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OPINION: Recently, I made a presentation entitled Reinventing Science at the Academy of Sciences Malaysia Inaugural Lectures.

OPINION: World Environment Day, which is celebrated every June 5, took the theme Biodiversity -- Ecosystems Management and the Green Economy this year.

OPINION: In a May 30 interview on a weekly public affairs show hosted by journalist and author Fareed Zakaria on CNN, Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates mentioned the need "to reorder the priorities of the innovation system" in making changes in the health­care sector.

OPINION: It was immensely satisfying to listen to Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad speak on a subject as tricky as "technology-based innovation"...

Students’ achievement in co-curricular activities is important although in terms of weightage for university admission, it only contributes 10% compared to the 90 % for academic achievement.

The registration of new students at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) for the 2010/2011 Academic Session ran smoothly and witnessed more than 4000 students registering themselves at the three USM campuses.

Tropical cyclones obey the law; Evolutionary genomics: Chicken surprise; Sea-level patterns in the Indian
Ocean; A successful pathogen; Seeing uranium nitride in a new light; GPCR
assemblies in view

A large-scale genetic screen reveals a factor that makes rheumatoid arthritis patients’ joints vulnerable to immune attack

Sheets of cells stick together by monitoring and responding to the pull of their neighbors

Newly discovered artefacts and fossils found in a UK river deposit indicate that early humans were living in northern Europe more than 780,000 years ago.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Goodall on securing chimpanzees’ future; Why we should worry about future oil spills; Anatomy of a powerful microquasar; Gathering dust; A bright future for entangled photons

Rethinking land management techniques to mitigate the effects of weather-related disasters

Developing educational quality of Thailand and Russia.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Moon’s mantle exposed in craters

Interference patterns made by wave-like electrons reveal that tiny atomic magnets are critical to iron-based superconductors

The discovery that secreted protein Ecrg4 slows neural precursor cell division during aging could point the way to treatments for age-related diseases

Single water molecules can now be sliced into different atomic components, thanks to the electronic properties of ultrathin oxide films

Tokyo, 1 July - A research team in Japan has linked a developmental checkpoint in the differentiation of hematopoietic progenitors into specific T cell lineages to the activity of a single gene encoding a transcription factor. Reported in Science this week, the discovery lends support to a new model for the development of blood cells lineages.

Supernova diversity explained by asymmetric explosions; Big potatoes the organic way; The roots of multicellular life; Efficient conservation of our futures; Genetic basis for balding disease; First feats of an ultra-intense X-ray laser; The genetics of new species; Add nitrogen to get the opposite effect; Beware mice with ‘come to bed’ eyes

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has made a head start in Medical Biometrics researches, with the development of several state-of-the-art authentication and medical diagnosis tools based on the concept of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

A recent study by Thai Research Fund (TRF) on the research output of Thai universities confirms that Thailand-based Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) excels in all engineering subject areas that it offers.

Plant biodiversity can be maintained by a process of negative feedback between tropical trees and soil-dwelling organisms, a Nature study suggests.

Indigenous people in western Kenya have relied on the mystical abilities of the Nganyi rainmakers to predict the weather for generations.

“Prince of Songkla University” was granted a petty patent for a biodiesel test process using only a microwave oven as the main equipment, making it economical in terms of money and time (only 15 minutes for the result to come out).

Dr. C. Swennen, Mr. Somsak Buatip and the Local Learning Network of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus have discovered the world’s latest sea slug.

Prof. Dr. Saowapa Angsupanich and a research team from the Department of Aquatic Science, Faculty of Natural Resources have found 2 new species of amphipod or shrimp-like animal in Songkhla Lake soil sediment.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Carbon storage for long-term climate control; Ore deposits from magma mixing; Fighting infection with MAITs

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) showcased an array of innovations which range from stem cell research to energy-saving device and RFID technology. These breakthroughs have impressed overseas audience at the 38th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in Switzerland.

On May 28, 2010, a symposium and panel discussion commemorating the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty was hosted by the US-Japan Research Institute, a US-registered NPO (The Chair: Katsuhiko Shirai, President, Waseda University) co-founded in Washington, D.C. by Waseda University and so on.