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Nature Publishing Group
19 May 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Fake Botox, Real Threat; Washing Carbon Out of the Air; Did Neandertals Think Like Us?; Alzheimer’s: Forestalling the Darkness
Nature Publishing Group
19 May 2010
The average health status of people who drink low or moderate amounts of alcohol is better than tee-totallers suggests a study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Nature Publishing Group
19 May 2010
Maternal warmth appears to reduce the expression of pro-inflammatory proteins which are associated with adverse circumstances and are implicated in the onset of major depression and cardiovascular disease.
Nature Publishing Group
18 May 2010
Genome wide association studies dominate human genetic research today, but why have the variants identified explained so little of the heritability of common disorders such as diabetes and heart disease?
Nature Publishing Group
18 May 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Large Rashba spin splitting of a metallic surfacestate band on a semiconductor surface; Intestinal stem cells lacking the Math1 tumour suppressor are refractory to Notch inhibitors
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
17 May 2010
This article first appeared on TheMarkNews.com, a daily online Canadian forum of news and commentary.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
17 May 2010
The National Advanced IPv6 Centre (NAv6), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has received global recognition as a centre of excellence that provides an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) curriculum that is not only holistic but systematic as well.
Nature Publishing Group
16 May 2010
Patterns in future health impacts from heatwaves; World’s smallest pump is made from pure glass; Brain imaging — the cells behind the signals; New genes involved in autism and intellectual disability; Coming between a virus and its host; Surviving DNA damage in stem cells
RIKEN
14 May 2010
As Japan’s flagship research institute, one of RIKEN’s missions is to share its research findings with the general public to boost awareness and curiosity about science.
RIKEN
14 May 2010
An atlas of protein–protein interactions reveals the collaborative efforts underlying gene regulation in mice and men
RIKEN
14 May 2010
The presence of exotic particles, called spinons, might now be detectable in a magnetic field, providing insight into quantum magnet properties
Waseda University
14 May 2010
The Meyerhold Exhibition has opened.
A mountain of collected photographs, objects from the 1920s that have been sleeping in storage at the Theatre Museum, and, seeming to proclaim itself as projecting those materials, a model that replicates the New Meyerhold Theatre.
Waseda University
14 May 2010
I would like to discuss the history of our theater group and to introduce the work “Hamure: Hamlet of Northern Japan during the final days of the shogunate” which will be performed at the event.
Waseda University
14 May 2010
Nanotechnology is technology for the complete control of materials in the extremely microscopic field of nanometers (1 nanometer = 10-9 meters). Many unknown areas still exist in this field of manipulating materials on a scale that is close to an atomic level.
Waseda University
14 May 2010
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Private University Academic Research Development Promotion Project is a project to ensure private universities become a foundation for research and development and a pillar for promoting development.
Waseda University
14 May 2010
"Research organizations", independently introduced by Waseda University, are the organizational framework meant to fulfill a general role, as well as to promote strategic research activity on the part of the university.
Waseda University
14 May 2010
In April 2009 Waseda University opened the new “Center for Research Strategy.(CRS)” A research university is one which uses public and private funding as a base and excels in carrying out high level research activities and quality personnel training which contributes to a global society.
Waseda University
14 May 2010
The essence of the hardware design for TWENDY-ONE is “the softness of machines.” By adding softness to the skin and joints of the arms and trunk, it is possible to protect people from the shock of the unexpected conflict with the robot.
Waseda University
14 May 2010
I am specialized in ergonomics and am focusing my research on the next generation media, which is currently not yet prevalent but have a potential in the near future. When I was an undergraduate student, I undertook a research evaluating 3D images from the human perspective for the first time.
Waseda University
14 May 2010
Just over 25 years ago, computer development was centered around hardware with little importance placed on software. The dominant way of thinking in Japan was that if hardware was produced, software would naturally follow. But I thought this was the wrong line of thinking.
Waseda University
14 May 2010
In my early student days at School of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University, I put hard work into my theoretical economics and international finance studies in order to become an elite businessman (laughing). But at the time of graduating, new jobs were scarce and I couldn’t find employment.
Nature Publishing Group
12 May 2010
Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Burgess Shale-like fossils live on; Taking the global temperature; White dwarfs — the inside story; Let’s vaccinate before the next pandemic; Erosion of confidence; A quantum-optical transistor; Phosphatase helps maintain brain integrity; Spider silk’s dual identity
Nature Publishing Group
11 May 2010
A collaboration to define how biomarkers can be used in preclinical drug trials to the satisfaction of health authorities is discussed in this month’s special focus issue of Nature Biotechnology.
Nature Publishing Group
10 May 2010
A soy by-product linked to health benefits inhibits two enzymes involved in the production of testosterone in human cells.
Prince of Songkla University
10 May 2010
The National Innovation Agency (NIA) recognizes an innovation by Prince of Songkla University, the PSU-Carpal Tunnel Retractor developed by Asst. Prof. Sunton Wongsiri, MD., Assoc. Prof. Boonsin Tangtrakulwanich, MD., Asst. Prof. Sitichok Anantaseri, MD., Porames Suwanno, MD., Varah Yuenyongviwat, MD., and Ekkarin Wongsiri
Prince of Songkla University
10 May 2010
National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Technology under the Patronage of H.M. the King have awarded the 2009 NSTDA New Generation Technologist to Asst. Prof. Jesada Wannasin.
Prince of Songkla University
10 May 2010
Prince of Songkla University has studied the death of mussels farmed in Amphoe Kantang, Trang Province and found that it was caused by stress and weaknesses resulted from sudden environmental changes and suggested reducing the number of the mussels and the size of the rafts to sustain the balance of nature.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
10 May 2010
The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FPV) Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) will collaborate with Royal Terengganu Endurance Stable (RTES) on the teaching, research and profesional service related to field of equine.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
10 May 2010
Andy Knight wins Trailblazer award and Denis Desautels is appointed Chair of Accounting Council