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RIKEN
02 Oct 2009
Photosynthetic processes in an artificial system can be described accurately by a quantum physical theory
RIKEN
02 Oct 2009
Intelligent search engines called PosMed and PosMed-plus make it easier for researchers to identify candidate genes for cloning
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
02 Oct 2009
Press Release - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University is proud to have the largest number of International Academy for the Study of Tourism (IAST) members in any university worldwide.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
02 Oct 2009
The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) received the Mahathir Science Award 2009 at an official ceremony held by the Academy of Sciences Malaysia on 28 September 2009 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC), Kuala Lumpur.
RIKEN
01 Oct 2009
Press Release - A review in Science this week outlines the main theoretical and experimental aspects of quantum simulation and emphasizes some of the challenges and promises of this fast-growing field.
Nature Publishing Group
30 Sep 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers Seismology: Measuring fault strength, Atmospheric chemistry: Reach for the clouds and Vive la resistance!
Nature Publishing Group
30 Sep 2009
In Nature China this week - Researchers in China have generated healthy liver cells from human skin cells, making stem cell treatment an ethically acceptable alternative to liver transplantation
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
30 Sep 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University hosted a Forum on "School Recovery after the 512 Wenchuan earthquake" on 28 Sep to deepen the understanding of the general public of the difficulties and challenges faced by the quake-affected schools in Sichuan.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
30 Sep 2009
The good news is tougher soft body armour could be in the making. Researchers of the Faculty of Applied Science, found that natural rubber latex (NRL) coated fabrics are suitable to reduce injury, soreness or trauma from bullet shots or hit by hard objects. The NRL coated fabrics seems usable as new material to make soft body armour.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
28 Sep 2009
The virtual campus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Second Life was opened on 25 September by Professor Timothy W. Tong, PolyU President, and Professor Suleyman Demokan, PolyU Vice President (Academic Development).
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
27 Sep 2009
Communication and Human Development: The Freedom Connection? A public discussion with Amartya Sen, Michael Spence, Yochai Benkler, and Clotilde Fonseca
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
27 Sep 2009
IDRC has joined forces with academic and research institutes in sub-Saharan Africa to train new scholars and repair a tattered academic infrastructure. These are vital steps in addressing the region's critical social challenges.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
27 Sep 2009
Women in Arab countries are making human rights history as they break down barriers to being treated as full citizens in their own countries. In the past few years, women in Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco married to foreigners have won the right to convey their citizenship to their children.
Nature Publishing Group
27 Sep 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers including: Photonics: Time-domain telescope, Immunology: Driving autoreactive cells to distraction, Physics: X-rays produced by laser-driven particle accelerator, Nature: Sex chromosome’s role in species diversification, Geoscience: Big breaks during Wenchuan earthquake and Neuroscience: Attracted to punishment
RIKEN
25 Sep 2009
Collaboration between RIKEN and J-TEC on research into age-related macular degeneration may lead to new treatment
RIKEN
25 Sep 2009
Muon research at the RIKEN–RAL Muon Facility could lead to commercially viable fusion technology for clean energy generation
RIKEN
25 Sep 2009
Plants biosynthesize a wide variety of compounds by processes that involve enzymes...
RIKEN
25 Sep 2009
Porous coordination polymers that strongly adsorb polar guest molecules can be made using a ligand with separated positive and negative charges
Waseda University
25 Sep 2009
As the number of children who have mobile phones has risen to 40% of elementary school students, 70% of middle school students, and 90% of high school students, e-Safety Education is vital in order to protect children from the myriad mobile phone dangers to which they are exposed.
Waseda University
25 Sep 2009
World trade has been expanding and driving economic growth in many countries over the past several decades. The trade value of the world as a whole increased more than eight-fold from 1980 to 2007, to approximately 14 trillion dollars.
RIKEN
25 Sep 2009
An investigation of developing embryos reveals that tissue folding and movement is the key to the turtle’s unusual body plan
Universiti Sains Malaysia
24 Sep 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia is pleased to announce that one of its academics, Professor Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, has been invited by Harvard University to deliver the first lecture in this year’s “Ecologies of Human Flourishing” series.
University of the Philippines Jorge B. Vargas Museum & Filipiniana Research Center
24 Sep 2009
The exhibition features the video installation by London-based Singaporean artist Erika Tan, to be exhibited simultaneously at the NUS Museum, and selected materials from the UP Vargas Museum art and library collections.
Nature Publishing Group
24 Sep 2009
A fossil of a bird-like dinosaur with four wings has been discovered in northeastern China. The specimen bridges a critical gap in the transition from dinosaurs to birds, and reveals new insights into the origin evolution of feathers.
Nature Publishing Group
23 Sep 2009
Nature Communications will publish high-quality peer-reviewed research across the biological, chemical and physical sciences, and will be the first online-only Nature-branded journal
Nature Publishing Group
23 Sep 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include A safe space for humanity, El Niño in a warmer world, Speeding on thinning ice, White dwarf’s slow spin is not just skin-deep, Direct RNA sequencing, Quantifying the carbon cycle, Bell’s inequality violated in solid-state system, Irreversible evolution
Nature Publishing Group
23 Sep 2009
In Nature China this week: Researchers in Shanghai have identified a protein that not only detects invading viruses but also helps remove infectious bacteria
RIKEN
22 Sep 2009
Press Release - Japanese researchers have unlocked the secret to ABA, a single plant hormone which play a key role to developing stress resistant crops.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
22 Sep 2009
A neuroscience research jointly conducted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Chinese Academy of Science has led to the discovery of the novelty detection mechanism in the gateway to the cerebral cortex.
Nature Publishing Group
20 Sep 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals - Genetics: Variants in prostate cancer, Medicine: Losing weight without too much energy, Geoscience: Deltas in decline, Chemical Biology: HCV lost in translation, Cell Biology: Stopping Listeria spread and Neuroscience: While you were sleeping.