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RIKEN
13 Nov 2009
Visualization of stress in the cell’s protein factory, the endoplasmic reticulum, may lead to new treatments for many debilitating diseases
RIKEN
13 Nov 2009
Experiments simulating zero-gravity conditions reveal developmental difficulties arising from mammalian reproduction in space
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
13 Nov 2009
Ramesh Nair of the Academy of Language Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia proposed that language should be accorded greater attention in the evaluation of gender construction in children’s literature or in any other literary texts produced for children.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
13 Nov 2009
Researchers of UiTM have invented a method to obstruct gas flow in the 2-furnace CVD system to synthesize ZnO nanowires.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
13 Nov 2009
Ibrahim bin Mohamed of the Faculty of Information Technology and Quantitative Sciences, UiTM, Malaysia researched to detect Outliers in Bilinear Time Series Model.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11 Nov 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) came out tops at the 2009 National Open Source Software Case Study Awards. USM also took second place at the 24-Hour Open Source Software Development Contest which was held in conjunction with the Malaysian Government Open Source Software Conference (MyGOSSCON) 2009
Nature Publishing Group
11 Nov 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Astronomy: Planetary clue to Sun’s depleted lithium. Cancer: Notch takes a knocking, Early Earth: Nice and cool, Chemistry: Snapshot reaction, Geology: Measuring melt migration in a model mantle and Neurons turn a blind eye
RIKEN
11 Nov 2009
Press Release - A key mechanism involved in immune surveillance in the intestinal system is described by a team of researchers at RIKEN and Yokohama City University. Their research will appear in Nature on 12 November and could provide new targets for oral vaccines for infectious diseases and allergies.
Waseda University
11 Nov 2009
Special Talk by George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States of America at Waseda University.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
11 Nov 2009
Seventeen UiTM students and lecturers have won awards at Die Internationale Fachmesse Ideen-Erfindungen-Neuheiten (International Trade Fair on Ideas, Inventions and Innovations; iENA) 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany, which just ended Sunday.
Nature Publishing Group
11 Nov 2009
In Nature China this week - Researchers in Beijing have identified a negative regulator of mitochondrial antiviral signalling, an adaptor protein in the RIG-I antiviral pathway
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
10 Nov 2009
This Initiative will support the formation of multinational teams from Canada and from low and middle income countries, who will develop networks and programs of research.
Asia Research News
09 Nov 2009
Press Release - IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, today announced that it has expanded its Asia Pacific presence with new centers in both China and Australia.
RIKEN
09 Nov 2009
Press Release - In a paper to appear in Nature Neuroscience, researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute challenge conventional thinking on neuron function and shed light on the mechanisms governing self-initiated voluntary movement.
Nature Publishing Group
08 Nov 2009
Variants associated with hearing loss in children receiving chemotherapy medication; The long shadows of adversity; Low-level seismicity in Southern California; Smoking and autoimmunity affect rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility; Arthritis is spreading; A deletion is associated with neurodevelopmental problems and more
Nature Publishing Group
06 Nov 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Earthquakes: Long aftershock sequences, Astronomy: A neutron star cloaked in carbon, Evolution: Hedge your bets, Physics: Strong glasses from soft colloids, Immunology: Keeping watch on sentinel proteins, Physics: Peering inside a quantum gas and Nature celebrates a birthday
RIKEN
06 Nov 2009
A new preparation method promises to bring a challenging but clinically important subset of proteins within easier reach of scientists
RIKEN
06 Nov 2009
The daily rhythm of mammals is maintained by a key molecular process that is unaffected by changes in ambient temperature
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
06 Nov 2009
FRIM researcher, Dr Kevin Ng Kit Siong, received the Japan International Award 2009 for Young Agricultural Researchers at University of Tokyo, Japan on 4 November 2009.
Waseda University
06 Nov 2009
New Scholarship Program Established with Ting Hsin International Group
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
06 Nov 2009
BROMELEY PHILIP of UiTM Sarawak won the best PhD thesis of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. He invented a metacognitive strategy instruction model for teaching academic reading in universities that he called SMMSI.
Waseda University
06 Nov 2009
This time, I would like to reflect on the significance of modern literary study by focusing on the appeal of Crime and Punishment, which was written nearly 150 years ago.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
06 Nov 2009
Malaysian researchers have produced bio-solid compost, a fertilizer, developed from sewage sludge.
Waseda University
06 Nov 2009
Since high school, I was a precocious student who studied very keenly the subjects I was interested in, but felt that school lessons were too easy, and boring. I read piles of books, thinking to myself, “I want to be a writer,” and studied German passionately.
Asia Research News
04 Nov 2009
Press Release - Greenhouse gas emissions due to the loss of peatsoils have rapidly increased in Southeast Asia in the last twenty years and now have reached a magnitude equal to 70% of all fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions. The report is the first ever inventory of peatland carbon emissions per country.
Nature Publishing Group
04 Nov 2009
In Nature China this week - Chinese-speaking dyslexics lack the phonological skills needed to pronounce Chinese characters and the visuospatial skills needed to judge character size
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
04 Nov 2009
Rohaya Md Noor, Faculty of Accountancy, Research Institute and Research Management Institute, University Teknologi MARA has provided new evidence on the pervasiveness of tax planning activities among the publicly-listed Malaysian firms. The study was completed last year.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
02 Nov 2009
Malaysian researchers found three strains of bacteria in petroleum sludge that could be used to quicken the rate of biodegradation .
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
02 Nov 2009
A group of UiTM researchers, Ali Mohamad Noor, Noriza Ishak, Husin Khan, Hamizad Abd Hadi and Ismayaza Noh invented flour from okra.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
02 Nov 2009
Results of a multi-country research project explain why some children in developing countries are not receiving vaccines. The research also shows how targeted, low-cost interventions can increase vaccination rates, at times doubling or tripling the odds of children being vaccinated.