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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
27 May 2011
Three students from the Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology (FSKTM), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), were selected to represent UPM at the 2011 Malaysia Imagine Cup competition recently.
RIKEN
27 May 2011
A new video has been uploaded on the official YouTube "RIKEN Channel".
RIKEN
27 May 2011
RIKEN (President Ryoji Noyori) and LEPL-Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University* (TSU, Rector Alexander Kvitashvili) in Georgia signed an agreement on May 10, 2011 to promote research cooperation in the fields of genetics and genomics.
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
27 May 2011
As aircraft and aerospace technology become increasingly complex, advanced maintenance and repair technologies are now more important than ever.
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
27 May 2011
A new algorithm improves the way computers interpret readings of the brain’s electrical signals
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
27 May 2011
Nanopillars significantly boost the power conversion efficiency of thin-film solar cells
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
27 May 2011
Enzymes turn vegetable oils into fuel through a flexible two-step process
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RIKEN
27 May 2011
Identification of a key compound that regulates plant responses to wounding could provide benefits on three fronts
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RIKEN
27 May 2011
Revealing the inner workings of cells takes a step forward using a newly developed Raman microscopy technique
RIKEN
27 May 2011
A new research group, the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC), was established in April 2011 based on the idea that life should be seen as “dynamic biological systems” made up of elements which interact in complex spatiotemporal relationships, and that these systems need to be understood in order to gain a true understanding of life.
Nature Publishing Group
25 May 2011
Summaries of newsworthy papers - News and Comment: The future of vaccines; Planetary science: How Mars had a growth spurt; Biology: Immune response to HIV; Physics: How to measure an electron; Virology: Long-term evolution of swine flu; Neuroscience: Molecular pathology in autism; And finally… They might be Ordovician giants
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
25 May 2011
The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), an institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have announced today their cooperation with TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, on breakthrough projects in micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), packaging and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).
Waseda University
25 May 2011
The Information and Public Relations Section of the Waseda University Office of Information and Public Relations would like to announce the opening of official accounts on the social media (SNS) Facebook and Twitter, as well as on YouTube.
Waseda University
25 May 2011
Masayuki Ishii compares Japanese and Western approaches to aspects of life. Taking in both sports and the arts, he reflects on how different approaches can be equally advantageous in academia.
Waseda University
25 May 2011
7 Research Themes Selected for 3 Mid-/Long-Term Research Projects
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
25 May 2011
Muhammad Azhar Bin Zulkffle and his team at University Teknologi MARA, Perlis, Malaysia, studied the micro and macronutrient content of several maize varieties using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS) to screen the best variety.
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
24 May 2011
IDRC lecture by development expert Todd Moss
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
24 May 2011
Ian Smillie traces his involvement in the struggle to halt conflict diamonds, which have fuelled African wars that cost millions of lives. He describes the campaign in his new book, Blood on the Stone: Greed, Corruption and War in the Global Diamond Trade, co-published by IDRC and Anthem Press.
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
24 May 2011
By STEPHEN DALE Can women who experienced the most brutal impacts of decades-long civil wars in Latin America come to terms with their own pasts while helping to reshape the societies around them?
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
24 May 2011
As more women participate in the workplace, inequality may be increasing, rather than decreasing. Speaking at IDRC’s head office in celebration of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, Dr Shahra Razavi argued that gender inequality is pervasive, and that the lines between the private and public spheres are blurred.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
23 May 2011
The call is now open for the 2011 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize. This year's prize will be given in the field of materials science.
Nature Publishing Group
22 May 2011
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Geoscience: Better earthquake risk maps needed; Chemical Biology: Commodity chemicals by design; Structural & Molecular Biology: Connecting genetics to diseases; Nanotechnology: A superconducting first near absolute zero; Genetics: Risk variant for prostate cancer in African-American men
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
20 May 2011
The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to assist local manufacturing and services companies develop R&D capabilities and foster stronger research collaboration with SIMTech.
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Toyohashi University of Technology
20 May 2011
Toyohashi Tech researcher receives coveted Japanese government award for the invention of unique color filter–glasses. Allowing those with normal color vision to experience colorblindness, the glasses enable understanding of problems arising for people with color vision deficiency.
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RIKEN
20 May 2011
An enzyme helps control the extension of cellular tendrils by regulating the delivery of supplies needed for growth
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RIKEN
20 May 2011
Identification a master regulator of the response of plants to injury sheds light on organ regeneration
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RIKEN
19 May 2011
A new gene expression technique adapted for single molecule sequencing has enabled researchers at the RIKEN Omics Science Center (OSC) to accurately and quantitatively measure gene expression levels using only 100 nanograms of total RNA.
Nature Publishing Group
18 May 2011
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Astronomy: Lonely planets; Cancer: Overcoming treatment-resistant leukaemia; Ecology: Overestimating extinction rates; Climate science: Currents from the deep; Biology: The evolution of proteins; Geophysics: Melting of the Earth’s inner core; And finally… When is a snake not a snake?
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RIKEN
17 May 2011
A new comparative transcriptomic analysis of four vertebrate species conducted by Naoki Irie in RIKEN's Laboratory for Evolutionary Morphology strongly suggests that the 'hourglass model' is the more accurate description of how the vertebrate phylotype manifests.
Waseda University
17 May 2011
Ikuko Toyonaga, Waseda University, writes on the events in Egypt that heralded the beginning of the 'Arab Spring'.