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Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will highlight research findings to various other countries in the future.

Latest News from Nature 23 February 2012

In a bid to promote the understanding and adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR), the Department of Management and Marketing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) have jointly compiled the Hong Kong SME Business Sustainability Index.

With the sophisticated use of construction process simulation technology and positioning technologies such as GPS, researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed an integrated system which can uplift the standard of construction safety and enhance project efficiency.

City dwellers have been growing their own food for millennia, but the concept of urban agriculture been formally recognized in research and public policy since the mid 1990s. Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has played a leading role in forging this new discipline and raising awareness of it.

Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) yesterday officially became the first university in Malaysia to sell COOP 1Malaysia products.

Institutions of higher learning (IHL) in Malaysia must strive to create a closer relationship with universities in Saudi Arabia. This includes a collaboration involving research and academic matters related to students in the future.

Daisuke Ishida from Waseda University, Japan, discuss the influence that information technology such as the Internet has had on consumer behavior, from the three perspectives of engaging information, searching for information and transmitting information.

Latest news from Nature journals 20 February 2012

Heavy ion beams produced by the RIKEN Ring Cyclotron at the RI Beam Factory have played a key part in the alcoholic beverage-brewing process.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is pleased to have received a set of five special sculptures titled "Vision" from renowned sculptor Professor Norman Ko Wah-man as a gift for its 75th anniversary.

A theory that accurately describes the properties of relativistic electron vortex beams will impact applications such as electron microscopy

By piecing together the interactions between a pair of proteins involved in colorectal cancer, researchers may have identified suitable targets for drug development

Development of a theoretical framework for interpreting the results of subatomic-particle collisions could provide insight into proton composition

Computer simulations show how key properties of nanowires change as the diameter increases

A novel link between optical fibers and nanometer-scale silicon structures could aid the development of integrated optical circuits

Reduced graphene oxide decorated with metallic nanoparticles shows high potential for gas detection

Developing-world scientists at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Latest news from Nature 16/02/2012

An exhibit on new and recent works of renowned Filipino painter and printmaker, Ofelia Gelvezon-Téqui, formally opened on February 13 at the Atelyer, Bulwagan ng Dangal’s small gallery in the University of the Philippines Diliman.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently received a generous donation of HK$8 million from Ho and Ho Foundation Ltd to set up a scholarship to support mainland students with outstanding performance pursue their studies at PolyU.

Singapore, 15 February 2012- The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) is showcasing 15 cutting-edge technologies to boost safety and productivity that is of relevance to the aerospace and aviation industry.

Sarawak has the potential to be Malaysia's top contributor of furniture for export because it is a major producer of tropical timber and timber products.

Norizan Mat Diah, Marina Ismail, Putri Mazliana Abdul Hami and Suzana Ahmad of UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia developed a software to teach children Jawi calligraphy.

A total of 18 members joined the A*STAR Aerospace Programme’s consortium to collaborate on pre-competitive research in aviation technologies, develop new products, processes and solutions in aviation engineering, and improve performance, safety and productivity.

To mark its commitment in striving to meet the mission of being an exemplary university of internationally acknowledged stature, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) promoting academic and research interactions with B S Abdur Rahman University (BSAU) of Chennai, India, in Kuching yesterday.

Latest News from Nature 12 february 2012

A new method to map nanostructures within materials may lead to biological imaging of the internal organization of cells

Revelation of how certain compounds adhere so strongly to HIV’s coat points to a fresh therapeutic approach

Measurements from high-energy collision experiments lead to a better understanding of why meson particles disappear