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Hokkaido University
03 Oct 2016
A team of researchers has discovered that chemoresistant lung cancer cells suppress immune functions and strengthen resistance to chemotherapy by producing interleukin-34 (IL-34)—a type of cytokine.
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Hokkaido University
30 Sep 2016
Hokkaido University researchers have revealed that key sex-determining genes continue to operate in a mammalian species that lacks the Y chromosome, taking us a step further toward understanding sex differentiation.
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30 Sep 2016
Exploit Technologies Pte. Ltd. and SELECTBIO invite you to join us for the 9th Annual Distinguished Technopreneur Speaker Forum taking place on the 14th October at the Matrix Building, Biopolis, Singapore.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
29 Sep 2016
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) signed Memorandums of Understanding and Agreement on educational and research collaboration with The Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), the national university of Cambodia, on 19 September 2016 (Monday) at the signing ceremony in Cambodia.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
29 Sep 2016
A genome for the blacktail butterflyfish may illustrate how reef fish adapt to challenging conditions in the Red Sea.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
29 Sep 2016
New sensor design paves the way for safer and more effective brain monitoring.
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National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
29 Sep 2016
—Toward the Realization of Deep-Level Bioimaging without Using Toxic Elements or UV Light—
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National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
29 Sep 2016
A research group in Japan successfully developed room temperature multiferroic materials by a layer-by-layer assembly of nanosheet building blocks. Multiferroic materials are expected to play a vital role in the development of next-generation multifunctional electronic devices.
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
29 Sep 2016
Scissor-like structured platform for vibration suppression.
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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
29 Sep 2016
Method and instrument for measuring water absorption and transport properties of fabrics.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
29 Sep 2016
A durable catalyst developed for green biodiesel production from low grade feedstock through one-step catalysis.
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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
29 Sep 2016
A group of researchers from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) has successfully developed an innovation called Putra Blok which sees the construction of houses or buildings without the use of columns or beam structures.
Study on minimalist shoes
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
28 Sep 2016
In a recent study conducted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Harvard Medical School, running in minimalist shoes can increase leg and foot muscle volume, indicating its potential application in rehabilitation programme.
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28 Sep 2016
Now on its fourth year, the Oscar M. Lopez Center for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Foundation, Inc. (OML Center) is pleased to announce its call for proposals for the 2016 Resilience Grants.
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Hokkaido University
27 Sep 2016
A team of researchers has found that traffic noise reduces the foraging efficiency of wild owls by up to 89 percent. The team’s world-first study examined how different levels of such noise affect the hunting efficiency of these nocturnal predators, which employ a keen auditory sense to locate prey in the darkness.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
27 Sep 2016
Today, 46 IAP for Health member academies commit to taking action to address issues of reproducibility in a Statement: ‘A Call to Action to Improve the Reproducibility of Biomedical Research’.
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Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
26 Sep 2016
Dr. Jieun Yang, an alumna of UNIST is part of an international team that has discovered a simple new method for producing large quantities of the promising nanomaterial graphene.
Associate Professor Low Kee Yang
Singapore Management University
26 Sep 2016
When parties outsource duties to independent contractors who then carry out the work negligently, is the hiring party also responsible? Researchers from Singapore Management University believe so.
Okazaki Large Spectrograph in Japan
National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)
26 Sep 2016
An international team including researchers in France and Japan, using the green alga Chlamydomonas as a model, found a switch that triggers the suppression mechanism to prevent runaway photosynthesis. The switch is a blue light photoreceptor protein called phototropin. The research has been published in the September 22 issue of Nature.
Provost Lily Kong
Singapore Management University
26 Sep 2016
Researchers from Singapore Management University, widely regarded as one of the world’s leading social and cultural geographers, study the complexities that surround a society’s religious spaces and practices.
Visiting Professor Michael Macy
Singapore Management University
26 Sep 2016
People are influenced by their family, friends, colleagues and even strangers. This social sway can be measured by science, say researchers from Singapore Management University.
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Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
26 Sep 2016
The work by Prof. Tae-Hyuk Kwon (School of Natural Science) at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea has presented a new cancer treatment that uses red lights to target and kill cancer cells alternatively without surgery.
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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
24 Sep 2016
After the Taliban attempted to assassinate Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani newspapers used common language to describe the attack, which suggests the media has influence in changing social perceptions of the group, according to research published in the Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (JSSH).
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National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
23 Sep 2016
Researchers at Kyoto University have found that molybdenum silicides can improve the efficiency of turbine blades in ultrahigh-temperature combustion systems.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
22 Sep 2016
A biocompatible nanomaterial that can be controlled with light finds a use in gene delivery.
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King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
22 Sep 2016
Antibodies directed against cancer stem cells could help patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
22 Sep 2016
Multi stimuli-responsive nanocapsules selectively deliver drugs to exactly where they are needed.
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
22 Sep 2016
A clever electro-thermal actuator and lever system keeps hard drive recording heads on track.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
22 Sep 2016
TORONTO – Two research products from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) recently won two gold medals and two special accolades at 2016 International Invention Innovation Competition In Canada which was held at the North York Memorial Community Hall, Toronto.
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National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
21 Sep 2016
Fabricating palladium-ruthenium nanoparticles could lead to improved industrial processes.