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The six-country, five-project research initiative is made up of researchers, officials and practitioners from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao-PDR Thailand and Vietnam. On Friday 15 January, lead researchers from each of the research projects will present their work to the media. There will be opportunities for interviews.

The Economic Planning Unit of Prime Minister’s Department will provide assistance for Halal Products and Research Institute of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) to build a Halal Analysis Laboratory during the first quarter of 2010.

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Hebei University of China today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic cooperation, in line with the university's internationalization agenda.

Five new research projects expand an international, collaborative effort to advance understanding of how genetic factors influence a person’s responses to medicines. The additions bring the number of projects in the Global Alliance for Pharmacogenomics to 15.

Sewage sludge can be successfully converted into compost which can enhance growth and flowering of landscape plants

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Immunology: Triggering inflammation to self, Chemical Biology: Sweet digestion, Genetics: Variants associated with metabolite levels, Medicine: The neurochemistry of panic

By being picky about its binding partners, an RNA-modifying enzyme brings an important measure of quality control to the protein production process

Structural details of an environment-sensing protein complex could guide development of new drugs to direct plant growth or combat bacterial infection

A new terahertz light source and detector could open the way for the practical application of terahertz waves

Sarawak researchers studying to make paper from sago waste in Mukah and Pusak areas, Sarawak, East Malaysia.

Press Release - A new fluorescent protein has illuminated complex neural networks of the hippocampus. The protein, engineered by researchers at RIKEN opens the possibility to dramatically extend the scope of research into brain function.

A new approach known as co-management of natural resources is an effective alternative in many circumstances for managing common resources sustainably and equitably.

Adjustable mouth prop that helps patients relax during dental treatments

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Variants associated with cleft lip with or without cleft palate, Socializing the amygdala, Inflammation and Type 2 Diabetes, Visualizing metastasis, Single-cycle laser pulses, Sticky sediments shape deltas, Wrapping up a ring, Chip-scale multiwavelength sources, Lenses that see it all

The nuclei in the core of a collapsing supernova can form a range of unusual ‘pasta-like’ structures

Professor Zilfalil from Universiti Sains Malaysia and his co-researchers will be holding a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on 23 December 2009 on this research. The paper was published in Science on 10 December 2009.

A ‘super-Earth’ orbiting a nearby star, We must confront the quake risk of geothermal energy, Parental influence on SNP effect, Tiny SUMOs do good work, Controlling an atom, one photon at a time, Electrons make light work of nanostructures, Creating a 3D image from one look, Coots learn to recognise their chicks, War — what is it good for?

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has brought home two Gold Medals for its breakthroughs in nanotechnology, including a novel method for producing carbon nanotubes economically and a rapid testing technique for identifying food contamination using nano-biosensing technology, at the International Eureka Contest of Brussels Innova 2009.

Over the last dozen years, it has been apparent to all that journalism is facing imminent danger. Further, this was followed closely by the tumultuous wave of global financial instability resulting from the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September of last year.

The media reported that Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama and United States President Obama agreed to “deepen” the U.S.-Japan alliance to conclude Obama’s first visit to Japan.

The Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS) was established in September 2006 as part of the actions to materialize the future concept called “Second Founding,” aimed in the 125th Anniversary Project of the University.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stated in his address delivered to the United Nations Climate Change Summit in September that Japan would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% from the 1990 level by 2020 on the condition that the major emitters in the world establish a fair and effective international framework for greenhouse gas reduction.

Wayang, the first film produced by the Research Management Intitute (RMI), UiTM, won awards.

For researchers Prof. Suhaimi Muhammed, Amran Shafei and Mohd Azmi Niaz of Malaysia, a bow is something else.The researchers invented a lighter bow grip from the pulai wood

Summaries of newsworthy papers including: Reprogrammable mice,Breaking the strongest bonds, Flooding removes arsenic, The rhythm of hypertension, Variants associated with lung function, Rewiring the brain after injury, Regulator limits tumour related cellular ageing and researchers panda to next-generation sequencing

Oil palm wastes have inspired a Uitm researcher to study and compare the properties of the hybrid EFB fiber with glass fiber reinforced polyester composites using empty fruit bunches of oil palm.

Radio, Convergence and Development in Africa is a research project being administered by Carleton University's Centre for Media and Transitional Societies (CMTS), in collaboration with Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Four Canadian organizations have launched a research initiative to explore how people in Canada and in developing countries can deal with the impacts of climate change.

From Africa’s drought-stricken breadbaskets, to the Arctic ice shelf, to the flooded streets of Asia, Canada’s International Development Research Centre recognizes that climate change threatens communities.

Genetic analyses help decode symbiosis in the termite gut as a model for the highly efficient conversion of plant cellulose