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Asia Research News
24 Nov 2014
As one of the most diverse plant family, orchid now has its first genome sequenced and the result is published at Nature Genetics as a cover article.
Asia Research News
24 Nov 2014
The International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) has held on 24 November its press conference for ISSCC 2015.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
20 Nov 2014
Saint-Gobain and CNRS, both headquartered in France, jointly established UMI-LINK at NIMS in Tsukuba City, Japan, where the three organizations launched research and development activities.
University of Malaya
20 Nov 2014
The University of Malaya (UM) is pleased to announce that its international palaeontology team has now confirmed the presence of another important dinosaur fossil in Pahang, Malaysia.
Asia Research News
20 Nov 2014
It is claimed one in five students have taken the ‘smart’ drug Modafinil to boost their ability to study and improve their chances of exam success. But new research into the effects of Modafinil has shown that healthy students could find their performance impaired by the drug.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
20 Nov 2014
Dr. Masamitsu Hayashi, senior research scientist of NIMS, the Magnetic materials unit, was awarded the Sir Martin Wood Prize at the Millennium Science Forum.
Waseda University
20 Nov 2014
An opinion article by Professor Kimiko Murakami of Waseda University, Japan
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
20 Nov 2014
A lecturer from Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FPSK), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), was awarded the Merit Award for Excellence and Award for Excellence from the Nigerian government recently.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
20 Nov 2014
RSPO and UPM to instill sustainable agenda amongst tertiary youth in Malaysia
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
20 Nov 2014
The Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules（WPI-ITbM）has been highlighted as a 'ChemSites' article in SYNFORM (2014/12).
Asia Research News
20 Nov 2014
More than 100 Pre-orders Prior to Product Launch Made
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
20 Nov 2014
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) announced on 20th November two new funding programmes, namely HKSTP-PolyU Tech Incubation Fund (TIF) and PolyU Tech Launchpad Fund (TLF)
Asia Research News
20 Nov 2014
Next generation biomarker detects tumour cells and delivers anti-cancer drugs
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
19 Nov 2014
An agent-based model that analyzes commuters’ travel data will improve the Singapore rail experience
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
19 Nov 2014
Waste is reduced through the cheap and green development of a catalyst for the transformation of a commercially important functional group
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
19 Nov 2014
A fluorescent nanoprobe could become a universal, noninvasive method to identify and monitor tumors
Asia Research News
19 Nov 2014
The countries most threatened by the Ebola virus —Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea— are also those with the fewest resources to report on the crisis. Three international organizations have launched an IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign to get vital equipment to local radio stations in the worst-affected areas.
University of Malaya
14 Nov 2014
HIR offers its congratulations to Dr. Chan Yoke Fun from the Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, for being one of the three recipients in this year’s L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science National Fellowship.
University of Malaya
13 Nov 2014
The research paper published in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials presents a comprehensive survey on the state-of-the-art channel assignment algorithms in cognitive radio networks and discusses open research issues and challenges of channel assignment in the cognitive radio networks.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
12 Nov 2014
Integrating force feedback into therapies for impaired hands
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
11 Nov 2014
Leading education researchers and practitioners meeting in China make a series of recommendations calling for the wider uptake of inquiry-based science education (IBSE) methods in more countries around the world.
Asia Research News
11 Nov 2014
The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus and its partner institutions will bring its expertise in aerospace to the Asia Aerospace City in Malaysia
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
11 Nov 2014
An international team of researchers has discovered that genes are linked to humans’ ability to resist typhoid fever. This finding is significant in helping to develop personalised therapies for sufferers of typhoid fever, based on an individual’s genetic code.
Waseda University
11 Nov 2014
An opinion piece by Professor Hiroyuki Sasahara of Waseda University, Japan
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
05 Nov 2014
A combination of X-ray diffraction and computational techniques can determine unknown crystal structures in powder mixtures
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
05 Nov 2014
A multifunctional testing instrument helps improve production of laser-heated hard disk drives with enhanced storage capacities
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
05 Nov 2014
A long-lived catalyst facilitates the first steps toward a viable small-scale on-board hydrogen generator
University of Malaya
04 Nov 2014
In their paper, Prof Ariffin and her collaborators proposed a novel hypothesis that germline TP53 mutation carriers who develop cancer only at a late age may have a form of genetic resistance to early cancer.
Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University
04 Nov 2014
Scientists at ITbM, Nagoya University and the University of Chicago have discovered the mechanism on how a single hormone manages to trigger two different functions, i.e. seasonal sensing and metabolism, without any cross activity.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
04 Nov 2014
South African scientist named winner of TWAS's most prestigious award for commitment to life-saving research that protects African women from HIV/AIDS