Asia Pacific
Nepal’s oldest science campuses go online
Since the Tri-Chandra College in Kathmandu, Nepal, introduced remote education in response to the national COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020, e-learning has spread rapidly to other institutions
On track for faster railways in Sri Lanka
Digital technologies underpinned by LEARN enabled PhD students to continue to participate in a railroad research project during COVID-19.
Sri Lanka: digital civil engineering field camp
An annual field camp is a cornerstone in the education of civil engineers in Sri Lanka. With assistance from the national research and education network (NREN) the camp was converted to a digital format during COVID.
Researchers put Einstein’s theory to the test
A research team used telescopes around the world, including CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope – Murriyang, to complete the most challenging tests yet of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, and found it holds true.
Digital classes help Thailand cope with COVID
Efforts to advance distance learning in Thailand got off to a jump start, as the COVID-19 pandemic hit by spring 2020 thanks to a collaboration to deploy Zoom.
Simulating atoms for green energy
To help Australia transition to a lower emissions economy, researchers at Griffith University are using the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre and AARNet to explore new materials for more efficient green energy production.
Helping Asia and Oceania forecast and respond to climate disasters
Research networks and mirror sites for Himawari Real-time enable fast, reliable access to satellite imagery.
Remote education relieves second wave of COVID in Nepal
Member institutions and other public academic institutes including government schools used Zoom to operate online classes.
Distance learning revolution in Bangladesh
The national research and education network of Bangladesh has assisted its member institutions in setting up online education and conferencing services in response to the global pandemic.
The week that brought Sri Lanka e-learning
Networks collaborate to deploy online learning technology to the research and education community during the pandemic
How astronomers are making the universe feel smaller
While astronomers tackle the largest research area possible – the entire universe beyond the Earth’s atmosphere – just a few telescopes around the world provide much of the data they study to uncover the secrets of the universe’s celestial objects.
Singapore and Finland collaborate to fight COVID-19 digitally
A new partnership will strengthen the use of supercomputers to find treatments and monitor how the COVID-19 pandemic spreads.