Newsroom

Press releases on Asia Research News' Newsroom are provided by our partner Institutions keen to connect with  journalists and the public.

Get RSS Feed
Join our community
Image Name
Asia Research News
21 Mar 2016
The Community of Evaluators, South Asia (CoE-SA) – a professional network International Development Research Centre (IDRC), in Canada, helped to establish – played host to the capstone event of the United Nations declared “International Year of Evaluation.”
Image Name
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
21 Mar 2016
As the global scientific community combines technology and brains to track climate change patterns and effects, indigenous populations have been noting these changes in a landscape they know intimately.
Image1
University of Malaya
21 Mar 2016
Simple and inexpensive tool developed by researchers at University of Malaya provides a useful alternative to expensive point-of care device; thereby rendering effective diabetes care to patients at limited-resources setting so that the prevalence of diabetes-related mortality and morbidities can be better contained.
Prof. Oh-Hoon Kwon (School of Natural Science)
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
18 Mar 2016
Featured as a 'Hot Article' on the front cover of Chemistry: A European Journal.
Image1
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
17 Mar 2016
Development of low-cost and touchless 3D fingerprint identification for higher security and hygiene.
Image Name
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
17 Mar 2016
Atomic motion in a crystalline oxide that was used as a cathode in Li-ion batteries was directly demonstrated by state-of-an-art transmission electron microscopy, revealing the transient pathway of a chemical ordering reaction.
Image Name
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
17 Mar 2016
Researchers in Malaysia have tested a combination of screening tools to assess their validity for the early diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Image Name
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
17 Mar 2016
Japanese scientists have reviewed recent progress in advanced optical materials based on gadolinium aluminate garnet (GAG), while pointing out the knowledge gaps that need to be filled to improve their optical performance.
Image Name
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
16 Mar 2016
Photonic microcapsules confining cholesteric liquid crystals are microfluidically produced, potentially serving as building blocks to compose any shapes of photonic devices.
Image Name
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
16 Mar 2016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed an intelligent system called "iWheelchair", integrating a series of advanced PolyU technologies from its Interdisciplinary Division of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC).
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Centre for Collaborative Innovation (CCI)-UKM
16 Mar 2016
The National University of Malaysia (UKM) and the Institute of Community Ophthalmology (ICO) Bangladesh, have joined forces to help the people of Bangladesh who suffer from eye diseases, said UKM Vice Chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Noor Azlan Ghazali.
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Centre for Collaborative Innovation (CCI)-UKM
16 Mar 2016
A new process to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) cells for the Solar Energy industry has the potential to be made into a cottage industry for rural communities, said Prof Datuk Dr Kamaruzzaman Sopian, the Director of the Solar Energy Research Institute (SERI) at the National University of Malaysia (UKM).
Koh
Asia Research News
16 Mar 2016
GIL 2016 Thailand will explore visionary innovation across multiple industry verticals for future growth drivers
Image Name
Hokkaido University
15 Mar 2016
Scientists in Japan are developing methods to manufacture safer ceramic capacitors.
Image Name
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
15 Mar 2016
A new wall-climbing drone can approach any type of structure by flying and sticking to the target and utitlizing a pose change and perching mechanism.
Image Name
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
14 Mar 2016
Recent developments and research related to iron oxide nanoparticles confirm their potential in biomedical applications – such as targeted drug delivery – and the necessity for further studies.
PolyU Develops Novel Nano Biosensor for Rapid Detection of Flu Virus
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
14 Mar 2016
The Department of Applied Physics (AP) and Interdisciplinary Division of Biomedical Engineering (BME) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have jointly developed a novel nano biosensor for rapid detection of flu and other viruses.
Figure 1 - Rapid, sensitive, specific and direct detection of Dengue virus NS1 biomarker in serum
University of Malaya
14 Mar 2016
Fast detection for Dengue virus is possible based on an innovative label free immunosensor. The novel immunosensor with antibody-nanoparticle hybrid design offers high selectivity and sensitivity for Dengue virus NS1 biomarker diagnosis in sera sample.
Image Name
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
11 Mar 2016
NIRSIT, a functional near-infrared spectroscopy neuroimaging device, is set to change the landscape of neuroscience research and the medical sector by offering high spatial resolution as well as high temporal resolution in a portable and wireless manner.
Image Name
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
10 Mar 2016
New research enables the efficient planning of the activities of systems of mobile robots for socially beneficial services including border patrol, search & rescue, and security escort.
Image Name
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Centre for Collaborative Innovation (CCI)-UKM
10 Mar 2016
The National University of Malaysia (UKM) has been chosen by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to train teachers and lecturers from Fiji, Niue, Palau, Tonga and Tuvalu in Climate Change Education.
Singapore Management University
10 Mar 2016
The Office of Research is pleased to announce that the research proposal from Singapore Management University Assistant Professor Hady Wirawan Lauw was awarded with the NRF Fellowship grant.
Figure 1. Pollen tube growth and guidance by the LURE peptide in Arabidopsis.
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
10 Mar 2016
In a new study published in Nature, plant biologists at Nagoya University, Japan, has now revealed for the first time, the receptor in pollen tubes, which is required to detect LURE, an attractant peptide produced by ovules that is essential for plant fertilization to occur.
Associate Professor Goh Yihan
Singapore Management University
10 Mar 2016
The growing globalisation of Singapore's legal profession presents both opportunities and challenges, says a researcher from Singapore Management University.
Assistant Professor Clara Portela
Singapore Management University
10 Mar 2016
A researcher from Singapore Management University studies how the European Union wields sanctions and other foreign policy tools on the international stage.
Managing Cities with Urban Computing
Singapore Management University
10 Mar 2016
Researchers from Singapore Management University are combining their mathematical, computational and business know-how to address challenges facing the inner-city deliveries of orders and shipments.
Assistant Professor Anirban Mukherjee
Singapore Management University
10 Mar 2016
How do economic conditions change consumer preferences when it comes to energy conservation? A researcher from Singapore Management University finds out.
3D Advanced Additive Manufacturing Center
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
10 Mar 2016
With the official launch of the 3D Advanced Additive Manufacturing Center, UNIST hopes promote 3D printing technology, as Ulsan's new future growth engine.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
09 Mar 2016
Stable environmentally friendly polymer coatings inhibit the surface buildup of bacterial and marine organisms.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
09 Mar 2016
On-the-spot diagnosis of certain cancers and other diseases is closer to becoming a reality thanks to a sensitive biosensor.