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Singapore, 6 July - New method creates super-thin, high integrity, continuous metal lines that surpass today’s semiconductor industry requirements.

Thirteen companies, ranging from local enterprises to MNCs are members of the initiative to exploit new market opportunities in the global nanotechnology market worth more than US$ 2.4 trillion in 2015.

Singapore, 6 October 2010 -- The Federation of Business and Professional Women (Singapore) announced that it will play host to the triennial 2010 BPW Asia-Pacific Regional Conference at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore, from 15-18 October, 2010.

A new study on Japanese and French infants by researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute and their collaborators has provided first-ever clues on the development of mechanisms governing how people perceive the words of a foreign language.

Our planet’s ability to sustain human life has long been a subject of study and concern by economists, demographers, and environmentalists.

SERDANG, 1 Sept – Student Affairs Division (BHEP) of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) organized a Ziarah Amal Ramadan program, set to provide assistance for less fortunate students in their preparation for the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

SERDANG, 29 Sept – Held in a jovial setting and 5000 guests delightfully entertained, Eid celebration held in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) went smoothly with everyone leaving with a big smile.

PENANG, 3 October: Universities have been urged to find ways to forge close ties with the community to enable them to play their role as drivers for national advancement.

It was 35 years ago, in April 1975, that the Khmer Rouge (KR) defeated the Lon Nol regime of Cambodia. Just last month, the Khmer Rouge Tribunal released a 143-page report on a demographic survey of the "killing fields" under the Democratic Kampuchea government.

OPINION: From an Ivory Tower to a Trading Tower and now a Human Tower! These are the three major waves that can be ascribed to the evolution of universities in recent times.

IDEA: Malaysia Inventors’ Challenge made its debut with the first of 10 episodes appearing on TV3 at 7pm last week. This first of its kind of reality show in Malaysia was launched on Aug 13 at the Theatrette, Sri Pentas, Petaling Jaya by Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Fadillah Yusof.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Complexities of the Haiti earthquake; Landslide-generated tsunamis in Haiti; Making small genomes; Carbonate rocks buried deep in the martian crust; Variants associated with obesity;

Press release - A new study on the behavior of the zebrafish has uncovered a key role for a region of the brain on the development of fear responses. The discovery provides valuable insights applicable to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental illnesses.

A new agreement signed on 2 July 2010 extends the collaboration between RIKEN and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) out to 2018.

RIKEN molecular biologists have successfully reprogrammed adult rabbit body cells to form colonies of fully pluripotent cells that are highly similar to rabbit embryonic stem cells (ESCs).

Identification of the mechanism that triggers suicide in dissociated human stem cells should assist their development as therapeutics

Innovation helps the world's poor feed their families

The Asia Nano Forum’s (ANF) 3rd Asia Nanotech Camp at A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) brings together 40 hand-picked PhD candidates and early career postdoctorates from the Asia-Pacific region to discuss, debate, network and collaborate on their favourite pastimes - nanotechnology, eating and shopping.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Surprises from the Sun; Colour vision goes full circuit; Trapping with topography; Tropics feel the heat

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Insight into human development; Optogenetics gets to the heart; Mutations in WDR62 result in small brains; Folding and cutting DNA into nanoscale shapes

SERDANG, 3 September – The Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak appealed to motorists to drive safely on their way back home in conjunction with the Aidilfitri celebration.

SERDANG, 26 August - A group of researchers from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) invented the enzyme-based biosensor technology that is able to trace formaldehyde; a chemical, which could be found in fish and fish products.

Prince of Songkla University joined hands with the Economics Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), and the Center for IMT-GT Subregional Cooperation (CIMT) in organizing the Symposium on Energy Saving and Biofuel Utilization.

SERDANG, 1 Sept – Raja Muda of Selangor, Tengku Amir Shah Ibni Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah paid an official visit to Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).

The International Day of Peace (IDP) is celebrated every year on Sept 21. This year, it is directed at young people — the generation that will become the leaders of the future and who will ensure that peace will prevail.

"IF scientists can genetically modify food and NASA can send missions to Mars, politicians must be able to find resources to get millions of children into school and change the prospects of a generation of children," said Global Campaign for Education president Kailash Satyarthi.

RIKEN’s state-of-the-art beam lines allow scientists to create thousands of unstable nuclei, providing new insights into the stellar origin of elements

A newly identified set of genomic loci appears to be selectively associated with prostate cancer in East Asian men

A porous polymer network that researchers can make reactive at will can store gases and hasten chemical reactions