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On May 13, 1970, the International Development Research Centre Act received royal assent, passing unanimously through Canada’s Parliament.

Institutions of Higher Learning in the country have been urged to focus on efforts to produce graduates who are not only independent and can face challenges, but more important, who are able to understand the meaning of life.

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) grabbed seven Gold, 11 Silver and six Bronze medals at the International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) 2010 that was held in Kuala Lumpur recently.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Fake Botox, Real Threat; Washing Carbon Out of the Air; Did Neandertals Think Like Us?; Alzheimer’s: Forestalling the Darkness

The average health status of people who drink low or moderate amounts of alcohol is better than tee-totallers suggests a study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Maternal warmth appears to reduce the expression of pro-inflammatory proteins which are associated with adverse circumstances and are implicated in the onset of major depression and cardiovascular disease.

Genome wide association studies dominate human genetic research today, but why have the variants identified explained so little of the heritability of common disorders such as diabetes and heart disease?

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Large Rashba spin splitting of a metallic surfacestate band on a semiconductor surface; Intestinal stem cells lacking the Math1 tumour suppressor are refractory to Notch inhibitors

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The National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has received global recognition as a centre of excellence that provides an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) curriculum that is not only holistic but systematic as well.

Patterns in future health impacts from heatwaves; World’s smallest pump is made from pure glass; Brain imaging — the cells behind the signals; New genes involved in autism and intellectual disability; Coming between a virus and its host; Surviving DNA damage in stem cells

As Japan’s flagship research institute, one of RIKEN’s missions is to share its research findings with the general public to boost awareness and curiosity about science.

An atlas of protein–protein interactions reveals the collaborative efforts underlying gene regulation in mice and men

The presence of exotic particles, called spinons, might now be detectable in a magnetic field, providing insight into quantum magnet properties

Who is Shunjo Ichijima?

The Meyerhold Exhibition has opened. A mountain of collected photographs, objects from the 1920s that have been sleeping in storage at the Theatre Museum, and, seeming to proclaim itself as projecting those materials, a model that replicates the New Meyerhold Theatre.

I would like to discuss the history of our theater group and to introduce the work “Hamure: Hamlet of Northern Japan during the final days of the shogunate” which will be performed at the event.

Nanotechnology is technology for the complete control of materials in the extremely microscopic field of nanometers (1 nanometer = 10-9 meters). Many unknown areas still exist in this field of manipulating materials on a scale that is close to an atomic level.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Private University Academic Research Development Promotion Project is a project to ensure private universities become a foundation for research and development and a pillar for promoting development.

"Research organizations", independently introduced by Waseda University, are the organizational framework meant to fulfill a general role, as well as to promote strategic research activity on the part of the university.

In April 2009 Waseda University opened the new “Center for Research Strategy.(CRS)” A research university is one which uses public and private funding as a base and excels in carrying out high level research activities and quality personnel training which contributes to a global society.

The essence of the hardware design for TWENDY-ONE is “the softness of machines.” By adding softness to the skin and joints of the arms and trunk, it is possible to protect people from the shock of the unexpected conflict with the robot.

I am specialized in ergonomics and am focusing my research on the next generation media, which is currently not yet prevalent but have a potential in the near future. When I was an undergraduate student, I undertook a research evaluating 3D images from the human perspective for the first time.

Just over 25 years ago, computer development was centered around hardware with little importance placed on software. The dominant way of thinking in Japan was that if hardware was produced, software would naturally follow. But I thought this was the wrong line of thinking.

In my early student days at School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University, I put hard work into my theoretical economics and international finance studies in order to become an elite businessman (laughing). But at the time of graduating, new jobs were scarce and I couldn’t find employment.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Burgess Shale-like fossils live on; Taking the global temperature; White dwarfs — the inside story; Let’s vaccinate before the next pandemic; Erosion of confidence; A quantum-optical transistor; Phosphatase helps maintain brain integrity; Spider silk’s dual identity

A collaboration to define how biomarkers can be used in preclinical drug trials to the satisfaction of health authorities is discussed in this month’s special focus issue of Nature Biotechnology.

A soy by-product linked to health benefits inhibits two enzymes involved in the production of testosterone in human cells.

The National Innovation Agency (NIA) recognizes an innovation by Prince of Songkla University, the PSU-Carpal Tunnel Retractor developed by Asst. Prof. Sunton Wongsiri, MD., Assoc. Prof. Boonsin Tangtrakulwanich, MD., Asst. Prof. Sitichok Anantaseri, MD., Porames Suwanno, MD., Varah Yuenyongviwat, MD., and Ekkarin Wongsiri

National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of H.M. the King have awarded the 2009 NSTDA New Generation Technologist to Asst. Prof. Jesada Wannasin.