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Nature Publishing Group
27 Feb 2012
Latest News from Nature Journals 27 February 2012
Waseda University
24 Feb 2012
Waseda University Institute of e-Government is pleased to release the 2012 Waseda University International e-Government Ranking. This is the eighth consecutive year of monitoring the development of e-Government worldwide by the research team of Prof. Dr.Toshio Obi, Director of Institute of e-Government.
RIKEN
24 Feb 2012
Researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics have discovered an answer to the long-standing mystery of how brain cells can both remember new memories while also maintaining older ones.
University of the Philippines Diliman
24 Feb 2012
A memorandum of agreement (MOA) was entered into by UP Diliman through Chancellor Caesar A. Saloma with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) through Secretary Virgilio R. Delos Reyes and the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) led by its president Antonio Kalaw.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
24 Feb 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) provides RM2 million for University Innovation Fund (Innovation Seed Fund) to enable researchers to continue research programs with potential for commercialization.
RIKEN
24 Feb 2012
The RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine is examining how drugs can be matched to a patient’s genetic information through the study of single nucleotide polymorphisms. Taisei Mushiroda from the Laboratory for Pharmacogenetics explains...
RIKEN
24 Feb 2012
By training birds to ‘get rhythm’, scientists uncover evidence that our capacity to move in time with music may be connected with our ability to learn speech
RIKEN
24 Feb 2012
Development of polymer film loaded with antibodies that can capture tumor cells shows promise as a diagnostic tool
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
23 Feb 2012
Cutting-edge technologies to be developed at Baidu-I2R Research Centre (BIRC)
Asia Research News
23 Feb 2012
Albukhary International University is a wholly charitable university located in Alor Setar, Malaysia dedicated to providing students from disadvantaged or marginalised backgrounds a high quality education. ResearchSEA visited their campus to find out more.
Toyohashi University of Technology
23 Feb 2012
Late last month, the 'TUT CALL' advisor, Associate Professor Takahiko Hayashi along with Toyohashi Tech's international students from Bangladesh, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and Korea in addition to five Japanese students visited Toyohashi City Hosoya Elementary School to have an exchange party.
Asia Research News
23 Feb 2012
The Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) has won the second best award of "The Very Best Innovation Invention Award" in the recent Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE) after its researchers bagged four gold, three silver and 10 bronze medals
Universiti Sains Malaysia
23 Feb 2012
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) will highlight research findings to various other countries in the future.
Nature Publishing Group
22 Feb 2012
Latest News from Nature 23 February 2012
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
22 Feb 2012
Research institutions in Canada and Southeast Asia are joining forces to boost collaborative research aimed at understanding regional trends in a fast-changing world.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
22 Feb 2012
In a bid to promote the understanding and adoption of corporate social responsibility (CSR), the Department of Management and Marketing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Hong Kong Productivity Council (HKPC) have jointly compiled the Hong Kong SME Business Sustainability Index.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
22 Feb 2012
With the sophisticated use of construction process simulation technology and positioning technologies such as GPS, researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed an integrated system which can uplift the standard of construction safety and enhance project efficiency.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
22 Feb 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has recently received a generous donation of HK$10 million from Tai Hung Fai Charity Foundation to support the operation of "PolyU – Henry G. Leong Mobile Integrative Health Centre" for the next three years.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
22 Feb 2012
City dwellers have been growing their own food for millennia, but the concept of urban agriculture been formally recognized in research and public policy since the mid 1990s. Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has played a leading role in forging this new discipline and raising awareness of it.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
22 Feb 2012
Former International Development Research Center (IDRC) governor Pratap Bhanu Mehta has received the prestigious 2011 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences – Political Science in recognition of his contributions to Indian public policy and international relations.
Asia Research News
21 Feb 2012
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) yesterday officially became the first university in Malaysia to sell COOP 1Malaysia products.
Asia Research News
20 Feb 2012
The February intake for 2011/2012 session of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) saw 303 students enrolling for the undergraduate studies of the university.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
20 Feb 2012
Institutions of higher learning (IHL) in Malaysia must strive to create a closer relationship with universities in Saudi Arabia. This includes a collaboration involving research and academic matters related to students in the future.
Waseda University
20 Feb 2012
Daisuke Ishida from Waseda University, Japan, discuss the influence that information technology such as the Internet has had on consumer behavior, from the three perspectives of engaging information, searching for information and transmitting information.
Nature Publishing Group
19 Feb 2012
Latest news from Nature journals 20 February 2012
RIKEN
17 Feb 2012
Heavy ion beams produced by the RIKEN Ring Cyclotron at the RI Beam Factory have played a key part in the alcoholic beverage-brewing process.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
17 Feb 2012
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is pleased to have received a set of five special sculptures titled "Vision" from renowned sculptor Professor Norman Ko Wah-man as a gift for its 75th anniversary.
RIKEN
17 Feb 2012
A theory that accurately describes the properties of relativistic electron vortex beams will impact applications such as electron microscopy
RIKEN
17 Feb 2012
By piecing together the interactions between a pair of proteins involved in colorectal cancer, researchers may have identified suitable targets for drug development
RIKEN
17 Feb 2012
Development of a theoretical framework for interpreting the results of subatomic-particle collisions could provide insight into proton composition