forum in Indonesia, was successfully held from 19–23 November 2025 at Universitas Indonesia, Depok. This five-day event highlighted how global navigation satellite systems are becoming increasingly crucial across various sectors, including transportation, precision agriculture, disaster mitigation, environmental monitoring, and national digital transformation.
YOKOHAMA National University
29 Nov 2025
Scientists turn essential oil compounds into durable yet decomposable polymers.
The University of Osaka
28 Nov 2025
Researchers from The University of Osaka created a reagent for important building-block molecules with an abundant main-group element, gallium. These early findings show that an organic gallium compound can display transition-metal-like reactivity under light irradiation. Using common main-group elements like gallium offers a new way to make sustainable catalysts that do not need expensive transition metals, which are environmentally damaging and vulnerable to supply disruption.
Ehime University
28 Nov 2025
A research group led by Associate Professor Islam MD Parvez and Professor Kenji Hato of the Graduate School of Agriculture at Ehime University has developed "Hort-YOLO," a real-time monitoring system for horticultural crops.
National Taiwan University
27 Nov 2025
What if a surface could instantly switch from sticky to slippery at the push of a button? By using electricity to control how ions and water structure at the solid liquid interface of self-assembled monolayers of aromatic molecules, researchers at National Taiwan University have created a molecular-scale adhesion switch that turns attraction on and off.
The University of Osaka
27 Nov 2025
Researchers from The University of Osaka developed mirror-image semiconductor polymer molecules for organic solar cells. The new acceptor molecules prevent recombination of electrons and holes by generating currents with spin-polarization of about 70% in which one electron spin dominates. Solar cells containing the new acceptors showed three times higher efficiency than the non-mirror-image version.