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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
02 May 2012
Bin Chen of the A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing and Huajian Gao at Brown University, US, have built a model to illustrate the process of skeletal muscle contraction. A combination of random protein movements and the elasticity inside muscles helps to maintain a steady force during skeletal muscle contraction.
Asia Research News
01 May 2012
From battling potato blight and supercomputers to nano-magnets used for cancer treatment and the Asia Research Network, the latest edition of Asia Research News features all the cutting-edge science from across Asia.
Waseda University
01 May 2012
OPINION - To me, space meant NASA and the space shuttle. But last year, finally, the space shuttle was retired. Therefore, the only way to return from space now is by using parachutes.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
01 May 2012
Two teams from UiTM won third and fourth placing in Hack@10, a hacking competition organised by Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) and Time Engineering Bhd, as game provider.
Asia Research News
30 Apr 2012
Korea pushes research and development for global water market. Busan, a city of almost 4 million and host of the IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, will be operating the world’s largest seawater reverse osmosis plant of its kind in 2013.
Nature Publishing Group
29 Apr 2012
The latest from Nature and Nature Research Journals Sunday 29 April
Asia Research News
27 Apr 2012
Ms Motoe Takagi, a Japanese artist and Toyohashi citizen, donated her art work "A Girl in Ha Gian" in commemoration of the 35th anniversary of Toyohashi University of Technology.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
27 Apr 2012
APMEN is pleased to announce two new Partner Institutions to join the Network: The Mahidol Vivax Research Center and the Malaria Research Centre, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
27 Apr 2012
House of Innovation Reopens...
Toyohashi University of Technology
27 Apr 2012
We are pleased to announce that on 12th of April, 2012, Toyohashi Tech had made an exchange agreement between School of Innovation Science, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
Asia Research News
27 Apr 2012
"Nanotechnology Platform Program" newly starts on 2012 with MEXT support.
Nature Publishing Group
25 Apr 2012
The latest news from Nature 25 April 2012
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
25 Apr 2012
Master’s student Saliha Mohamad and her professor, Suhaimi Abdul Talib of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia, discovered that sulphur and nitrogen can help us get rid of the old age problem of smelly drains.
Waseda University
24 Apr 2012
Team hopes findings will bolster practice’s reputation as a nonpharmacolgical treatment
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
23 Apr 2012
The signing of an agreement between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and China Academy of Space Technology has brought together top-notch experts from both sides to work on the development of sophisticated space tool for collecting sample of lunar rock in the third phase of China's lunar exploration programme.
Nature Publishing Group
22 Apr 2012
Latest News from Nature 22 April 2012
Universiti Kuala Lumpur
19 Apr 2012
The Parabolic Team of Universiti Kuala Lumpur had actuated Parabolic Flights from March 23 till 28, 2012 over the airspace of Nagoya Japan. The flights were performed using a modified jet of the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA).
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
19 Apr 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has named a square in the hub of its campus to pay tribute to the late Dr Tang Ping-yuan and his son Dr Jack Tang Chi-chien for their long-standing support to the Institution over the past four decades.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
19 Apr 2012
The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), recently joined to TIA-nano as a new core institute, in addition to the existing core institutes, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), and the University of Tsukuba.
Universiti Kuala Lumpur
19 Apr 2012
“ There is a need for new strategy as the world today suffers from the lack of social justice, which has become an odd attribute of most national economies”, said MARA’s Chairman Y. B. Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh.
Asia Research News
19 Apr 2012
A good example of an institution trying a new model is Albukhary International University in Malaysia. This institution just opened its doors to its first undergraduate students from 47 countries. All students receive a full scholarship and come from a low-income family and underprivileged or disadvantaged background.
Waseda University
19 Apr 2012
On Monday, April 9, 2012, the US-Japan Higher Education Panel was held at the Rihga Royal Hotel Tokyo under Waseda University’s auspices.
Nature Publishing Group
18 Apr 2012
Latest news from Nature 18 April 2012
Asia Research News
17 Apr 2012
Research group headed by Professor Takashi Tsuji demonstrates regenerating “functional hair regeneration from adult stem cells” Substantial advance in the development of next-generation of “organ replacement regenerative therapies”
Nature Publishing Group
17 Apr 2012
The latest news from Scientific American 17 Apriil 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia
16 Apr 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) further strengthened its relationship with the universities of higher learning in Japan through the signing of two memorandums of understanding (MoU) recently.
Nature Publishing Group
15 Apr 2012
Latest news from Nature 15 April 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
12 Apr 2012
"KineLabs" is a free software platform with three rehabilitation games for elderly people and persons after stroke to have fun while enhancing their motor skills in a 3D virtual environment.
Toyohashi University of Technology
12 Apr 2012
The 2nd Conference of University Presidents in Japan and Vietnam was held at the University of Kyoto on March 12 and 13, and in which Toyohashi Tech President Sakaki and Vice President Tsunoda participated.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
12 Apr 2012
TWAS and ISTIC are collaborating on a project aimed at identifying, rewarding and disseminating best practices in the innovative use of science and technology in the development of new products, processes or services that have had impacts on economic development in the South.