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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
23 Nov 2010
New agricultural techniques have helped settle conflicts over land use in Arsaal, Lebanon. In doing so, they’ve improved soils and increased fruit crops.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
23 Nov 2010
The remarkable transition in land use practices and resource management flows from the work of NEPED funded by the government of Nagaland, IDRC, and the Canadian International Development Agency from 1994 to 2006.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
21 Nov 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) today announced the establishment of a Joint Laboratory in Precision Engineering for Space Applications.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
21 Nov 2010
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) academics and students won 2 Special Awards, 5 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals.
Nature Publishing Group
21 Nov 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and NAture Research Journals including Medicine: Identity theft, Structural & Molecular Biology: Switching BRCA1, Genetics: Variants associated with age at menarche, Genetics: Variants associated with Crohn’s disease and Nature: From brain cancer to blood vessel
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
20 Nov 2010
A*STAR’s Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) partners 10 EU research organisations to work on the groundbreaking €10 million ATMOL project that lays the foundation for creating and testing a molecular-sized processor chip.
RIKEN
19 Nov 2010
Bulky molecules help trap boron compounds into a never-before-seen structural arrangement
RIKEN
19 Nov 2010
Evolution has left a protein and nucleic acid molecule with remarkably similar structures, allowing them to undergo modification by closely related enzymes
RIKEN
19 Nov 2010
A new molecular simulation technique developed by researchers at RIKEN and Kyoto University has confirmed for the first time the function of the transporter protein AcrB in E. coli multidrug resistance.
Nature Publishing Group
17 Nov 2010
Physics: Antihydrogen in captivity; Opinion: Time to stop economic growth; Opinion: The end of cheap coal is nigh; Neuroscience: Retrotransposons make their mark; Materials science: Porous silica films with a twist; Physics: A four-fold quantum network; Coming in from the cold
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
17 Nov 2010
An anti-cancer research jointly conducted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School (PKUSZ) has led to the first total synthesis of an anti-cancer marine natural product, grassypeptolide.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
16 Nov 2010
Team from Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) emerges first in Known-item-Search (KIS) task at National Institute and Standards Technology TRECVID Conference 2010
RIKEN
15 Nov 2010
Tokyo, 15 Nov - New findings by researchers at RIKEN and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) have shed light on the remarkable electrochemical response properties of an elusive class of molecular helix structures, charting a new path in the design of molecular machines and devices.
Nature Publishing Group
14 Nov 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Spontaneous repair; Mental retardation linked to new mutations; Futile anti-HIV responses; Measuring cell traction in 3D and Sub-seafloor carbon release off California
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
13 Nov 2010
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 Nov – Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) Austria collaborate in the field of research focusing on natural resources and life sciences.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
13 Nov 2010
SERDANG, 9 Nov - Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) inked a collaboration with Sichuan Zhonghan Solar Power (SZSP) in a research to measure the performance of the three types of photovoltaic systems (PV) and review the suitability of the system to generate electrical energy optimally according to the weather conditions in the country.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
13 Nov 2010
KUALA LUMPUR, 1 NOV: Research collaboration between Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Holista Colltech Limited will see Malaysia supplying 30 metric tons of halal collagen to China. The ovine (sheep) collagen has never been produced by any one else in the world. This would probably make Malaysia a global hub for the production of halal collagen.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
13 Nov 2010
Prof. Asma Haji Ismail, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) is one of 58 new Fellows in the field of Medicine and Health Sciences who has been appointed to join the ranks of 1000 distinguished scientists in the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World during its October 2010 General Meeting in Hyderabad, India.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
13 Nov 2010
PENANG, 2 NOV: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has forged collaborative ties with Korea through the signing of a Memorandum of understanding with Changwon National University (CNU), in the district of Changwon, South Korea.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
13 Nov 2010
PENANG, 4 NOV: Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) recorded 100% success when they won nine awards at the Bio Malaysia 2010 Exhibition.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
13 Nov 2010
PENANG, 10 Nov – Assoc. Prof. Syed Azhar was named the recipient of the prestigious FAPA Ishidate Award 2010 for Outstanding Educator in the field of Clinical Pharmacy by defeating four other finalists from Japan, Korea, Australia and Thailand in Taiwan recently.
RIKEN
12 Nov 2010
Scientists discover that a protein with an essential role in controlling gene dosage in female cells has been hiding in plain sight
RIKEN
12 Nov 2010
Tolerating the foreign materials in food that mice and humans need hinges on the presence of B7 proteins
RIKEN
12 Nov 2010
A 40-year debate over the mechanism of long-term motor memory storage in the brain has been settled through pioneering research by researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute.
RIKEN
12 Nov 2010
“We hope our partnership in green chemistry and nanotechology will lead to results that will make significant contributions to resolving pressing global issues and pave the way for a sustainable society.” - RIKEN executive director Yoshiharu Doi
Nature Publishing Group
12 Nov 2010
Rethinking schizophrenia; The circuitry of fear; The regeneration game; New model of Rett syndrome; Matters of the mind; An early terrestrial date for oxygenation; Light it up; High-performance transistors by transfer printing and Maggot bodies sense bright light
Toyohashi University of Technology
10 Nov 2010
Toyohashi Tech will hold an international symposium on 15th and 16th November 2010 to celebrate the launch of its Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS). The symposia will be streamed live via the internet.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
09 Nov 2010
This agreement will not only reinforce the existing collaboration between UCL and NIMS in the field of computational materials science, organic nanomaterials and photocatalytic materials, but also envisage new collaboration and exchange of researchers.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
09 Nov 2010
Tokyo, 8 Oct - The Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), India, and the Quantum Beam Center, NIMS, signed a MOU on collaborative research for "the Fabrication and modification of nano-materials by ion beams"
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
09 Nov 2010
This dramatic improvement in thermal agglomeration resistance opens the road to a large reduction in the amount of rare metals used in exhaust gas purification technologies.