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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
10 Sep 2008
The International Development Research Centre’s Regional Office for Southeast and East Asia (IDRC/ASRO), based in Singapore, is organizing a photo competition among research partners to encourage them to capture and illustrate their research work in photographic images.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
10 Sep 2008
The Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) welcomes nominations and applications to the 1st Annual ASAIHL-Scopus Young Scientist Awards in the fields of Life Sciences, Medicine, Engineering and Technology and Agricultural Science.
Nature Publishing Group
10 Sep 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Astronomy: Extraordinary stellar blast visible to the naked eye, Climate change: The older the better, Astrophysics: A blast from the past of a celebrity star and Water flow through synthetic trees
Nature Publishing Group
10 Sep 2008
Twin studies from eight populations show that genetic mechanisms for height, weight and BMI are more variable than researchers previously suspected. Height, weight and body mass traits are more diverse in Caucasians than in East Asian adolescents.
Nature Publishing Group
10 Sep 2008
A three-year field study on the Tibetan plateau shows that plant species differ in their ability to emit or consume methane
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
10 Sep 2008
PolyU researchers have made significant progress in applying virtual technology to facilitate scenario planning for large-scale construction projects, enabling property developers and project managers to save cost and avoid delays.
Asia Research News
08 Sep 2008
Last week, at the CopenMind exhibition in Copenhagen, the latest research into Clean Technology was exhibited. Some of the research from Asia included using waste produced by the electronics industry to convert wasted heat into electricity, using hydrogen energy in agriculture, plans for cheap solar energy and more.
Waseda University
08 Sep 2008
When environmental issues are talked about, only global warming issues due to man-caused CO2 emission come under close scrutiny, but there are also many other environmental issues.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
07 Sep 2008
Universiti Sains Malaysia has been chosen as Malaysia’s APEX University. As the chosen Apex university, USM will be accelerated for excellence and nurtured for world class standing amongst the world’s universities.
Nature Publishing Group
07 Sep 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Genetics: Enzyme associated with vitamin B12 levels and Immunology: Coping with immune cell death
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
04 Sep 2008
This paper focuses on the adaptation strategies of developing countries and the possible adaptation options available for Southeast Asia.
Nature Publishing Group
04 Sep 2008
The research establishes the power of The Cancer Genome Atlas project and shows that it has the potential to expand rapidly our knowledge of the genetic alterations involved in cancers.
Nature Publishing Group
04 Sep 2008
China's national treatment program has significantly reduced the mortality rate of HIV-infected blood donors through the use of 'cocktail' drugs
Waseda University
04 Sep 2008
The word “kanikosen” (crab-fishing and canning boat) has recently been making the headlines in the Japanese media. First published by Takiji Kobayashi in 1929, “Kanikose” is a representative work of proletarian literature.
Nature Publishing Group
03 Sep 2008
From a small set of servers under a single desk to a global network of dedicated data centres processing information by the petabyte, Nature celebrates the 10 year anniversary of Google with a special issue. A collection of news features, essays and commentary articles examines how ‘big data’ is transforming science.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
03 Sep 2008
The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of PolyU will stage the "Washed Out" denim exhibition at the Fashion Space Gallery of London College of Fashion from 8 to 19 September 2008.
Waseda University
03 Sep 2008
The Beijing Olympic Games attracted the world's attention even before it had started. One of the incidents symbolizing this was the protest against the Olympic Torch Relay.
University of the Philippines Diliman
02 Sep 2008
A study of the life of peasants in three farming villages in Central Luzon, Philippines reveals factors behind the persistence of peasantry despite interventions and modernization.
University of the Philippines Diliman
02 Sep 2008
A research project called the Development of Inter-disciplinary Signal Processing for Pinoy (ISIP) Program: Filipino Vowels and Emotions (FIVE) aims to standardize the Filipino language, provide solutions to vowel migrations during musical performances, and develop an emotion recognition system for call centers through modern technology.
Nature Publishing Group
31 Aug 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Geoscience: Rapid ancient sea level rise, Neuroscience: Why the brain makes new nerve cells, Nature: Telomerase structure revealed and Nature: Genetics of geography
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
29 Aug 2008
The greatest challenge in paper recycling is removal of polymeric ink and coating; and the most difficult paper is mixed office wastepaper. Traditional deinking processes involve large quantities of chemicals which are expensive and unfriendly to the environment. A better alternative would be a technology that involves biological intervention.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
27 Aug 2008
A triaxial apparatus set-up is common in most geotechnical laboratories. This research describes the innovation and improvement that can be carried out for a long-term triaxial filtration compatibility test.
Nature Publishing Group
27 Aug 2008
Hearing: Encouraging hair growth, Dark secrets of Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, Viruses affect the carbon cycle, Reprogramming without pluripotency, Unravelling current coils in the Earth’s geodynamo, Altered states, Rethinking Hedgehog signalling, Quantum boost, BDNF and chromatin remodelling and Kids learn to share by age 7–8
Nature Publishing Group
27 Aug 2008
In Nature China this week - Biosensors: Infiltrate to enhance, Metabolic syndrome: Nonpeptide peps up therapy, Mouse pheromones: Secret seducers, Gene expression: Cluster spotting and Graphene: Thickness detector
Nature Publishing Group
24 Aug 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Quantifying the Arctic carbon pool, Exploitative tricks of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Domino drug action, Stem cells classified, Glaciers and river nutrients and A jolt to plume models?
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
21 Aug 2008
The latest newsletter from the EEPSEA is now available for download.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
21 Aug 2008
SciDev.Net is pleased to announce that Shiow Chin Tan, a Malaysian journalist, is the recipient of the second 'IDRC–SciDev.Net Science Journalism Award'.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
21 Aug 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Laboratory Services Unit (VLSU) is the first academic Faculty in Malaysia to be granted accreditation certification of the Malaysian Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAMM)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
21 Aug 2008
The gathering of 611 dogs at UPM Expo Hill in Dogathon 2008 hosted by UPM Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s Zoological Club has succeeded in being acknowledged in the Malaysia Book of Records as the “Biggest Dog Gathering in Malaysia” last August 10
Universiti Sains Malaysia
21 Aug 2008
Using recycled oil palm as fuel and solar energy to operate its electrical system, the bus went on display at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in conjunction with the "1st Regional Conference on Sustainable Development: Local Solutions For Global Problems".