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Wetland loss mayor source of SE Asian climate emissions [research]

Press Release - Greenhouse gas emissions due to the loss of peatsoils have rapidly increased in Southeast Asia in the last twenty years and now have reached a magnitude equal to 70% of all fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions. The report is the first ever inventory of peatland carbon emissions per country.

The 4th International Conference On E-Commerce With Focus On Developing Countries 2009 (ECDC’09) [event]

Universiti Sains Malaysia will be hosting the The 4th International Conference On E-Commerce With Focus On Developing Countries 2009 (ECDC’09) starting from Tuesday, 3rd November 2009 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

Affordable and effective hip-spica brace for hip surgery patients [research]

Researchers at Universiti Sains Malaysia have developed an affordable and effective Hip-spica brace. The invention costs only RM 300 compared to imported equivalent which costs RM 2000 and has the further capability to reduce the load to the hip joint, thus ensuring a rapid rehabilitation for patients.

New supercomputer sets record for highest performance in PC clusters, Japan [announcement]

A new supercomputer developed at RIKEN has set a new record for computing performance by effectively harnessing the parallel processing power of computer clusters.

FRIM and UMP to undertake R&D collaboration [announcement]

FRIM and Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 27 October 2009 for collaboration in R&D of bioenergy, biocomposites and special chemicals from biomass.

UiTM Wins Awards at British Invention Show 2009 [announcement]

The medals won were a Diamond, the Best Invention by Salon Archimedes (Russia), two gold and 6 silver. The British Invention Show, which was held 14 - 17 Oct 2009, is the largest innovation and technology expo in Britain. UiTM submitted 8 entries of which all had won medals.

UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA UNVEILS PLANT GENOME OF BILLION-DOLLAR GLOBAL INDUSTRY [research]

Press Release - Penang, 28 October - The Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia had successfully decoded the rubber tree genome. This accomplishment could potentially place Malaysia as the biggest producer of rubber.

3 USM Students Make Nation Proud In London [research]

Three Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) undergraduates made USM and the nation proud when they won five main awards in the largest exhibition in the United Kingdom, "Invention, Innovation & Technology Show, The 9th British Invention Show"

Home-grown electric vehicle mycar makes its first journey in Hong Kong [research]

Press Release: 23 Oct, Hong Kong - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and EuAuto Technology Limited (EuAuto) today jointly announced the official launch of their home-grown electric vehicle mycar in Hong Kong.

RIBA [research]

New robot to reduce burden on care facilities

Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SPPT Engineering Sdn. Bhd. (SPPTe) FRIM collaborates with private firm on pulp & paper R&D [announcement]

Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SPPT Engineering Sdn. Bhd. (SPPTe) on 9 October 2009 to collaborate on research and development as well as commercialisation of pulp and paper products by using oil palm biomass.

UiTM student and junior lecture win top awards at British Invention Show [research]

UiTM student and junior lecture have won top awards at the British Invention Show in London, which just ended. The medals won were a Diamond, the Best Invention by Salon Archimedes (Russia), a gold and 6 silver medals.

PolyU engineering researchers put fibre optics to good use [research]

The Specialty Optical Fibre Fabrication Laboratory houses a state-of-the-art fibre drawing tower capable of pulling the newest type of optical fibres called micro-structured fibres. This cutting-edge fibre manufacturing technology would allow PolyU researchers to develop novel optical fibres for communication and sensing applications.

Space observatory’s detector technology goes into single-molecule imaging [research]

Astrophysicists at RIKEN lend their expertise to biologists to develop one of the world’s fastest and most sensitive cameras to observe cell behavior at the nanometer scale.

THE SECOND EBARIO KNOWLEDGE FAIR [event]

Over the last 15 years ICTs have been increasingly and optimistically promoted as a means of transforming developing countries yet little is known about the long-term social and economic effects of these technologies upon societies both in urban and rural areas.

UNIMAS graduates to ADC KRONE [announcement]

As a constantly-growing and highly technology-focused university, UNIMAS recognised a need to establish an integrated IT infrastructure throughout the campus in preparation for implementing high speed cable and wireless e-learning services.

Developing new stimuli-responsive molecular devices [research]

Researchers at RIKEN created a new graphite nanotube that conducts electricity when exposed to light, which could lead to efficient solar batteries based on organic materials and developed molecular devices that can respond to various types of stimuli, similar to living organisms.

University Sains Malaysia will be hosting a gathering of prominent ICSU members [announcement]

Media Advisory - The Deputy Minister for Science Technology and Innovation, Y.B. Tuan Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof will be officiating the 3rd International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) Regional Consultation in Asia & the Pacific on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 at 9.15 am at Hotel G, Gurney Drive, Penang, Malaysia.

PolyU listed among the top 200 universities in the world [research]

PolyU has moved up from the 224th place in 2008 to the 195th place in the "Times Higher Education-QS World University Ranking 2009" of the Times Higher Education Supplement.

FRIM bags Mahathir Science Award 2009 [announcement]

The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) received the Mahathir Science Award 2009 at an official ceremony held by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia on 28 September 2009 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.