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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
11 May 2009
Hangzhou, China, May 11, 2009: Zhejiang University today was witness to a unique China-India collaboration which will address the growing rural-urban inequality and ensure inclusive growth.
Nature Publishing Group
11 May 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Non-blinking nanocrystals, Coordinated memory, Follow the code and Experience-dependent brain changes in Angelman syndrome
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
11 May 2009
Former Deputy Director-General of FRIM Dr Francis S. P. Ng received the esteemed David Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration in recognition of his contributions to tropical botany and conservation over four decades exploring the forests of Southeast Asia.
Nature Publishing Group
08 May 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers No ticket no entry, Chromatin-modification link to memory, Unbreakable under pressure, Quirky volcano reveals its secrets and DNA origami
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
08 May 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received donations amounting to over HK$7 million to launch the Global Student Challenge (GSC) as a major initiative to promote internationalization.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
08 May 2009
More than 320 delegates attended the Sixth Asia Cornea and Contact Lens Conference organized by The Hong Kong Society of Professional Optometrists and co-organized by PolyU School of Optometry and...
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
08 May 2009
The Mega-Structure Diagnostic and Prognostic System developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has won the Special Prize and Gold Medal for its application in the Guangzhou New TV Tower at the 37th International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products in Geneva in early April.
Nature Publishing Group
08 May 2009
A news feature published this week in Nature Medicine explores how researchers are using high-tech solutions to overcome these types of challenges.
RIKEN
08 May 2009
In their latest work, Tahara and a team of international and Japanese scientists have directly observed how an organic molecule named stilbene rearranges its structure.
RIKEN
08 May 2009
The new Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has identified a new pulsar by detecting its gamma-ray emission
RIKEN
08 May 2009
Kei Manabe, Initiative Research Scientist, has developed an innovative ‘pinpoint’ catalyst, which can drastically decrease the number of synthetic processes, thereby attempting to bring innovation to chemical synthesis.
RIKEN
08 May 2009
RIKEN has had a long history of space research, and many groundbreaking discoveries are continuing to be announced.
University of the Philippines Los Baños
08 May 2009
Limnology experts at the University of the Philippines Los Baños have turned themselves into little Noahs, building “arks” to provide a haven to our native and endemic freshwater fishes.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
06 May 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has joined forces with Peking University to establish the PolyU - Peking U Research Centre on Chinese Linguistics.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
06 May 2009
According to the latest research report on "Customer Perceived Value of Hong Kong's Retail Sector", Hong Kong retailers made an improvement in the CPV Index from 97.0 in the last survey to 98.4 in the latest survey...
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
06 May 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University named its Maritime Library and Research & Development Centre (the Centre) after Dr Frank Tsao Wen-king, Founder and Senior Chairman of IMC Group.
University of the Philippines Los Baños
05 May 2009
The Philippines’ biosafety regulation procedures are not only costly, but take too long. These are the findings of a concluded study at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.
University of the Philippines Los Baños
05 May 2009
To help fight ABTV and revitalize the Philippine abaca industry, Dr. Antonio G. Lalusin of the Institute of Plant Breeding-Crop Science Cluster (CSC-IPB) has developed abaca varieties that posses important fiber characteristics that are vital to the industry, and more importantly, have built-in resistance to ABTV.
Nature Publishing Group
03 May 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers Fresh lead for broad-spectrum Huntington’s therapy, A primate-specific potassium channel in schizophrenia, Sleep disorder associated with autoimmune response, Faulty protein linked to B-cell lymphoma, Energized by RNA, Amazonian ice and Singing without lessons
RIKEN
03 May 2009
Recent findings from the FANTOM consortium spotlight new mysteries and challenge old assumptions about the mammalian genome
RIKEN
03 May 2009
Single-nucleotide changes in the genome can greatly increase an individual’s susceptibility to heart attacks
RIKEN
03 May 2009
A RIKEN-led consortium of scientists has compiled a massive collection of complete gene sequences for the invaluable soybean plant
RIKEN
03 May 2009
The Biodynamics Research Team at RIKEN leads the world in cytokinin research and are working to control the biosynthesis and activation of cytokinin with the aim of increasing the yields of rice, wheat, corn, and other crops.
RIKEN
03 May 2009
A single fertilized egg repeatedly divides itself to differentiate into a wide variety of cells, such as those forming muscles, nerves, and skin, thus defining the complete body. What happens in the egg to produce the different types of cell?
Nature Publishing Group
29 Apr 2009
Summaries of other newsworthy papers include: Invisibility cloaking in the optical and A time to stress.
Nature Publishing Group
29 Apr 2009
In Nature China this week - Terrestrial ecosystems in China may have absorbed 28-37% of the country's fossil-fuel emissions over the past two decades
University of the Philippines Los Baños
29 Apr 2009
Biotechnologists at UP Los Baños are hard at work putting the final touches to the prototype of a wastewater treatment system that uses bacteria.
University of the Philippines Los Baños
28 Apr 2009
A research project at the University of the Philippines Los Baños is underway to save from threat this freshwater fish. Dr. Pablo P. Ocampo of the UPLB Limnological Research Station has established a captive breeding program to save the 'ayungin' (Leiopotherapon plumbeus).
Tokyo University of Science
28 Apr 2009
Research carried out by Professor Akinori Yanaka and Assistant Professor Atsushi Fukumoto of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Tokyo University of Science, with Tsukuba University and Johns Hopkins University in the United States, was featured in the April 2009 issue of Cancer Prevention Research, the New York Times and the BBC.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
27 Apr 2009
The discovery that monkey malaria parasites are causing human malaria in Malaysian Borneo, lead by scientists at the Malaria Research Centre, UNIMAS, was featured in a television documentary aired by Australian Broadcasting Corp on 2nd April 2009.