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Nature Publishing Group
18 Jun 2008
In Nature China this week - Researchers in Shanghai identify ion channels in the brain that have a critical role in synaptic development, as well as learning and memory
Universiti Sains Malaysia
17 Jun 2008
USM, Penang, Malaysia - USM forged an international collaborative venture with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of The South Pacific (USP), Suva, Fiji.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
17 Jun 2008
Malaysia produce 70 million tons of organic wastes annually. Most of these are either incinerated or dumped in landfill and both of which have serious impact on the environment. A research is conducted at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak to reutilise the wastes and explore their potential as energy sources.
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
15 Jun 2008
Typically, palm oil quality is determined in a destructive manner using wet chemical analysis, which can be costly, time consuming and error prone. Here, researchers developed an automated technique of estimating quality based on fruit colour captured in JPEG format.
Nature Publishing Group
15 Jun 2008
Summaries of papers include Resolving photon numbers, Microstructures stay on track, Muscle degeneration, Measuring glacial deep-water flow, The unexpected metal, Seafloor’s influence on biodiversity and Expressing fear enhances perception
Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore
12 Jun 2008
The Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) has initiated an 18-month research consortium valued at SGD1.5 million to leverage upon a centralised source of expertise in the area of wireless communication, high speed electronic design, and analysis of electromagnetic compatibility and interference.
Nature Publishing Group
11 Jun 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Locating the comfort zone, We take more risks when potential pay-offs are well defined, Sequence of response, The carbene catchers, Anderson localization of matter waves and Leaf the temperature alone
Keio University
11 Jun 2008
In a press release issued today, Keio University scientists have shown that pigeons are able to discriminate video images of themselves, paintings of certain painters (Van Gogh vs Chagall) and more. The video image discrimination ability is higher than 3-year-old children. (Pictures available)
Keio University
11 Jun 2008
Keio University applied the technology “to operate the computer using brain images released last year and succeeds in enabling a disabled person suffering muscle disorder to stroll through “Second Life®, to walk towards the avatar of a student and to have a conversation with the student using the “voice chat” function.
Keio University
11 Jun 2008
Keio University is now updating the permanent address database of its foreign graduates. Foreign students who have studied at Keio University are urged to register their present contact details.
Keio University
11 Jun 2008
Keio University is giving 5 full scholarship awards to international students who wish to study in their Masters or Doctoral programs in 2009.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
11 Jun 2008
Call for papers - Theme: Realisation of Biodiversity Potentials Through Applied Biology
Nature Publishing Group
11 Jun 2008
In Nature China this week - A skeleton found in Liaoning province provides a new insight into the evolution and migration of modern humans in East Asia and more research stories.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
10 Jun 2008
Penang, Malaysia - In a press conference held today, University Science Malaysia scientists unveil their research into the healing properties of turmeric on skin tumours and wounds.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
10 Jun 2008
Advances in Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits for Wireless Systems: Modeling and Design Technologies.
Uganda Science Journalists Association (USJA)
10 Jun 2008
The Uganda Conference for Science Communication 2008 will take place November 23rd to 26th at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala.
Nature Publishing Group
08 Jun 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Neuroscience: Helping seizures with acidity, Medicine: A drug against blood cancer may also fight lupus and Immunology: Zipping to sites of infection
Asia Research News
05 Jun 2008
Potato varieties capable of withstanding early planting conditions (high temperature/heat stress) can allow taking rice-potato-wheat as sequential crops in the region.
Asia Research News
05 Jun 2008
The present study was conducted to assess the genetic divergence in 29 potato genotypes (parental lines) based on 20 characters and to find out relationship between genetic diversity and tuber yield.
Asia Research News
05 Jun 2008
Researchers have found a cheaper and more feasible technique for parent selection in tetraploid potatoes.
Asia Research News
05 Jun 2008
The need for efficient crops is essential to feed a growing population. This paper shows different plant species and potato cultivars differed in nutrient use efficiency with the lowest potassium efficiency for potato followed by wheat and sugar beet.
Asia Research News
05 Jun 2008
This paper presents the findings of a study involving some common Ayurvedic medicines, which revealed the presence of heavy metals and synthetic steroids that were in some cases responsible for significant morbidity among those who consumed them.
Asia Research News
05 Jun 2008
Selection based on plant vigour, foliage maturity, desirable tuber traits, high family mean tuber yield supplemented with late blight resistance is recommended for developing potato varieties for north-central plains
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
05 Jun 2008
Sarawak, Malaysia - UNIMAS (University Malaysia Sarawak) is the only university in Malaysia that has been accepted by the Canadian IIQM as its Cooperating Site.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
05 Jun 2008
Borneo's Dolphins are finally getting the attention they needed. On 15 May 2008, a collaborative effort for the conservation of these animals was forged between Sarawak Shell Berhad, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and Sarawak Forestry Corporation.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
05 Jun 2008
Sarawak, which is free from the incidence of foot and mouth diseases, is embarking in livestock-oil palm integration as a strategy to increase local livestock production, and as a holistic approach to maximise land use and increase farm income. A research in UNIMAS was conducted to look at the potential.
Asia Research News
04 Jun 2008
As our global poverty rate continues to rise, so with it will our global hunger...... Read Kristin Schaaf's winning essay on "Feeding the poor today and everyone on the planet tomorrow: What are the issues, and what can be done to avert a global food crisis?"
Nature Publishing Group
04 Jun 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Cell discovery helps understanding of heart growth, Extreme UV and finally… When moons collide and collide and collide
Nature Publishing Group
04 Jun 2008
In Nature China this week - Experiments at the Beijing Spectrometer may have produced invisible particles that lie outside the Standard Model and more
Universiti Sains Malaysia
02 Jun 2008
Prof Asma, is the recipient of various awards and fellowships including the Young Scientist Award, International Federation of Inventors Award for Outstanding Malaysian Women Inventor, Avon-Tan Sri Fatimah Malaysian Women of Distinction Award, National Invention Award and the National Innovation Award