ACADEMIA
First Winners of China’s US$1m Future Science Awards Announced
Dennis Lo Yuk-ming and Xue Qikun are the first two winners of China's version of the Nobel Prize, which each comes with a US$1 million cash prize.
Five APAC Scientists Predicted To Win 2016 Nobel Prize
Five scientists from Asia Pacific institutions or countries of origin have been chosen by Thomson Reuters as its 2016 Citation Laureates.
Reuters Top 100: South Korea’s KAIST Only Asian University In Top 10
A total of 20 universities from Asia made it into the Reuters Top 100: The World’s Most Innovative Universities 2016 list.
THE World Uni Rankings 2016-2017: National Uni Of Singapore Leads Asia
289 Asian universities from 24 countries make the overall Times Higher Education list of 980 institutions.
New Australia-China Cancer Research Center In Jiangsu, China
The joint Australia-China cancer research center in Jiangsu, China will focus on cancer, inflammation and infectious disease.
China To Spend Half Of R&D Budget On Applied Research By End Of 2020
By the end of the 2020, the Chinese Academy of Sciences plans to spend half of its research budget on applied research.
UNESCO: ASEAN Economy Community Likely To Spur Scientific Cooperation
The ASEAN Economic Community could also spur both the cross-border movement of researchers and greater specialization, in turn broadening cooperation in science and technology.
CAS Releases First Microbial Resource Development Report
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has released a report detailing the development of microbial research in China.
Japanese Cell Biologist Wins 2016 Kihara Prize
Professor Hiroshi Iwasaki from the Tokyo Institute of Technology was recognized for his work into homologous recombination, a biological phenomenon that occurs in all living organisms.
