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07 Feb 2018
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Hokkaido University
06 Feb 2018
Multi-omics research (*1) on Thermosulfidibacter (isolated from a hydrothermal field in the Southern Okinawa Trough) has enabled the discovery of possibly the most primordial form of tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle.
Schematic illustration showing chemical desorption is at work in interstellar molecular clouds. Molecules are released from an ice dust surface using excess energy from a chemical reaction.
Hokkaido University
05 Feb 2018
Researchers demonstrate how a gas escapes ice at an extremely cold temperature, providing insight about how stars form in interstellar clouds.
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Qatar University
05 Feb 2018
The study, first of its kind in Qatar, developed a vancomycin population-specific dosing model, which will allow population-specific calculations of vancomycin pharmacokinetic parameters in individual patients in Qatar’s clinical settings, an important tool in vancomycin dosing and therapy.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
05 Feb 2018
A metal-organic framework that can take up twice its weight in water and then release it when humidity falls.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
05 Feb 2018
Innovative diode design uses ultrafast quantum tunneling to harvest infrared energy from the environment.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
05 Feb 2018
Genetic analyses of a desert bacterium show it could help to improve crop production in arid lands.
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Hokkaido University
05 Feb 2018
New research reveals how chronic stress and tiny brain inflammations cause fatal gut failure in a multiple sclerosis mouse model.
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Hokkaido University
03 Feb 2018
A new method could help researchers develop unbiased indicators for assessing complex systems such as population health.
Multiple ant-like transport of neuronal cargo by motor proteins
Tohoku University
02 Feb 2018
Microtubules (roads made of proteins) extend throughout a cell for motor proteins (carriers) to deliver neuronal cargo packed with many kinds of materials required for life activity.
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National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
01 Feb 2018
Developing 2D materials similar to graphene remains a challenge, but chemists are making progress — moving closer to smaller and faster electronics and photonics.
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Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
01 Feb 2018
Skin squames are a source of food for the bacteria found in air-cooling units, which produce odours even in a dust-free air-conditioning system, a research by Hong Kong Baptist University scholars revealed.
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Qatar University
31 Jan 2018
Researchers at Qatar University have provided an immense development in the field of fertilization and assisted reproduction technology by revealing major technical issues in the debate regarding the identity of the “sperm factor”.
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Hokkaido University
31 Jan 2018
A team of researchers from Hokkaido University and Kansai University has developed DNA-assisted molecular robots that autonomously swarm in response to chemical and physical signals, paving the way for developing future nano-machines.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
30 Jan 2018
A method to visualize hidden statistical structure helps make sense of environmental data.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
30 Jan 2018
Ultrathin, rigid silicon segments that are wired through interdigitated metal contacts produce ultraflexible high-performance solar cells.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
30 Jan 2018
A comparison of the genomes of two species of coral demonstrates unexpected genetic diversity.
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Qatar University
30 Jan 2018
Students from Qatar University College of Health Sciences (QU-CPH) Department of Biomedical Sciences, in collaboration with external researchers from Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), innovated a unique approach to understand the underlying mechanism of a special type of leukemic cancer.
Prof Takaaki Kajita
Asia Research News
29 Jan 2018
The new Japanese facility, to be ready by the year’s end, will be Asia’s first detector and the world’s first below ground
Prof Frances Arnold
Asia Research News
29 Jan 2018
Natural evolution has given us opposable thumbs, the ability to walk fully upright and brains that can reason. Now, scientists are poised to revolutionise fields from drug discovery to goods manufacturing by further harnessing evolution’s power in the laboratory.
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Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI)
26 Jan 2018
Researchers in South Korea have developed Aldebaran5, a processor for self-driving cars that provides high computing power as well as safety mechanisms to ensure reliability for automotive applications while exhibiting industry leading power efficiency in a tiny, smaller-than-a-nail-head size.
UNIST research team with world's first stretchable aqueous Li-ion batteries.
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
26 Jan 2018
A team of researchers, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), has succeeded in developing world's first stretchable aqueous Li-ion batteries that may power the next generation of wearable devices.
ATM and ATR Form Separate Synaptic Vesicle Patterns
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
25 Jan 2018
In a recent study, an interdisciplinary team of scientists from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) discovered that two large protein kinases, ATM and ATR, cooperate to help establish the go/stop balance.
Randy Schekman
Asia Research News
25 Jan 2018
People should be able to read scientists’ research papers for free, and governments and universities should evaluate researchers based on the merits on their work, and not by which journals their findings are published in.
Klaus Von Klitzing
Asia Research News
25 Jan 2018
The standard unit for mass will have a new definition before the year is out
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Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
24 Jan 2018
Six startup companies, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have been selected to partake in Prestigious Tech Incubator Program for Startup (TIPS) by the Korean Ministry of SMEs and Startups.
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Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
24 Jan 2018
South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has announced that two of its students have donated their hematopoietic stem cells to help treat patients with incurable diseases.
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University of Malaya
24 Jan 2018
The Colon Cancer Awareness Talk Intervention (CATI) aims to investigate the compliance of taking immunochemical based fecal occult blood test (IFOBT) screening among local community. There is a timely need to destigmatize cancer and have more community engagements on cancer awareness.
Optimizing recycling of scrap car parts yields big savings
Tohoku University
24 Jan 2018
Detailed sorting of scrap car parts could boost recycling rates to over 97%, saving billions spent on new materials and slashing associated greenhouse gas emissions.
Hokkaido University
Hokkaido University
24 Jan 2018
Joint press release by Hitachi, Ltd. and Hokkaido University Hitachi Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Real Time Image Gating Motion Management for its Proton Therapy System