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Asia Research News
20 Feb 2007
This competition aims at orienting Research and Development activities in Arab universities to tackle real needs and problems, and foster business-oriented results.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
20 Feb 2007
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak will be honouring the best of their research with the UNIMAS Research Award Night to be held on 26 Feb 2007.
University of the Philippines Diliman
20 Feb 2007
Research on detection of microscopic defects in integrated circuits at the National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines has been selected by Optical Society of America as one of the most exciting to emerge in 2006.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
20 Feb 2007
In his plenary address at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Francisco, United States, TWAS Executive Director M.H.A. Hassan illustrated the growing gap between scientifically advanced and scientifically less privileged developing nations.
University of the Philippines Diliman
19 Feb 2007
The papers include - And God Walks in the Suburbs; A Diasporic Perspective of Filipino Nurse Migration to the United States; Globalization of Care and the Position of the Filipino Workers; Spectacles of Masculinity and the Commerce of Men’s Bodies
Nature Publishing Group
18 Feb 2007
Scientists have for the first time successfully replaced natural teeth in mice with teeth that were created in a Petri dish from single cells. The experiment is described online this week in Nature Methods.
Nature Publishing Group
18 Feb 2007
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Making room for others, Abnormal cell migration and Splicing out of control
IPS Asia Pacific
16 Feb 2007
A controversial cover of The Economist last year asked, with not much self-reflexive irony, “Who killed the newspaper?” The suggestion of death seems, in hindsight, grossly exaggerated. Asia Media Report: A crisis within explores a more specific and far-reaching concern: the death of news as we know it.
NSW Department of Primary Industries
16 Feb 2007
A discovery that enables the most economically important fruit fly species to be identified from their DNA ‘signature’ could avert future devastating fruit fly outbreaks, according to scientists from the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI).
NSW Department of Primary Industries
16 Feb 2007
Next week, some of Australia’s and the world’s foremost experts in the field of rust diseases will be in Sydney to attend a symposium on the topic – “Rust Diseases: Threats to Global Food Security in the Context of Climate Change.”
Nature Publishing Group
15 Feb 2007
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and AstraZeneca are delighted to announce the launch of Nature China (www.naturechina.com), a new web based publication promoting the best scientific research published in mainland China and Hong Kong.
Gulf Research Center
14 Feb 2007
The fact remains that the Afghan case is a test for NATO's credibility. With a 35,000-strong force currently deployed in Afghanistan, the ISAF is attempting to pre-empt a strong Taliban offensive in the coming spring months.
Nature Publishing Group
14 Feb 2007
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Astronomy: Forming the darkest galaxies in the Universe, Evolutionary psychology: Family ties, Particle acceleration: Wave up and Ecology: Conservation strategy rethink
Asia Research News
14 Feb 2007
The deadline for the submission of entries to the 1st Asia-Pacific Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Media Awards, which honor outstanding reporting/writing on the MDGs in print, radio and TV has been extended to 15 April 2007.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
14 Feb 2007
Most Indians not working in agriculture rely on the country’s large “traditional” or informal sector for their livelihood. Those employed in the country’s “modern” economy work in small firms, with fewer than six employees, or in large establishments of 300 or more workers. In between is a yawning divide.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
13 Feb 2007
TWAS – the academy of sciences for the developing world – has entered into new agreements with two organizations in Pakistan and one in India to expand its South-South fellowships programme – the largest of its kind on the world.
Gulf Research Center
13 Feb 2007
The book suggests that the US agenda in Iraq was about oil, but not about oil in the simple sense many believed. This war (2003) was not an issue of corporate greed but about geopolitical power above all.
IPS Asia Pacific
13 Feb 2007
'Stories from the Asia Water Wire' is a compilation water and development articles written by journalists in 2005 and 2006 and featured in the Asia Water Wire (www.asiawaterwire.net).
Tokyo University of Science
12 Feb 2007
The Nano Science Technology Research Center was selected as an Open Research Center Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, and Technology in 2002. Since then, it has been engaged in pioneering nanoscience and technology projects.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
12 Feb 2007
Papermaking in Malaysia is essentially based on recycled fibers. One of the major issues faced by mills using recycled fibers is the diminishing strength of papers with recycling. Palmcel introduces a new class of biodegradable chemicals derived from oil palm residues which can augment both the dry and wet strength of papers.
Nature Publishing Group
11 Feb 2007
In utero protein regulation, Common genetic variant protects against breast cancer, Large-scale survey of mutations in cancer, Sleep deprivation impairs subsequent learning, Human adult stem cells can regenerate muscle, Viral highways: spreading from cell to cell, Finding phosphates on proteins
Gulf Research Center
11 Feb 2007
Russia is positioning itself as a potential contributor of diplomatic services to stabilize the region. In the process, it is unlikely to challenge the American hegemony in the region, but will strive to serve reminders to the regional countries and the United States that it is capable of plugging several gaps.
Nature Publishing Group
07 Feb 2007
Quantum optics: A trick of the light, Neuroscience: New target for Parkinson's disease, Climate change: Reviewing strategies, Immunology: Receptor for New World haemorrhagic fever viruses found, Palaeoclimate: Global continental cooling, Genetics: ‘Out of Africa’ with Helicobacter pylori, Seal of approval
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
06 Feb 2007
"How could it be that an event of this magnitude was ignored? 10 000 people were killed each day. That’s three 9/11s a day for a hundred days — and we barely noticed it? It’s mind-boggling. What went wrong in the media system that caused us to fail?"
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
06 Feb 2007
IDRC Visiting Executive, Howard Alper, has been named cochair of the InterAcademy Panel (IAP) on International Issues. The network of science academies from 90 countries offers advice to governments on international science-based issues.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
06 Feb 2007
The developing world’s poorest people live in marginal, often harsh rural environments. The natural resource base tends to be fragile and highly vulnerable to over exploitation. This book draws on more than a decade of research and presents case studies from Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Ecuador, Lebanon, and Viet Nam.
Gulf Research Center
05 Feb 2007
This volume provides a compelling analysis of the consequences of the US-led invasion of Iraq. It is a first rate account of the underlying problems of the processes of state building in post-Saddam Iraq.
Nature Publishing Group
05 Feb 2007
Fifteen MacmillanScience titles are now available as e-books to browse and buy from February 2007 at www.macmillansciencebookstore.com.
NSW Department of Primary Industries
05 Feb 2007
Oysters treated with high pressure water look and taste better, according to consumers who participated in a NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) research project.
NSW Department of Primary Industries
05 Feb 2007
NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) scientists have identified a major new source of wheat germplasm tolerant of aluminium toxicity, paving the way for the breeding of new bread wheat varieties able to grow in acid soils.