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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
25 Nov 2009
PolyU has scored three number ones in the world in terms of research performance in the disciplines of Civil Engineering, Construction and Building Technology, and Geomatics...
Keio University
25 Nov 2009
Good, Right - What does that mean?
We discuss fundamental issues of Ethics and Social Philosophy both in Japanese and English. In our seminars, we have two seniors, three juniors, and three graduate students.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
25 Nov 2009
PENANG, 20 Nov – Two researchers from the School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) have successfully created an eco-friendly dental bib and a nanotechnology-based dental filling.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
25 Nov 2009
Goh Ying Sung or the Academy of Language Studies and Norlina Mohd Sabri of the Faculty of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, UiTM developed Yipin Courseware to assist the non-Chinese speaking learners to learn Mandarin.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
25 Nov 2009
UiTM students and lecturers won 5 gold medals at EUREKA 2009 in Brussels, Belgium, which ended Saturday.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
23 Nov 2009
Some 100 people attended the public forum where McDougall, IDRC President David Malone, and others fielded questions from the crowd and presented an overview of the Centre’s operations and contributions to the developing world.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
23 Nov 2009
Twenty years ago the HIV/AIDS epidemic was devastating Benin, and the country had few means to combat it. Today, the war against AIDS is still not over, but many battles have been won.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
23 Nov 2009
There is no longer any doubt that the Earth’s climate is changing. While industrialized nations debate action to stem greenhouse gas emissions, an urgent reality still gets too little attention. Billions of the world’s poorest people are already living on the edge, and will need help adapting to climate change.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
23 Nov 2009
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced the reappointment of Ahmed Galal for a second term as an international member of IDRC's Board of Governors.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
23 Nov 2009
The conference, themed “Lessons for Sustainable Development”, was co-organised by Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) and DBKU with the support of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Sarawak Government, International Union of Forest Research Organisation (IUFRO) and Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB).
Waseda University
23 Nov 2009
With its history as a city since the Edo Period, the Tokyo metropolitan Yamanote area on the eastern edge of the Musashino Plateau comprises terrain with plateaus, valleys, and an intricate network of streams and rivers, such as the Kanda River, that erode the plateau.
Waseda University
23 Nov 2009
The mass media cover the issue of Japan Airlines (JAL) reconstruction nearly every day. It would be a mistake to regard this as simply an issue of management at one corporation. It is, in fact, a significant issue which involves airline administration and airport administration, and which also affects transportation policy as a whole.
Nature Publishing Group
22 Nov 2009
Bacterial skin care, Mismatch associated with graft-versus-host-disease, East Antarctic ice loss, High levels of HLA-C associated with slower HIV/AIDS progression, A stroke against stroke, Balancing European emissions, Assessing natural memory and An amplifier for terahertz waves
Universiti Sains Malaysia
20 Nov 2009
PENANG, 19 Nov. – Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) welcomes and supports the government’s initiative to enhance the country’s innovation through the setting up of the National Innovation Centre (MyNIC) which was announced by the Prime Minister, Dato’ Sri Mohd. Najib Tun Abdul Razak at the BioMalaysia 2009 Exhibition last Tuesday.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
20 Nov 2009
The MoU signing ceremony was held in conjunction with the launching of BioMalaysia 2009 from 17-19 November 2009 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
RIKEN
20 Nov 2009
On October 9, 2009, the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the RIKEN Center of Research Network for Infectious Diseases (CRNID) held a one-day symposium entitled “Building an Africa-Asia Knowledge Network on Infectious Diseases” at the Marunouchi Building in Tokyo.
RIKEN
20 Nov 2009
Surprising complexity underlies the seemingly simple process of chromosome pair separation during cell division
RIKEN
20 Nov 2009
A fluorescent sensor helps scientists track specific chromosomal modifications that can alter gene activity
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
20 Nov 2009
This research studied the ways human brain responds to its environments to produce software.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
19 Nov 2009
The USM team returned home with seven Gold medals and one Special Award from the International Exhibition Of Ideas, Inventions and Innovation Trade Fair (IENA 2009) at Nuremberg, Germany recently.
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2009
A cross-sectional survey shows that Hong Kong people are not keen on large-scale vaccination against swine flu unless it is free
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2009
A novel vaccine can provide protection against swine flu for the majority of people between 12 and 60 years of age
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
19 Nov 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) emerged first and second runner up in the National Writing Case Competition that carries the theme, Case Writing in Action : Dynamics Of Case Method.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
19 Nov 2009
Dr. Sharom Mahmud, 46, a Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) lecturer has successfully invented a varistor that is, a piece of equipment that protects circuits against excessive transient voltages due to lightning or thunder.
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Re-thinking obesity, 150 years on from On the Origin of Species, The global reach of Darwin and Underestimating interglacial temperatures
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2009
The fraction of carbon dioxide emissions that is mopped up by terrestrial and marine sinks has probably decreased over the past 50 years.
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2009
In Nature China this week - A multifunctional protein critically involved in signal transduction also plays an important role in the regulation of blood cell production during early development
Asia Research News
18 Nov 2009
PENANG, 12 Nov – The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) research delegation returned home victoriously with seven Gold medals and one Special Award from the International Exhibition Of Ideas, Inventions and Innovation Trade Fair (IENA 2009) at Nuremberg, Germany recently.
Keio University
18 Nov 2009
With the aim, 'Promote developing excellent medicines, and quickly deliver them to patients all over the world' (ICH mission), we conduct various researches regarding new medicine development.
Keio University
18 Nov 2009
Challenger Series tournament (international men’s tournament) organized by students to be held