Advanced Science

Members of the press are invited to the Press Conference on Occasion of the Signing of a Cooperative Agreement between UNESCO and Keio University on June 26.

The two universities conduct collaborative researches in a broad range of fields, including organ transplantation, regenerative medicine, medical robotics, and genetic diagnosis technology.

The RIKEN Plant Science Center in Yokohama hosted an international symposium on November 20 that focused on the use of African plant resources. The symposium was held under the auspices of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and the Japan Science and Technology Agency.

The National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines (UP) has miniaturized the Oblation (UP’s trademark) as part of its project on micro-fabrication of functional micro-devices using non-linear multi-photon absorption. The research project aims to use micro-structures as components in an integrated miniaturized laboratory.

Research on detection of microscopic defects in integrated circuits at the National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines has been selected by Optical Society of America as one of the most exciting to emerge in 2006.

The project seeks to create a software that can translate texts in the English language to Filipino and vice-versa.