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Nature Publishing Group
27 May 2009
In Nature China this week - Goose liver tells a big fat story, Mimicking the potassium channel and The bliss of growth
Universiti Sains Malaysia
26 May 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) won 6 gold medals, during the 20th Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX) in Kuala Lumpur recently.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
26 May 2009
The research by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) students has the potential to replace fractured or cracked human bone to 16 times the strength of the material that is currently available in the market.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
26 May 2009
This book will be of interest to researchers, decision-makers, policy advisors, and educators in science, technology, and innovation studies, as well as to development practitioners and professionals around the world.
Nature Publishing Group
24 May 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include A mushroom mystery solved, Candida genome sequenced, No role for Snowball Earth in ancient extinction, Initiator of allergic responses, How do inhibitors activate kinases? and Targeting muscle disorders
RIKEN
24 May 2009
Environmental conditions may determine which particular process plants will use to build an essential hormone
RIKEN
24 May 2009
Enhancements to an experimental technique reveal novel magnetic materials
RIKEN
24 May 2009
RIKEN researchers proposed a new pathway map for the differentiation of blood cells.
RIKEN
24 May 2009
What is the mechanism that controls the growth of living organisms? Hiroshi Sasaki at RIKEN is attempting to probe the mechanism by focusing on special groups of cells called ‘signaling centers,’ which control the differentiation, proliferation, and migration of surrounding cells.
RIKEN
24 May 2009
Every year on this day, prominent cultural figures are invited to RIKEN to give talks on their respective areas of expertise, bridging the world of science with the world of culture. This year RIKEN invited ceramicist Imaemon Imaizumi, the 14th in a long line of traditional craftsmen.
University of the Philippines Los Baños
22 May 2009
Part of the 6,500 hectare land grant property of the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) straddling the provinces of Laguna and Quezon is currently being developed into tree farms for biofuel, timber and agroforestry enterprises.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
21 May 2009
The Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) has received the prestigious Nikkei Asia Prize for Science, Technology and Innovation, in recognition of its contribution to environmental protection in the region.
Nature Publishing Group
21 May 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Early Mars cold and wet?, Are you in charge of your weight?, Optical device records in 5D, Early microbes took some battering, How Down’s syndrome protects, DNA genie bottle assembles itself
Nature Publishing Group
20 May 2009
In Nature China this week - Researchers in China have generated pluripotent stem cells from the Tibetan miniature pig.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
20 May 2009
Prof. Albert Chan of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Department of Building and Real Estate has been bestowed with the Innovation Achievers Award of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)'s International Innovation & Research Awards 2008/9.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
20 May 2009
The problem of disposing of plastics which is a major environmental issue will soon be resolved with the discovery that plastics can be recycled and turned into fuel.
Keio University
20 May 2009
19 May - Japanese researchers have shown that the metabolism used by cancer cells to create the energy necessary for proliferation could be the same or similar to the specific type of metabolism used by parasites such as roundworms in low-oxygen environments. These are the first such findings ever made worldwide.
Nature Publishing Group
18 May 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers The biology of ice, Gut acid levels determine healthy bones, Identifying problems in proteomics, Dopamine neurons are a mixed bunch, Natural products in reach, Interleukin 17—a Jekyll and Hyde of the immune system? and Gene variants to set your biological clock by
Universiti Sains Malaysia
18 May 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) today received 5 Mindstorms NXT Lego kits worth RM 12 500 as a contribution from international software producer, National Instruments. The software is to be used in a special initiative by USM to create interest in the field of science, engineering and automated equipment among students
University of the Philippines Los Baños
15 May 2009
The town of Los Baños in Laguna has one to vouch for a cleaner future with the promising results of a research project currently done by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).
RIKEN
15 May 2009
An international team of scientists have shown that deletion of the G-substrate gene in mice causes motor learning deficits during particular periods of postnatal development
RIKEN
15 May 2009
Replacing hazardous solvents with water and improving efficiencies are ways that chemists can reduce the environmental impact of their reactions. RIKEN researchers have developed recyclable catalysts that selectively generate chiral organic molecules in water - a nearly ideal green chemical process.
RIKEN
15 May 2009
Mincle, a protein expressed on immune cells, is a receptor that recognizes Malassezia fungal species and mediates inflammatory responses
RIKEN
15 May 2009
Accumulating data has demonstrated that Japanese macaques and degus, the latter a kind of rodent, are capable of using tools after training. Changes in brain functioning that may have led to human intelligence are being elucidated.
RIKEN
15 May 2009
There are liquids that can climb up the walls of their container like a life form and down the other side. Superfluid helium is the only liquid that exhibits this mysterious phenomenon.
RIKEN
15 May 2009
RIKEN BioResource Center (BRC) in collaboration with Kyoto University has started a service to provide human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and human embryonic stem (ES) cells to nonprofit research organizations.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
14 May 2009
When poor countries try to make their case in policy deliberations of global institutions, they often have trouble getting their message across. To help address this problem, IDRC began funding the research program of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development (the G-24).
Universiti Sains Malaysia
14 May 2009
LEMBAH BUJANG, 7 May – Since February 2009, the research carried out by the excavation team from the Centre for Global Archaeological Research (PPAG), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), has discovered more evidence of the structure of the 3rd Century iron smelting site.
Nature Publishing Group
14 May 2009
In Nature China this week - A gene specifically expressed in shell glands could determine the survival of brine shrimp eggs in extreme environments.
Nature Publishing Group
13 May 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Origins of RNA, Beating heart enhances blood-cell formation, The might of light, on a chip, Shape-changing secret of sleeping-sickness parasite, Ocean waters teaming with small RNAs, Natural strategy for making terpenes, Floats go under to reveal internal ocean pathway, Making dust and Prehistoric pin-up