Category: Education
Encyclopaedia for the Deaf
CHINA – The first encyclopadiac dictionary for the country’s 20 million deaf and hearing-impaired people was published early June. Its compilers, a disabled couple in east Anhui province, collected over 1,000 entries about medicine, education, psychology, sociology, rehabilitation, linguistics, law, […]
Singapore has the highest rate for OC disorder
SINGAPORE – The city state’s Health Promotion Board is looking abroad for ways to improve its citizens’ mental health. It plans to commission a study of three to five countries or cities that have shown ‘remarkable progress’ in this area. […]
Australian Researchers To Study Chronic Disease In Rural India
AUSTRALIA – A new $1 million Australian government grant will fund a landmark study of the relationship between income and high blood pressure in rural India this year. The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) will support the collaboration […]
RSC honours Japanese Nobel Prize winners
JAPAN – Chemistry Nobel Prize winners Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki will be honoured by the Royal Society of Chemistry at a ceremony in Edinburgh later today. Professor Lesley Yellowlees, the President-Elect of the RSC, said she was delighted at […]
China to conduct Medical research on Space Lab module
CHINA will conduct space medical experimental research on Tiangong-1 space lab module in the upcoming manned space flight, China’s manned space program spokeswoman Wu Ping said Friday. It is a key task to ensure the astronauts’ physical health and high […]
Slimming Noodles for Weight Watchers
MALAYSIA – A new invention might help noodle lovers reduce weight with a spicy kick. A capsaicin-enriched layered noodles, said to be the first of its kind in the world, could help dieters enjoy this all natural food while experiencing […]
Eli Lilly Opens Shanghai Center for Diabetes Research
CHINA – Eli Lilly and Co. announced the official opening of its Lilly China Research and Development Center (LCRDC), which will investigate novel diabetes medicines tailored specifically for the Chinese population. Affecting nearly 90 million Chinese, diabetes is a significant […]
Hitachi and Singapore’s A*STAR Design Novel Method to Reduce Genome Data Storage
SINGAPORE – Hitachi Asia Ltd. (Hitachi) and Data Storage Institute (DSI), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) are devising a data compression technique to tackle the increasing volume of genome sequencing data generated by […]
Bristol-Myers Squibb To Support Hepatitis B, C Research In Asia
THE Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded three new grants to further research into hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) in China and India. The grants fall under the Delivering Hope™: Awareness, Prevention and Care umbrella program which is committed […]
Korea and Australia ink pact on food allergy research
AUSTRALIA – To help minimise the adverse health effects of allergens in milk and other food products, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) School of Chemical Engineering and Korea’s National Institute of Animal Science (NIAS) have signed an agreement […]
