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Nature Publishing Group
08 Feb 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Neurotrophins to the rescue; Susceptibility to heart attack; Flies go large on RNAi; Zinc irritates an ion channel and The memory of things past
RIKEN
06 Feb 2009
Using moss to remove heavy metal contaminants from water; X-ray charge density to directly observe chemical interactions at the molecular level; new fluorescent probes to discover unknown functions and potential in living things; iPS cells against cancer; Omics Science Centre and The X-Ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL)
RIKEN
06 Feb 2009
Long-range spin currents induced by heat herald a new era for spintronic applications
RIKEN
06 Feb 2009
The application of sophisticated imaging techniques illuminates spatio-temporal regulation critical for T cell activation
RIKEN
06 Feb 2009
Unscrambling the link between molecular bonding and distributing pigment leads to potential therapeutics for a rare skin disease
RIKEN
06 Feb 2009
Statistical analysis helps the search for fundamental causes of disease. Most Japanese people fall into one of two distinct groups genetically, biostatisticians from RIKEN’s Center for Genomic Medicine in Yokohama have shown.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
06 Feb 2009
The objectives of the seminar is to discuss issues in furniture industry and trade, to explore, exchange and update scientific technological findings as well as to provide a platform for stakeholders to share their findings.
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
06 Feb 2009
A research is conducted at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak to design a solar-based pepper-berries dryer.
Nature Publishing Group
04 Feb 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include The earliest animal life, H5N1 structure reveals focus of viral replication, Failing the fish, Hyper-starburst spawned galaxy bulge, No man is an island, Radioresistance in cancer stem cells explained? and A long story about tropical temperatures
Nature Publishing Group
04 Feb 2009
In Nature China this week - Insight into the signalling pathway of insulin resistance opens up new strategies against type 2 diabetes
Keio University
04 Feb 2009
TOKYO, 4 Feb - Japanese researchers have announced the world’s first discovery of genes in jigsaw-like pieces from an archaeon living in hot spring, which gives new insight into the origin of genes.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
02 Feb 2009
On 30 January, the FRIM Finance and Multimedia Director Mr Zamshari Abdul Rahman presented a RM13,150 cheque to NSTP Information Technology Head Mr Abdul Rahman Hazhim at the NSTP headquarters in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.
Waseda University
02 Feb 2009
Up until last September, we thought the U.S. financial and economic crisis was just “fire on the other side of the Pacific.” Now we know otherwise: this America originated crisis is striking Japanese corporations directly.
Waseda University
02 Feb 2009
Originating with the US subprime loan situation, it’s not just the worldwide financial crisis that is causing problems — there is a growing and strong impact on the real economy.
Waseda University
02 Feb 2009
Financial instability triggered by the subprime-mortgage problem due to the decline in housing prices in the Unites State has drastically increased since the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers last September.
Nature Publishing Group
01 Feb 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals including Genetics: Clue to gene-environment interaction in Parkinson's disease, Nature: Getting to know you and Genetics: Gene variant increases risk of essential tremor
Nature Publishing Group
30 Jan 2009
British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough presents his views on Charles Darwin, natural selection, and how the Bible has put the natural world in peril in an exclusive interview for Nature Video.
RIKEN
30 Jan 2009
By turning enzymes into better editors, Japanese scientists achieve improved results in protein engineering
RIKEN
30 Jan 2009
The Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research (AOFSRR) held its second summer school from September 29 to October 8 at SPring-8, the largest synchrotron radiation facility of the RIKEN Harima Institute.
RIKEN
30 Jan 2009
RIKEN researchers have revealed an unexpectedly large recoil of ‘free’ electrons emitted from a simple metal
RIKEN
30 Jan 2009
Non-coding RNAs play a role in regulating the expression of genes in yeast
RIKEN
30 Jan 2009
Genomic analysis helps scientists to start determining how licorice plants produce a highly beneficial compound
Universiti Sains Malaysia
29 Jan 2009
PENANG, 29 Jan.- The ‘Out of Africa’ theory that suggested fossils of early man were only found in Georgia roughly 1.7 to 1.8 million years ago, may have to be rewritten with the latest discovery by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) archaelogists.
Nature Publishing Group
28 Jan 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Grass genome offers clues to drought tolerance, Recipe for seafood toxin, Solving the world’s imaging problem, Superconductor shows unusual behaviour, Mouse model of hepatitis C infection one step closer, Boron beauty and Things get heated
Universiti Sains Malaysia
26 Jan 2009
The School of Pharmacy has signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with five local and international institutions and a well-known conglomerate to ensure that the Nuclear Pharmacy Centre will become a reality.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
26 Jan 2009
The main problem in palm oil production recently was infection of Ganoderma which would decrease the number of production and cause the plants’ death.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
26 Jan 2009
International Agriculture Students Symposium 2009 (IASS 2009) held in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) recently has formed a network for accessible collection of knowledge and experience gained by the agriculture students.
Nature Publishing Group
25 Jan 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers appearing in Nature and Nature Research Journals including: Gene variants associated with risk of psoriasis, Hedgehog blocker thwarts cancer stem cells, Future oceans low in oxygen? and Nanotechnology: Read the small print.
RIKEN
23 Jan 2009
RIKEN researchers report that social courtship behavior in male zebra finches increases brain activity in a similar fashion as drugs abuse.
RIKEN
23 Jan 2009
Solitary waves trapped in superconducting junctions could illustrate time dilation effects similar to those in special relativity