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19 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy articles: Sociology: How New York Beat Crime; Neuroscience: How to Build a Better Learner; Science Agenda: We Need Excellent Science Teachers ; Forum: How to Develop New Drugs of Mental Illnesses ; Human Origins: The Evolution of Grandparents
19 Jul 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Researchers from A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics (IME) have developed a lateral silicon-based drug screening tool that has demonstrated simultaneous capture of 12 individual cells – 12 times higher throughput than conventional patch clamping.
18 Jul 2011
Toyohashi University of Technology
This conference provides an ‘interdisciplinary-platform’ to enhance mutual understanding between scientists, engineers, policy makers, and experts from a wide spectrum of pure and applied sciences in order to resolve the daunting global issues facing mankind
17 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Materials: Imaging bacterial infections; Geoscience: Earth’s heat flux from radioactive decay; Chemical Biology: Inactivating Ras; Immunology: Assembling the turn-off valve; Chemical Biology: A new channel for Polo delocalization; Climate Change: Conflict of interest in IPCC assessment reports
15 Jul 2011
RIKEN
Sighting a theoretical exotic particle may become possible thanks to recently developed mathematical simulations
15 Jul 2011
RIKEN
Zinc-transporting protein complexes are found unexpectedly to steer the maturation of an essential enzyme
14 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summary of news: Climate science: Explaining Antarctic ozone hole anomalies
13 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Biology: Low-energy approach to fibrillation; Comment: Medical genomics must cover more ethnic groups; Materials science: Electronic ink; Outlook: Alzheimer's disease – prevention rather than cure; Cancer: Selective slaughter and more
12 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers: 16 years of regeneration for the newt lens; A new cellular role for TorsinA
12 Jul 2011
Tokyo University of Science
Collaborative research from the Tokyo University of Science shows potential for bioengineered mature organ replacement as a next generation regenerative therapy.
11 Jul 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is collaborating with Southwest Jiaotong University and Dalian Jiaotung University to study the use of its proprietary Advanced Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor (FBG) Systems for monitoring the structural health and safety of the nation’s fast-expanding High-Speed Rail.
11 Jul 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
Organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and supported by the Government’s Innovation and Technology Commission, the “Forum on Creating Synergy in Innovation and Technology – Shenzhen/Hong Kong Cooperation” was held today (8 July).
10 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Nature: Baked, boiled, mashed…and now sequenced; Immunology: Predicting vaccine efficacy; Neuroscience: D2 autoreceptors are rewarding; Genetics: Variants associated with prostate cancer; Geoscience: Ancient buried landscape beneath the North Atlantic Ocean and more
08 Jul 2011
RIKEN
Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree in a related field of expertise (physical science, medical science, molecular biology, cytobiology, etc.), the experience and achievements stated in our laboratory outline as well as possess team management and research promotion skills. The deadline for application is friday, July 22, 2011 at 17:00(Japan time).
08 Jul 2011
RIKEN
The world’s second X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) recently went online in Japan, hot on the heels of the first, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in the US, which began operating in the hard X-ray region in 2009.
08 Jul 2011
RIKEN
The strong coupling between electrical currents and magnetization in topological insulator materials is surprisingly unaffected by impurities
06 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Planetary science: Saturn’s Great White thunderstorm; Fossils: Vertebrate jaw design locked early; Comment: Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health; Geoscience: Link between Indian/African plate motions and more.
06 Jul 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
A rhodium–iron catalyst helps increase the yield of hydrogen gas in the steam reforming of ethanol
06 Jul 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
By harnessing A*STAR image-recognition technology, a Singaporean start-up company is taking information delivery and marketing to a new dimension.
05 Jul 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Japanese scientists report on a unique ‘ubiquitous element strategy’ to overcome the ‘rare-element crisis’ that was triggered by increasing demand for such elements as lithium, used in batteries, and dysprosium for Ne-Fe-B permanent magnets.
05 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summary of newsworthy paper: Optical switch for quantum computing
05 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Long term exposure to fine airborne particulate matter, such as engine exhaust, may alter neuronal morphology, mood, and impair cognition, according to research in mice published online this week in Molecular Psychiatry.
04 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
The ratio between the second and fourth digits is linked to stretched penile length according to a study published online this week in Asian Journal of Andrology. This finding suggests that digit ratio can predict adult penile size and that the effects of prenatal testosterone may in part explain the differences in adult penile length.
04 Jul 2011
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Synthetic cell membranes invented at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), may improve the way we identify and develop drugs by speeding up and reducing the cost of the drug screening process.
03 Jul 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Geoscience: Warmth projected for subsurface oceans; Medicine: The myelin fix; Geoscience: Metal-rich mud; Generation of dopaminergic neurons from fibroblasts
01 Jul 2011
RIKEN
Numerical simulations reveal that deliberately engineering defects into ultrathin oxide films enhances catalytic water-splitting reactions
29 Jun 2011
Nature Publishing Group
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Cancer: Defining new subtypes of ovarian cancer ; Astronomy: Discovery of a distant luminous quasar; Immunology: The Vpx factor for HIV-1 replication; Africa Special: Population pressures; Africa Special: The battle against wheat rust and more
28 Jun 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Researchers from Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and the University of Tokyo and Tohoku University suggested a possibility to control a magnet's behaviour
28 Jun 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Researchers from Institute for Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo and RIKEN (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) have succeeded in the magnetic control of anomalous Hall effect (AHE) induced by spin chirality, which might be a step toward non-volatile memory based on the AHE.
28 Jun 2011
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
Researchers from Tohoku University and Osaka University made a remarkable step toward a next-generation energy-conservation device
Giants in history
Turkish astrophysicist Dilhan Eryurt (29 November 1926 – 13 September 2012) conducted research on how the sun affects environmental conditions on the moon.
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian engineer who was President of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999.
Physicist Narinder Singh Kapany (31 October 1926 – 4 December 2020) pioneered the use of optical fibres to transmit images, and founded several optical technology companies. Born in Punjab, India, he worked at a local optical instruments factory before moving to London for PhD studies at Imperial College. There, he devised a flexible fibrescope to convey images along bundles of glass fibres.
Sir Mokshagundam Srinivasa Shastry Vishveshwarayya (15 September 1860 – 14 April 1962) is widely regarded as India’s most outstanding engineer. In a career that spanned almost his entire life, Vishveshwarayya played a pivotal role in several engineering projects, including designing the Krishnarajasagara dam that is still the source of irrigation and drinking water for parts of Karnataka today.
Fazlur Rahman Khan (3 April 1929 – 27 March 1982) was a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect who invented the tube principle, which formed the basis for modern skyscraper design.
A Japanese surgeon, Tetsuzo Akutsu (20 August 1922 – 9 August 2007) built the first artificial heart capable of keeping an animal alive.
Lin Lanying (7 February 1918 – 4 March 2003) was a Chinese material engineer remembered for her contributions to the field of semiconductor and aerospace materials. Lanying was born into a family who did not believe in educating girls and she was not allowed to go to school.
Gregorio Y. Zara (8 March 1902 – 15 October 1978) was a Filipino engineer and physicist best remembered for inventing the first two-way video telephone. Zara’s video telephone invention enabled the caller and recipient to see each other while conversing, laying the foundation for video-conferencing