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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
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.
Prince of Songkla University
05 Jul 2010
Developing educational quality of Thailand and Russia.
Nature Publishing Group
04 Jul 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Moon’s mantle exposed in craters
RIKEN
02 Jul 2010
Interference patterns made by wave-like electrons reveal that tiny atomic magnets are critical to iron-based superconductors
RIKEN
02 Jul 2010
The discovery that secreted protein Ecrg4 slows neural precursor cell division during aging could point the way to treatments for age-related diseases
RIKEN
02 Jul 2010
Single water molecules can now be sliced into different atomic components, thanks to the electronic properties of ultrathin oxide films
RIKEN
01 Jul 2010
Tokyo, 1 July - A research team in Japan has linked a developmental checkpoint in the differentiation of hematopoietic progenitors into specific T cell lineages to the activity of a single gene encoding a transcription factor. Reported in Science this week, the discovery lends support to a new model for the development of blood cells lineages.
Nature Publishing Group
30 Jun 2010
Supernova diversity explained by asymmetric explosions; Big potatoes the organic way; The roots of multicellular life; Efficient conservation of our futures; Genetic basis for balding disease; First feats of an ultra-intense X-ray laser; The genetics of new species; Add nitrogen to get the opposite effect; Beware mice with ‘come to bed’ eyes
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
30 Jun 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has made a head start in Medical Biometrics researches, with the development of several state-of-the-art authentication and medical diagnosis tools based on the concept of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
The Asian Institute of Technology
28 Jun 2010
A recent study by Thai Research Fund (TRF) on the research output of Thai universities confirms that Thailand-based Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) excels in all engineering subject areas that it offers.
Nature Publishing Group
28 Jun 2010
Plant biodiversity can be maintained by a process of negative feedback between tropical trees and soil-dwelling organisms, a Nature study suggests.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
28 Jun 2010
The Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has written to us expressing views on the matter of IDRC Board Chairman Barbara McDougall’s overlapping membership on the Board of Imperial Tobacco Canada (ITC), which came to an end in March 2010.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
28 Jun 2010
Indigenous people in western Kenya have relied on the mystical abilities of the Nganyi rainmakers to predict the weather for generations.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
28 Jun 2010
Pakistan has achieved some economic success – mainly in agriculture and industry – despite recurring political instability since the country’s independence in 1947.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
28 Jun 2010
The Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Dato’ Muhyiddin Yassin said that further investigations regarding the issue of members of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) recruiting local teenagers and university students will be handled fully by the police. He said that he has been given to understand that a special meeting to discuss this matter will be held soon.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
28 Jun 2010
PENANG, 12 June – The 29th edition of the Royal Commissioning of the Cadet Officers of the Reserve Officers Training Unit (Palapes) in Public Institutions of Higher Learning which was held in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) recently was described as the best so far.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
28 Jun 2010
he Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) contingent has been urged to turn the spirit of kinship among the campus community into a major weapon of strength in the 35th Malaysian Universities Staff Games (SUKUM) which will commence on 17 June 2010.
Prince of Songkla University
28 Jun 2010
“Prince of Songkla University” was granted a petty patent for a biodiesel test process using only a microwave oven as the main equipment, making it economical in terms of money and time (only 15 minutes for the result to come out).
Prince of Songkla University
28 Jun 2010
Dr. C. Swennen, Mr. Somsak Buatip and the Local Learning Network of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Prince of Songkla University, Pattani Campus have discovered the world’s latest sea slug.
Prince of Songkla University
28 Jun 2010
Prof. Dr. Saowapa Angsupanich and a research team from the Department of Aquatic Science, Faculty of Natural Resources have found 2 new species of amphipod or shrimp-like animal in Songkhla Lake soil sediment.
Nature Publishing Group
27 Jun 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Carbon storage for long-term climate control; Ore deposits from magma mixing; Fighting infection with MAITs
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
26 Jun 2010
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) showcased an array of innovations which range from stem cell research to energy-saving device and RFID technology. These breakthroughs have impressed overseas audience at the 38th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in Switzerland.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
26 Jun 2010
Rome, Italy, 24 June. The Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome) announces today that TWAS has received the prestigious international Antonio Feltrinelli Prize for helping to build scientific capacity in the developing world.
Waseda University
26 Jun 2010
On May 28, 2010, a symposium and panel discussion commemorating the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty was hosted by the US-Japan Research Institute, a US-registered NPO (The Chair: Katsuhiko Shirai, President, Waseda University) co-founded in Washington, D.C. by Waseda University and so on.
Waseda University
26 Jun 2010
The family change that Japanese aimed for was a change from the traditional family system before the war to a democratic, modern family after the war, modeled on the American family—called a nuclear family.
Waseda University
26 Jun 2010
OPINION - It was last autumn that I got interested in that vehicle. One day, I suddenly developed a symptom that was beyond my receptive threshold, just like hay fever.