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Waseda University
11 Sep 2010
Being a biologist who likes bugs, the thing that brought me to write an essay on evolutionary biology was that I thought the “sociobiology,” the theory of evolution that pushed Neo-Darwinism to extremes, was a sham - by Prof. Kiyohiko Ikeda.
Waseda University
11 Sep 2010
Prof. Okauchi reflects on an international meeting in Cairo, Egypt concerning the “Return and Protection of Cultural Property”. A total of 21 countries participated in a discussion which pressed for the return of such famous antiquities as the bust of Queen Nefertiti and the Rosetta Stone.
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RIKEN
10 Sep 2010
The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) is one of Europe’s most important scientific gatherings. The 2010 forum was held in Torino, Italy, the third in the biennial ESOF series.
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RIKEN
10 Sep 2010
The ability to observe individual proteins as they react and combine provides remarkable insights into the complex world of cell signaling
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RIKEN
10 Sep 2010
Two regulators of protein filament assembly use dramatically different—and competing—methods to inhibit a common target
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RIKEN
10 Sep 2010
Chemical-genomic profiling of bioactive therapeutic compounds reveals therapeutically exploitable signaling activity at fungal cell membranes
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RIKEN
09 Sep 2010
Press Release - Reported in PLoS Computational Biology, the findings offer fundamental insights relevant to a wide range of biological, physical and technical systems.
Waseda University
09 Sep 2010
Language change involves changes in power relationships, and groups whose vested interest of the language they have used up to the present is threatened would attempt to reject it completely, because language skill cannot be easily acquired or replaced, and it represents people’s identity.
Waseda University
09 Sep 2010
Shanghai has achieved significant growth over the last twenty years and it is now the richest region in China. It is quite fitting that the Expo, an engine for further economic development, be held in Shanghai.
Waseda University
09 Sep 2010
The sight of the newborn state of East Timor, together with Indonesia leading the way for the democratization of Southeast Asia reflects a bizarre twist of fate.
Waseda University
09 Sep 2010
As a backdrop to these times, I think the key to the welfare state getting past the barriers to realize minimal state (re)distribution and free equality is destined to be found in Basic Income.
Waseda University
09 Sep 2010
A supermarket is a veritable battleground, where consumers who have a strong desire to seek out quality food face a daunting array of products to choose from.
Waseda University
09 Sep 2010
With headlines such as "the shock of E-books", "the truth about electronic books", "Amazon's true character" and "The yin and yang of E-books," expectations and concerns about E-books have been a dominant theme in business magazines during 2010.
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
09 Sep 2010
HONH KONG, 9 September - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has made a great leap forward in the latest “QS World University Ranking”. This year the University has jumped by 29 places and is now ranked in the 166th place in the league table, as compared to 195th place in 2009.
Nature Publishing Group
08 Sep 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: The hunchback of Las Hoyas; Patchwork science; Boosting the cell’s recycling centre; A global Younger Dryas?; Dead giveaways
Nature Publishing Group
08 Sep 2010
The chemical structure of the melanoma-shrinking drug PLX4032 is revealed in a new Nature paper that describes the drug’s discovery, development and functioning.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
08 Sep 2010
TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, based in Trieste, Italy (www.twas.org) , and the International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC, istic-unesco.org), based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, announce the recipients of the first 'ISTIC-TWAS Entrepreneurship Awards'.
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
07 Sep 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) today (7 September) showcased its capabilities in the area of space research.
Nature Publishing Group
07 Sep 2010
Encouraging the obese to lose weight may not always be beneficial for their wellbeing reports a paper published online in the International Journal of Obesity.
Nature Publishing Group
05 Sep 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: I Optical ‘black box’ regeneration; Cool forests in long-term heatwaves; Perturbing parasitic plants
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RIKEN
03 Sep 2010
Advances in molecular imaging reveal startling insights into the workings of the brain and could make it possible to diagnose migraine definitively for the first time
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RIKEN
03 Sep 2010
A network of filamentary conducting paths is behind the transition between insulating and conducting states in complex oxides
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RIKEN
03 Sep 2010
A subset of immune cells remain ideally positioned to respond quickly to the reappearance of previously encountered pathogens
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RIKEN
03 Sep 2010
Understanding of blood cell lineages advances with the discovery of a transcription factor crucial to T cell differentiation
Nature Publishing Group
01 Sep 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Hot water around a carbon star; Clouds on the horizon for China's crops; HapMap 3 is here; Questionable stewardship; The life and works of charitable bacteria; A high-performance graphene transistor; Collective motion in a simple model system
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
31 Aug 2010
The Kenya Medical Research Institute has launched a tool aimed at predicting malaria outbreaks in any area of East Africa two to three months before they occur.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
31 Aug 2010
The IDRC-supported Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative launched a new tool last month that provides new ways of understanding poverty around the world.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
31 Aug 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will assist in rthe setting up of the Albukhary International University (AIU), the only private university set up specifically to help the underprivileged obtain access to higher education.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
31 Aug 2010
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) became the first Institution of Higher Learning (IPT) in the country to be recognized as a Certified Training Provider of Open Source Software when the Advanced Medical and Dental Institute (AMDI), USM received its appointment from the Malaysia Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) today.
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
31 Aug 2010
Realising the importance of preserving the balance of nature, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), through the Advancement and Alumni Relations Office, USM with the cooperation of CIMB Foundation dan Bioremediation Sdn. Bhd have taken the initiative to clean up the Harapan Lake in USM by using mudballs.