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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
20 Nov 2008
Nurses on the front lines against AIDS, Countries unite to battle bird flu, mines of information, Tobacco and taxes: A winning strategy, Deadly delays and other health inequalities
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
20 Nov 2008
M.J. Akbar on the "Arc of Turbulence", Pratap Bhanu Mehta on India's Great Transformation, Alka Acharya on India-China relations and Rajeev Bhargava on Multiple Conceptions of Secularism
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2008
The application ‘Google Flu Trends’, launched last week, attracted a great deal of attention and the research behind the tool is published online in Nature today.
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Mixed-up waters influence greenhouse gases, Possible signature of dark matter annihilation?, A role for Rhesus factors, Stripy nanowires fine-tuned, Inflammatory mutation found in liver cancer and Lava dome soufflé
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2008
After thousands of years of extinction, the woolly mammoth has its DNA decoded this week in Nature. The study marks the first report of nuclear genome sequencing for an extinct animal. Also, this week’s features celebrate the anniversary of Darwin’s Origin of Species.
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2008
In Nature China this week - Researchers in China have found two supporting factors that make the production of human-induced pluripotent stem cells much more efficient and more.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
19 Nov 2008
In a press conference on Thursday, 20 November, Prof. Darah Ibrahim from Universiti Sains Malaysia a new chemical free paper recycling technology which uses sugar cane and palm oil waste to absorb ink from the paper to be recycled.
Keio University
19 Nov 2008
Keio SFC Jr. & Sr. High School, the newest secondary school affiliated with Keio University, is urgently seeking applicants for a part-time teaching position(s) from April, 2009.
Keio University
19 Nov 2008
In the main venue of Hiyoshi Campus, about 8,300 people including guests, students, graduates, students' parents and faculty and staff gathered, as well as about 3,100 people in Mita Campus, about 600 in Shonan Fujisawa Campus and about 500 people in the Osaka venue (Dojima River Forum), all to celebrate the 150th anniversary.
Nature Publishing Group
16 Nov 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Black carbon in soils affects terrestrial carbon dioxide release, Fruitfly Y chromosome well endowed, New chiral catalyst, Fast flow in Antarctic outlet glacier during drainage of subglacial lakes, Peptide recycling and ‘Killer’ cells recruit ‘foot soldiers’
Nature Publishing Group
16 Nov 2008
To avoid unpredictable pharmacological responses among adolescents, this population should be more actively recruited into clinical trials, according to a new Commentary in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
RIKEN recently sponsored a symposium at the Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe on ‘cell and tissue scale’ research in the life sciences to explore directions for the next generation of study.
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
RIKEN researchers have produced healthy cloned mice from cells taken from bodies frozen for 16 years
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
Terahertz (THz) radiation is currently attracting considerable interest for imaging and sensing applications, because it has the potential to supersede x-rays that are more damaging. A new near-field design for terahertz radiation detection promises high-resolution imaging devices on a chip
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
New scattering data suggests that gluons make only a small contribution to the spin of protons and neutrons
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
New brain images show subconscious learning in action and could be used to monitor language rehabilitation
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
Electrons underpin the functioning of devices used in personal computers, mobile phones, and digital cameras. Chief scientist Kato and members of the laboratory are taking advantage of molecular compounds made mainly of organic materials to create new superconductors and materials for electronic devices.
Nature Publishing Group
13 Nov 2008
In Nature China this week - The abundance of bacteria found in ice and snow deposits from Tibet is strongly linked to climatic changes and more
Nature Publishing Group
13 Nov 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Molecular tug of war predicts tamoxifen response, The shape of things to come?, Recipe for optical qubit control, Catalysis in the spotlight, Feeding back the melody and A slow song
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
13 Nov 2008
The Plants of Krau, Windows on the Forest and Journal of Tropical Forest Science give a comprehensive overview of vascular plants from the Krau Wildlife Reserve, the FRIM research institute and the latest research in tropical forest science.
Waseda University
13 Nov 2008
Movies were invented at the end of the 19th century and were silent up until about the end of the 1920s.
Waseda University
13 Nov 2008
In September 2008, the "dreamlike" LHC (Large Hadron Collider) was finally started after a 14-year construction process directed by high energy physicists. Like a science fiction fantasy, researchers re-created a state of the universe 0.000000000001 of a second after the universe was born.
Nature Publishing Group
09 Nov 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers including Himalaya rising to a monsoonal tune; Monkey vaccine fights off AIDS; Souped-up T cells; Neuronal contribution to risk of multiple sclerosis; Duplicitous role for classic cancer molecule; Risk variants for intracranial aneurysm; Making polymers with a lazy enzyme and Giving petals their colour
RIKEN
07 Nov 2008
Researchers have identified a novel factor—and an unexpected mechanism—for the regulation of epithelial development
RIKEN
07 Nov 2008
Theories on atomic reactions are being tested in collision experiments using a very slow beam of antiprotons
RIKEN
07 Nov 2008
A RIKEN-led team has designed and constructed a high-resolution, computed tomography (CT) system that can visualize the motion and deformation of the heart, coronary arteries and small airways of live rats and mice, the animals most often used as models for human disease.
RIKEN
07 Nov 2008
Japanese plant biologists have provided the first molecular evidence that when plants are in combat with environmental stressors they are less able to battle invading pathogens.
RIKEN
07 Nov 2008
Electrical oscillations in one part of the brain suggest that it may interact with another to guide body movements
Nature Publishing Group
05 Nov 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Cancer genome sequenced, Whose data is it anyway?, Where to find dark matter, Engineered DNA 'scissors' show promise, Bacteria 'chat' with immune system, Sediment cores prompt icy rethink, Structure of key 'bird flu' protein revealed, Ultrafast optical oscilloscopes, Linking lemmings to climate change
Nature Publishing Group
05 Nov 2008
In Nature China this week - Cathelicidin found in snake venom is one of the most potent antimicrobial peptides discovered so far and more.