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Universiti Sains Malaysia
22 Oct 2009
Penang, 21 Oct- Researchers from Universiti Sains Malaysia have successfully produced a standardised, Misai Kucing (Orthosiphon Stamineus) herbal extract. Named CANSSUFIVE, the extract contains a high anti-oxidant content and studies carried out on cell cultures and animals have proven its ability to retard the growth of blood vessels.
Nature Publishing Group
21 Oct 2009
The fossilized remains of a 37-million-year-old lemur-like primate are reported in this week’s Nature. Although the animal shares several features with higher primates, including humans, detailed analysis reveals these to have evolved independently through ‘convergent evolution’.
Nature Publishing Group
21 Oct 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers: High-sensitivity stimulated emission microscopy, The Road to Copenhagen, Views from around the world, Cells process painful sounds, Signalling pathway link to cancer, Understanding melon sex determination, Cancer link to microenvironment and Why have sex with someone else
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
21 Oct 2009
UiTM student and junior lecture have won top awards at the British Invention Show in London, which just ended. The medals won were a Diamond, the Best Invention by Salon Archimedes (Russia), a gold and 6 silver medals.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
21 Oct 2009
Malaysian researchers have produced bio-solid compost, a fertilizer, developed from sewage sludge. The sewage sludge, collected from a residential area in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia was successfully used as a nitrogen source using landscape and agricultural crops biomass to produce compost
Universiti Sains Malaysia
20 Oct 2009
Press Conference - The pharmaceutical industry will be interested in the latest innovation from USM researchers who have found therapeutic properties for breast cancer in a local tropical herb, Orthosiphon stamineus or locally known as Misai Kucing (Cat's Whiskers).
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
20 Oct 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has sent forth about 9,700 students and conferred honorary doctorates upon five prominent figures at its 15th Congregation.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
20 Oct 2009
PolyU hailed the inauguration of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Health Services for the Western Pacific region hosted by the University's School of Nursing.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
20 Oct 2009
The Specialty Optical Fibre Fabrication Laboratory houses a state-of-the-art fibre drawing tower capable of pulling the newest type of optical fibres called micro-structured fibres. This cutting-edge fibre manufacturing technology would allow PolyU researchers to develop novel optical fibres for communication and sensing applications.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
20 Oct 2009
Durban, South Africa. Two eminent scientists, Pramod Kumar Aggarwal from India and Carlos Clemente Cerri from Brazil, have been named the winners of the 2009 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize at the opening ceremony of the TWAS 11th General Conference, in Durban, on 20 October.
Nature Publishing Group
18 Oct 2009
Summaries of papers including Possible multiple sclerosis biomarker, SARS attacking the ribosome, Variants associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, CRLF2 defects in Down syndrome-associated leukemia, Cell softness dictates sensitivity to force, Light vibrations on a chip and Laser recreates conditions near a black hole
RIKEN
16 Oct 2009
The Noyori Summer School, held for the first time this year, was created with the aim of answering this need through the support of cross-disciplinary, international interaction.
RIKEN
16 Oct 2009
Astrophysicists at RIKEN lend their expertise to biologists to develop one of the world’s fastest and most sensitive cameras to observe cell behavior at the nanometer scale.
RIKEN
16 Oct 2009
A novel spectroscopic technique reveals a new fundamental property of air/water interfaces
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
15 Oct 2009
As a constantly-growing and highly technology-focused university, UNIMAS recognised a need to establish an integrated IT infrastructure throughout the campus in preparation for implementing high speed cable and wireless e-learning services.
RIKEN
15 Oct 2009
Press Release: 15 Oct, Tokyo - Researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center have addressed how environmental stimuli are converted into biological signals using the highest resolution analysis of its kind to date.
Nature Publishing Group
14 Oct 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Place in space, Learning literacy, The magnetic equivalent of electricity, Entangled electrons at a crossroads, Immunology: Silent attack caught on camera, Charge break-up in grapheme, New route to non-natural amino acids and Quasicrystals self-assemble
Nature Publishing Group
14 Oct 2009
In Nature China this week - The 2008 Sichuan earthquake highlights how low-activity seismic zones can turn deadly over time
Universiti Sains Malaysia
13 Oct 2009
The Vice Chacellor of Universiti Sains Malaysia today officiated the start of the South-East Asian Association for Institutional Research Conference (SEAAIR) in Penang, Malaysia. The 2009 theme is The Future of Higher Education.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
12 Oct 2009
Having a pink salad from cut flowers? The pink Malaysian Torch Ginger (Etlingera elatior), or locally known as Bunga Kantan, could be a colourful way to add versatility both to your meal and decor.
Nature Publishing Group
11 Oct 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Variants associated with blood cell traits and Routing rogue bacteria for destruction
RIKEN
09 Oct 2009
Researchers at RIKEN created a new graphite nanotube that conducts electricity when exposed to light, which could lead to efficient solar batteries based on organic materials and developed molecular devices that can respond to various types of stimuli, similar to living organisms.
RIKEN
09 Oct 2009
Neurons may be casual initially about their interactions, but get very picky when it comes to making a lasting synaptic connection
Universiti Sains Malaysia
08 Oct 2009
Media Advisory - The Deputy Minister for Science Technology and Innovation, Y.B. Tuan Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof will be officiating the 3rd International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) Regional Consultation in Asia & the Pacific on Tuesday, 13 October 2009 at 9.15 am at Hotel G, Gurney Drive, Penang, Malaysia.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
08 Oct 2009
PolyU has moved up from the 224th place in 2008 to the 195th place in the "Times Higher Education-QS World University Ranking 2009" of the Times Higher Education Supplement.
Nature Publishing Group
07 Oct 2009
A personalized medicine research agenda, Mapping diversity, Let's celebrate human genetic diversity, Scanning and linking for autism, Quantum fingerprints of chaos, Where is the heritability?, Transition to an icehouse world, Protein link to long life, Photonic crystal guides electromagnetic waves with no losses and Erupting without warning
Nature Publishing Group
07 Oct 2009
In Nature China this week - Many middle-aged women in Chongqing are short and overweight because of severe malnutrition in their early years of life
Asia Research News
07 Oct 2009
THIRTY years of Asian women's involvement in Britain's workplace struggles is celebrated in a new exhibition at the Women's Library in London.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
07 Oct 2009
In the latest World's Best Design Schools survey, the Master of Design (Design Strategies) programme of PolyU has been rated among the world's best "design thinking programmes".
Nature Publishing Group
04 Oct 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals including Cell Biology: Inner workings of extending cell life, Genetics: Reprogramming gene plays a role in cancer and Genetics: Variants associated with bone mineral density