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RIKEN
16 Jul 2010
The maturation of inhibitory synapses in the visual cortex is modulated by visual experience
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Asia Research News
16 Jul 2010
Singapore, 16 July - Groundbreaking of A*STAR’s Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC) paves the way for cutting-edge R&D to develop Singapore as a ‘living laboratory’ for smart grid solutions. Four companies, namely, Rolls Royce, Vestas, SP PowerGrid and CEI Contract Manufacturing entered into strategic partnerships with A*STAR today.
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RIKEN
16 Jul 2010
A database released by RIKEN and Keio University researchers has information on over three thousand phosphorylated proteins and phosphorylation sites in rice which opens new doors in the study and engineering of plants.
Nature Publishing Group
14 Jul 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: A massive star is born; Outlook: HIV/AIDS; Understanding deep tremor; Electronic surface states that pass through barriers; The viral genome of faeces
Nature Publishing Group
14 Jul 2010
The discovery of the fossilized remains of a previously unknown primate from Saudi Arabia could bring us one step closer to dating the divergence between hominoids and Old World monkeys. The findings are reported in a paper in this week’s Nature.
Nature Publishing Group
14 Jul 2010
Adolescent male mice are particularly susceptible to cannabis-induced psychosis, reports a study published online this week in Neuropsychopharmacology, indicating that age at exposure and genotype are important factors.
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
14 Jul 2010
The third Biennial Conference of the China-Europa Forum kicked off yesterday (12 July) at the Jockey Club Auditorium of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).
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RIKEN
13 Jul 2010
Tokyo, 13 July - RIKEN scientists have developed a genetically-encoded fluorescent sensor that can act as a direct optical indicator of signaling activity in the living brain.
Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore
12 Jul 2010
Singapore, 9 July 2010 - The Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) announced the winners of Science Chronicles 2010 at an Awards Ceremony held in Fusionopolis on Thursday, 8 July.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
12 Jul 2010
Ottawa, July 12 – The Think Tank Initiative has selected 16 think tanks, or independent policy research institutions, in South Asia to receive a total of US$21 million to strengthen their roles as influential players in national policymaking.
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
12 Jul 2010
Mexico- DDT use was eliminated with no increase in malaria, Guatemala - Chagas disease has been addressed through improvements to house construction, Amazon - Mercury poisoning was halted, by finding alternatives to the slash and burn agriculture, Malawi - Children’s health has been improved by growing legumes instead of corn.
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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
12 Jul 2010
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has opened doors to 5,103 new students through 60 courses offered for the first semester session 2010/2011 on the 3rd and 4th of July, just recently.
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
12 Jul 2010
Partners in Health (PIH), Canada’s IDRC and the I-TECH program (University of Washington), is working with the Haitian Ministry of Health to support the strengthening of Electronic Medical Records interoperability in Haiti.
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
12 Jul 2010
Canada’s International Development Research Centre will collaborate with the Next Einstein Initiative as part of a $20 million investment by the Government of Canada in building science and technology capacity in Africa.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
12 Jul 2010
OPINION: Recently, I made a presentation entitled Reinventing Science at the Academy of Sciences Malaysia Inaugural Lectures.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
12 Jul 2010
OPINION: World Environment Day, which is celebrated every June 5, took the theme Biodiversity -- Ecosystems Management and the Green Economy this year.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
12 Jul 2010
OPINION: In a May 30 interview on a weekly public affairs show hosted by journalist and author Fareed Zakaria on CNN, Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates mentioned the need "to reorder the priorities of the innovation system" in making changes in the health­care sector.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
12 Jul 2010
OPINION: It was immensely satisfying to listen to Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad speak on a subject as tricky as "technology-based innovation"...
Universiti Sains Malaysia
12 Jul 2010
A total of 952 new students for the 2010/2011 Intake will attend the First Phase of the Universiti Sains Malaysia Pimpin Siswa Programme from 9-11 July 2010.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
12 Jul 2010
Students’ achievement in co-curricular activities is important although in terms of weightage for university admission, it only contributes 10% compared to the 90 % for academic achievement.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
12 Jul 2010
The registration of new students at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) for the 2010/2011 Academic Session ran smoothly and witnessed more than 4000 students registering themselves at the three USM campuses.
Nature Publishing Group
11 Jul 2010
Tropical cyclones obey the law; Evolutionary genomics: Chicken surprise; Sea-level patterns in the Indian
Ocean; A successful pathogen; Seeing uranium nitride in a new light; GPCR
assemblies in view
RIKEN
09 Jul 2010
A large-scale genetic screen reveals a factor that makes rheumatoid arthritis patients’ joints vulnerable to immune attack
RIKEN
09 Jul 2010
A large-scale genetic screen reveals a factor that makes rheumatoid arthritis patients’ joints vulnerable to immune attack
RIKEN
09 Jul 2010
Sheets of cells stick together by monitoring and responding to the pull of their neighbors
Nature Publishing Group
07 Jul 2010
Newly discovered artefacts and fossils found in a UK river deposit indicate that early humans were living in northern Europe more than 780,000 years ago.
Nature Publishing Group
07 Jul 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Goodall on securing chimpanzees’ future; Why we should worry about future oil spills; Anatomy of a powerful microquasar; Gathering dust; A bright future for entangled photons
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
05 Jul 2010
Rethinking land management techniques to mitigate the effects of weather-related disasters
Prince of Songkla University
05 Jul 2010
Memorandum of Agreement signed on Thursday, April 29, 2010.
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Prince of Songkla University
05 Jul 2010
Developing educational quality of Thailand and Russia.