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Specialized motor proteins help control immune activation by physically hauling clusters of signaling receptors to a central site for eventual disposal

Improvements to specialized valves that separate spin and electron currents may lead to higher-density magnetic media

Adding breaks to a training regimen gives rodents an edge in learning new motor skills and provides an improved model for studying memory

Summary of a newsworthy paper regarding UVA and skin cancer

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Comets on Earth, defence mechanism and macular degeneration, snowball earth, muscular atrophy and more

Summary of a newsworthy paper on stemcells

PolyU received Erasmus grants to promote multilingualism

Waseda scholar Kiyotake Oki assess the causes behind recent criticism against Boards of Educations in Japan

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Positive rearing conditions, hate circuit and depressions and transmission in Alzheimer’s disease.

New study sheds light on the mysterious structure of the world’s most common liquid interface

Current flowing along the edges of a promising quantum device is insensitive to its magnetic impurities

A molecular probe that targets a pro-inflammatory enzyme allows visualization of inflammation during brain injury in rats

Analyzing metabolites in living organisms using NMR spectroscopy is yielding new insights into environmental health and ecology and the development of green innovations at the RIKEN Plant Science Center.

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Arctic ozone loss, mucosal memory, Dust-climate links in the tropical Atlantic, ovarian cancer, leukaemia and more

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Neutron star mergers, neurons control limb movement, people not projects and more

Multi-compartment globular structures assembled from polymer-based materials may soon serve as cell prototypes

Combining carbon dioxide sorbents with gold nanoparticle catalysts makes manufacturing ultrapure hydrogen gas easier than ever

Similarities between the electronic states of molecules and the optical properties of gold nanostructures aid the development of new photonic devices

Advanced electronics beckon thanks to self-assembling templates that allow the creation of nanoscale features on silicon wafers

Microfluidic devices are poised to transform biological research by streamlining the cost, speed and precision of individual experiments.

Vibration-assisted milling can lead to higher-quality surfaces

Many industry leaders, internationally-renowned designers, staff, alumni and friends of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) gathered at Hotel ICON – a unique teaching and research hotel wholly-owned by the university – to celebrate its official opening.

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Association of a bacterium with haemorrhagic stroke, microbial production of a diesel biofuel and more.

With strong support from the industry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has garnered momentum to further promote the use of its award-winning Solar-powered Air-conditioning System for installation on different types of vehicles, which now include mini-bus, taxi, public light bus and truck.

Waseda scholar assess the impact of Arab Spring on the Middle East

Summaries of newsworthy papers: helpers in tissue repair, forest clock emissions, breast cancer treatment and more.

The entrapment of antimatter for 16 minutes allows for tests of the foundations of physics

Access to multiple life science databases made easier by a web-based interface and portal developed at RIKEN

A method that rapidly unveils the mode of action of anticancer compounds could soon streamline therapeutic drug discovery

Tohoku University, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) announced on August 22, 2011 that Kenichi Uchida, a PhD student, and Professor Eiji Saitoh of Tohoku University and their colleagues have succeeded in injecting spin current into a magnetic material by acoustic wave spin pumping.