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RIKEN researchers have revealed an unexpectedly large recoil of ‘free’ electrons emitted from a simple metal

Non-coding RNAs play a role in regulating the expression of genes in yeast

Genomic analysis helps scientists to start determining how licorice plants produce a highly beneficial compound

PENANG, 29 Jan.- The ‘Out of Africa’ theory that suggested fossils of early man were only found in Georgia roughly 1.7 to 1.8 million years ago, may have to be rewritten with the latest discovery by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) archaelogists.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Grass genome offers clues to drought tolerance, Recipe for seafood toxin, Solving the world’s imaging problem, Superconductor shows unusual behaviour, Mouse model of hepatitis C infection one step closer, Boron beauty and Things get heated

The School of Pharmacy has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with five local and international institutions and a well-known conglomerate to ensure that the Nuclear Pharmacy Centre will become a reality.

The main problem in palm oil production recently was infection of Ganoderma which would decrease the number of production and cause the plants’ death.

International Agriculture Students Symposium 2009 (IASS 2009) held in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) recently has formed a network for accessible collection of knowledge and experience gained by the agriculture students.

Summaries of newsworthy papers appearing in Nature and Nature Research Journals including: Gene variants associated with risk of psoriasis, Hedgehog blocker thwarts cancer stem cells, Future oceans low in oxygen? and Nanotechnology: Read the small print.

RIKEN researchers report that social courtship behavior in male zebra finches increases brain activity in a similar fashion as drugs abuse.

Solitary waves trapped in superconducting junctions could illustrate time dilation effects similar to those in special relativity

When the bonds between atoms suddenly alter in strength, structural changes in symmetry result

A new twist on an old technique helps researchers identify proteins with a regulatory ‘death sentence’

A pioneering research by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has uncovered the previously unknown anti-inflammatory mechanism for soothing the pain arising from arthritis, and thus unlocked the key to conducting further researches on the relationship between functional foods and this common crippling disease.

A group of Japanese scientists including former RIKEN researcher Toshiyuki Nakagaki were among this year’s winners of the Ig Nobel Prizes, recognized for their discovery that a unicellular amoeboid organism can figure out the shortest distance in a maze.

This book identifies the indicators for evaluating hazardous trees tree and the elements in hazard tree management.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include fMRI sees what monkeys will think next, Spring forwards, Cold streams formed early galaxies, Tinkering with light on a tiny scale and Print your own circuit?

The scheme provides Malaysian Airlines, its customers as well as corporate partners with the opportunity to participate in efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

This is an ethnographic research on the nautical communities of Sarawak. It seeks to explain their lives in the context of the wider national politics, social, and economic systems. In particular, it seeks to unravel the influences of two motive forces of social change, in Malaysia, the state and the market forces.

Filling in the void in nematodes studies in Sarawak, a study is being conducted to provide a database on the taxonomy and ecology of free-living nematode species in Sarawak coastal waters.

On February 17, 2006, a landslide overwhelmed the village of Guinsaugon. It took the lives of more than a thousand villagers, making it the most disastrous landslide event in Philippine history.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Fog lifts over Europe, Social isolation as a model of depression, Altering alkaloids in periwinkle, Cold season ozone production, Halting Hedgehog, Inheritance extends beyond the DNA sequence and Sleep on it

In the Asia Media Forum this week - Journos Vow to Carry on Slain Editor's Legacy, 'Sunday Leader' Pays Tribute to Murdered Journalist, Israeli Attacks on Gaza Escape Global Media Scrutiny, Corporate Fraud Needs a More Vigilant Media, Global Group Launches Safety Service, Code for Journos

Researchers working in Japan have developed a new theory that may explain the activity of two unusual, but vitally important, enzymes that were discovered over 40 years ago.

A novel numerical technique permits researchers to study the interaction between elementary particles within a material without approximations

Synthetic genetic circuits enable researchers to uncover the mechanisms by which cells set their internal clocks

The Casimir force between objects in a vacuum shows a complex dependence on temperature

How will be the Obama administration influence the rest of the world? – What Burden-sharing will This Cool Realist Demand? –

Summaries of newsworthy papers include The legacy of the Bush presidency, 50 years of pheromones, Polaritons go with the flow and Ancient braincase helps reveal jawbone origins

SERDANG, Malaysia 10 Jan – Mathematical Research Institute (INSPEM) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has established collaboration on mathematical research with Institute of Mathematics, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (IM-VAST).