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Universiti Sains Malaysia
09 Apr 2012
SAITAMA, JAPAN, 6 APRIL 2012: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with RIKEN Institute Japan to further strengthen the research initiatives and sharing of technology between the two institutions.
Nature Publishing Group
08 Apr 2012
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Converting human skin cells into neurons more efficiently; Evolution in the oceans; Telling the good from the bad in the gut and Efficient genome-scale genetic engineering in bacteria
Wellcome Trust
05 Apr 2012
Evidence that the most deadly species of malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, is becoming resistant to the front line treatment for malaria on the border of Thailand and Myanmar is reported in The Lancet today. This increases concern that resistance could now spread to India and then Africa. Eliminating malaria might then prove impossible.
National University of Singapore
05 Apr 2012
This conference is jointly organised by the Changing Family in Asia Cluster, Asia Research Institute, the Family, Children and Youth Cluster, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, & Scientific Group on “Marriage Transition in Asia”, Asian Population Association.
DATES: 15-16 NOVEMBER 2012
Nature Publishing Group
04 Apr 2012
Latest news from Nature 04 April 2012
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
04 Apr 2012
Nishioka and Ichikawa, researchers from Japan’s largest steel production company, describe recent developments in TMCP Technology in the latest issue of Science and Technology of Advanced Materials Vol. 13 (2012).
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
03 Apr 2012
Panels always seem to damage during the installation of kitchen cabinets in Malaysian kitchens. The damages are in the form of split holes, loose holes and delamination. Hence Falah Abu and Mansur Ahmad of UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia studied the quality of particleboard panels in 28 Malaysian kitchens.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
03 Apr 2012
An elderly resources centre unveils high-technology home care...
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
03 Apr 2012
On April 1, 2012, MANA enters its second term. This is an accomplishment in which all of us at MANA take great pride, and one that would not be possible without your support over the last four and a half years.
Asia Research News
03 Apr 2012
The March edition of the newsletter from the UK’s Science and Innovation team in Japan is now ready.
Asia Research News
02 Apr 2012
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National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
02 Apr 2012
The University of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) announced on 6th March 2012 that an international research team led by Professor Takao Someya has succeeded in manufacturing the world’s first flexible organic transistor on a polymeric film.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
02 Apr 2012
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) announced that they have developed a current-injection photonic-crystal laser with ultralow power consumption, which can be applicable to both off-chip and on-chip optical data transmission for microprocessors.
Nature Publishing Group
01 Apr 2012
Latest news from Nature and the Nature journals 02 April 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
30 Mar 2012
Young talents from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s School of Design (SD) have shown their creativity and prowess in social innovations.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
In the Osaka mayoral election held on November 27 last year, the former Governor of Osaka Toru Hashimoto won an overwhelming victory over incumbent Kunio Hiramatsu.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
A voice is directed at those nearby and reaches them. That is probably what poems were in the first place. Or else words written on paper. And to reach people, they had to be transcribed again and again. And so printing machines came into being to replace the human hand. And so more time became necessary to get the words to the people.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
Japan was stricken by a triple crisis of mega earthquakes, monster tsunami, and nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
The Great East Japan Earthquake has dramatically altered the way the Japanese economy is seen. For example, the way that housing and real estate values are seen in Japan has changed since 3.11. Location value is what determines the values of homes and real estate.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
Conserving electricity is an absolute necessity due to the power shortage associated with the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
This earthquake and the tsunami claimed the lives of a large number of persons with disabilities.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
About 30 years ago, I drove northward from Sotobo in Chiba along the coastline in Fukushima and Miyagi as far as accessible by road, passing through inland areas in Iwate to Miyako again, and went up north to the Shimokita Peninsula.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
About 30 years ago, I drove northward from Sotobo in Chiba along the coastline in Fukushima and Miyagi as far as accessible by road, passing through inland areas in Iwate to Miyako again, and went up north to the Shimokita Peninsula.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
The accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant caused by the East Japan Great Earthquake Disaster has made it necessary to fundamentally revise the existing nuclear-centric energy policy.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
It will be hot this summer. This is not a prediction that this summer will be as hot as last summer, but it does mean that the temperature will be higher in offices and homes to conserve energy.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
Buildings have service lives. This seems obvious to Japanese, but might be seen as strange by Westerners.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
Every stricken area I saw from the air on March 19 was covered with mud and had turned grey.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
Although the people in the coastal areas there had the highest awareness of tsunamis in the nation, many of them could not run in time from the tsunami that far exceeded their expectations, reaching more than ten meters in height, claiming the lives of many victims, and leaving nothing but piles of rubble.
Waseda University
30 Mar 2012
On May 1st—some 50 days after the Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster—we visited Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture, which was severely affected by tsunamis, to conduct surveys and collect information on the earthquake disaster and the media.