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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
18 Mar 2011
Providing clean water for everyone is a global concern. But nowhere is this more challenging than in developing countries where one in five people has no access to safe drinking water.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
18 Mar 2011
Africa is on the move. Populations are growing, economies are improving – and conflict is declining. Can all this be connected?
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
18 Mar 2011
Last August, 18 families from the community of San Lucas, located northwest of El Salvador’s capital, celebrated their first harvest of indigo under fair and sustainable conditions.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
17 Mar 2011
Science Without Borders was the theme of this year’s annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Held in Washington, the meeting provided an opportunity for IDRC to showcase some of the research it supports and to engage with renowned leaders in scientific research.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
17 Mar 2011
A recent visit to Malawi and Rwanda by IDRC President David Malone provided an opportunity to further strengthen ties between IDRC and East African institutions and to see some of the region’s IDRC-supported research in action.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
17 Mar 2011
IDRC’s Federico Burone testified before Canada’s Standing Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade in early February about the essential role of research in Brazil’s economic and political development.
Nature Publishing Group
17 Mar 2011
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Climate science: Carbon cycle changes during global warming; Physics: Towards a silicon quantum memory; Physics: Stripes and the hour-glass magnetic spectrum in high-Tc superconductors; Earth science: Quartz control in continental deformation; And finally… Should I stay or should I go and forage?
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
16 Mar 2011
Leading international experts on healthcare communication are meeting in Hong Kong to examine ways of improving communication between doctors and patients, particularly in hospitals.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
16 Mar 2011
It is hoped that the Hamzah Sendut Library (PHS) Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will be a unique repository and centre for dissemination of knowledge, second to none in Malaysia.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
16 Mar 2011
On Friday 18 March, Professor C. H. Woo will give a seminar on 'The Fukushima Nuclear Mishap' at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Waseda University
16 Mar 2011
Professor Tadashi Otsuka charts the nascent field of environmental law in Japan.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
16 Mar 2011
Now, a few days after the Great Tohoku Earthquake that occurred off the North East Coast of Honshu Island, Japan, the damage estimates are emerging. The effectiveness of the warning systems in place and the lessons to learn from the disaster can begin to be seen.
A*STAR I2R
16 Mar 2011
Singapore, 16 March 2011 – The China Wireless Personal Area Network (CWPAN) standards meeting, that has traditionally been held within China for the past five years, will be held in Singapore for the first time.
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
15 Mar 2011
The Foresight Institute in the United States recently announced the award of the Feynman Prize for 2010 to Dr. Masakazu Aono, Director-General of International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS).
RIKEN
15 Mar 2011
Dr. Hideki Hirayama has won an Achievement Award in the 43rd Ichimura Science Awards for his work on the development of high-quality AlGaN-based semiconductor crystals and advanced research on deep-UV LEDs. Dr. Hirayama is the leader of the Terahertz Quantum Device Team at RIKEN Advanced Science Insitute (ASI).
RIKEN
15 Mar 2011
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are highly regarded for their ability to give rise to the full range of cellular lineages found in the adult body, but left to their own devices ESCs tend to differentiate into neural lineages. Researchers from RIKEN have revealed how the nuclear protein Zfp521 is key to the default neural fate.
RIKEN
15 Mar 2011
Computational search algorithms take the guesswork out of understanding complex, multi-molecule transformations
RIKEN
14 Mar 2011
A common industrial magnet exhibits rare and potentially useful qualities when its composition is slightly altered
RIKEN
14 Mar 2011
Two genes that affect Caucasians and a variant of the inflammatory gene interleukin-6 affect the abundance of a marker of systemic inflammation in the Japanese
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
14 Mar 2011
Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries.
Nature Publishing Group
13 Mar 2011
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Drought worsens dilemma for African maize
Nature Publishing Group
13 Mar 2011
Summaries of newsworthy papers- Methods: A wearable PET scanner; Medicine: Understanding resistance to therapy in cancer; Geoscience: Progressive continental breakup in Ethiopia; Genetics: Exome sequencing acute monocytic leukemia
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
12 Mar 2011
First reports indicate that the early warning systems worked and the years of training citizens to respond appropriately yielded results. Yet the losses of life in Sendai, the city most affected by the local tsunami, indicate that more can be done.
Asia Research News
11 Mar 2011
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RIKEN
10 Mar 2011
Researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have identified a novel transcription factor controlling how plants dedifferentiate cells in response to wounding.
Nature Publishing Group
09 Mar 2011
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Comment: Vaccinate for the next H2N2 pandemic now; Palaeoclimate: El Niño variability in the Pliocene warm period; Neuroscience: Making sense of function and connection; Physics: The strongly coupled beat of a quantum drum; And finally… How the penis lost its spines
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
09 Mar 2011
Enables Smaller, Faster, Lighter and More Thermally-efficient Multi-chip Modules for High Performance Wireless Applications
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
09 Mar 2011
Singapore, 9 March 2011 - Global experts in nanoformulation will be gathering in Singapore for the first time to exchange ideas and foster collaborations with international partners in NanoFormulation2011, the 2nd of three international events organised under an EU-funded programme called InForm (Integrating Nanomaterials in Formulations).
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
09 Mar 2011
The Department of Computing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has organized a Hong Kong Air Cargo Exchange 2011 in collaboration with DHL Global Forwarding, Hongkong Association of Freight Forwarding And logistics (HAFFA), and Hong Kong R&D Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies (LSCM).
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
09 Mar 2011
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) will present its "Outstanding Alumni Award" to seven alumni in recognition of their remarkable professional achievements and contributions to their alma mater and the community. The award presentation ceremony will be held on 19 April.