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Nature Publishing Group
07 Sep 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Genetics: Enzyme associated with vitamin B12 levels and Immunology: Coping with immune cell death
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
04 Sep 2008
This paper focuses on the adaptation strategies of developing countries and the possible adaptation options available for Southeast Asia.
Nature Publishing Group
04 Sep 2008
The research establishes the power of The Cancer Genome Atlas project and shows that it has the potential to expand rapidly our knowledge of the genetic alterations involved in cancers.
Nature Publishing Group
04 Sep 2008
China's national treatment program has significantly reduced the mortality rate of HIV-infected blood donors through the use of 'cocktail' drugs
Waseda University
04 Sep 2008
The word “kanikosen” (crab-fishing and canning boat) has recently been making the headlines in the Japanese media. First published by Takiji Kobayashi in 1929, “Kanikose” is a representative work of proletarian literature.
Nature Publishing Group
03 Sep 2008
From a small set of servers under a single desk to a global network of dedicated data centres processing information by the petabyte, Nature celebrates the 10 year anniversary of Google with a special issue. A collection of news features, essays and commentary articles examines how ‘big data’ is transforming science.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
03 Sep 2008
The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of PolyU will stage the "Washed Out" denim exhibition at the Fashion Space Gallery of London College of Fashion from 8 to 19 September 2008.
Waseda University
03 Sep 2008
The Beijing Olympic Games attracted the world's attention even before it had started. One of the incidents symbolizing this was the protest against the Olympic Torch Relay.
University of the Philippines Diliman
02 Sep 2008
A study of the life of peasants in three farming villages in Central Luzon, Philippines reveals factors behind the persistence of peasantry despite interventions and modernization.
University of the Philippines Diliman
02 Sep 2008
A research project called the Development of Inter-disciplinary Signal Processing for Pinoy (ISIP) Program: Filipino Vowels and Emotions (FIVE) aims to standardize the Filipino language, provide solutions to vowel migrations during musical performances, and develop an emotion recognition system for call centers through modern technology.
Nature Publishing Group
31 Aug 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Geoscience: Rapid ancient sea level rise, Neuroscience: Why the brain makes new nerve cells, Nature: Telomerase structure revealed and Nature: Genetics of geography
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
29 Aug 2008
The greatest challenge in paper recycling is removal of polymeric ink and coating; and the most difficult paper is mixed office wastepaper. Traditional deinking processes involve large quantities of chemicals which are expensive and unfriendly to the environment. A better alternative would be a technology that involves biological intervention.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
27 Aug 2008
A triaxial apparatus set-up is common in most geotechnical laboratories. This research describes the innovation and improvement that can be carried out for a long-term triaxial filtration compatibility test.
Nature Publishing Group
27 Aug 2008
Hearing: Encouraging hair growth, Dark secrets of Milky Way’s satellite galaxies, Viruses affect the carbon cycle, Reprogramming without pluripotency, Unravelling current coils in the Earth’s geodynamo, Altered states, Rethinking Hedgehog signalling, Quantum boost, BDNF and chromatin remodelling and Kids learn to share by age 7–8
Nature Publishing Group
27 Aug 2008
In Nature China this week - Biosensors: Infiltrate to enhance, Metabolic syndrome: Nonpeptide peps up therapy, Mouse pheromones: Secret seducers, Gene expression: Cluster spotting and Graphene: Thickness detector
Nature Publishing Group
24 Aug 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Quantifying the Arctic carbon pool, Exploitative tricks of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, Domino drug action, Stem cells classified, Glaciers and river nutrients and A jolt to plume models?
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
21 Aug 2008
The latest newsletter from the EEPSEA is now available for download.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
21 Aug 2008
SciDev.Net is pleased to announce that Shiow Chin Tan, a Malaysian journalist, is the recipient of the second 'IDRC–SciDev.Net Science Journalism Award'.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
21 Aug 2008
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s Veterinary Laboratory Services Unit (VLSU) is the first academic Faculty in Malaysia to be granted accreditation certification of the Malaysian Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAMM)
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
21 Aug 2008
The gathering of 611 dogs at UPM Expo Hill in Dogathon 2008 hosted by UPM Faculty of Veterinary Medicine’s Zoological Club has succeeded in being acknowledged in the Malaysia Book of Records as the “Biggest Dog Gathering in Malaysia” last August 10
Universiti Sains Malaysia
21 Aug 2008
Using recycled oil palm as fuel and solar energy to operate its electrical system, the bus went on display at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in conjunction with the "1st Regional Conference on Sustainable Development: Local Solutions For Global Problems".
Nature Publishing Group
20 Aug 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Imaging of filaments from a giant galaxy, Oxidation strikes gold, Bacteria sacrifice themselves for the greater good, Ice clouds in the martian atmosphere, A potentially dangerous molecule on the loose and What a tangled web
Nature Publishing Group
20 Aug 2008
In Nature China this week - Researchers in China have identified a genetic locus that is important for regulating hybrid sterility and more
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
20 Aug 2008
The latest issue of Journal of Tropical Forest Science from the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia is now available
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
20 Aug 2008
This research is part of an on-going effort to produce strong foundation on soft soils using concrete as the base. The main objective is to produce lightweight concrete with adequate strength. The study here applied foaming agent to produce concrete that are lightweight.
Waseda University
19 Aug 2008
In spite of tighter security than ever before in the Olympic Games history, large-scaled civil riots and repeated terrorist bombings have occurred here and there in China. This report describes why so many civil protests and riots occur even when the Olympic Games as a symbol of national solidarity is just around the corner.
Waseda University
19 Aug 2008
Now, on the opposite side of the globe to Japan and quite far away from it, the largest Japanese community in the world is coming into the spotlight. It is a Japanese community of more than 1.5 million in Brazil whose seasons are opposite from those in Japan.
Nature Publishing Group
17 Aug 2008
Antibodies isolated from survivors of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus can protect mice from lethal infection. Summaries of newsworthy papers include New susceptibility gene for type 2 diabetes, Ion channels implicated in bipolar disorder and Cancer taking the Myc
Nature Publishing Group
14 Aug 2008
Several common moisturizing creams can increase the formation of non-melanoma skin tumors when applied to UV-radiation treated mice, according to research published online this week in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
Nature Publishing Group
13 Aug 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Practical cloaking devices, Biofuels: A genomic approach, Key receptor identified for HCMV infection, A two-faced drug, A trick to conjure with, Solid at the core, Changing cycles and Spooky speed limit