Press releases

Tolerating the foreign materials in food that mice and humans need hinges on the presence of B7 proteins

A 40-year debate over the mechanism of long-term motor memory storage in the brain has been settled through pioneering research by researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute.

“We hope our partnership in green chemistry and nanotechology will lead to results that will make significant contributions to resolving pressing global issues and pave the way for a sustainable society.” - RIKEN executive director Yoshiharu Doi

Rethinking schizophrenia; The circuitry of fear; The regeneration game; New model of Rett syndrome; Matters of the mind; An early terrestrial date for oxygenation; Light it up; High-performance transistors by transfer printing and Maggot bodies sense bright light

Toyohashi Tech will hold an international symposium on 15th and 16th November 2010 to celebrate the launch of its Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute (EIIRIS). The symposia will be streamed live via the internet.

This agreement will not only reinforce the existing collaboration between UCL and NIMS in the field of computational materials science, organic nanomaterials and photocatalytic materials, but also envisage new collaboration and exchange of researchers.

Tokyo, 8 Oct - The Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), India, and the Quantum Beam Center, NIMS, signed a MOU on collaborative research for "the Fabrication and modification of nano-materials by ion beams"

This dramatic improvement in thermal agglomeration resistance opens the road to a large reduction in the amount of rare metals used in exhaust gas purification technologies.

Penang, 9 Nov - In a press conference today, USM's Underwater Robotics Research Group, presented some of their latest systems.

Working in collaboration with industry partners, researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have successfully developed a Solar-powered Air-conditioning System for vehicles and completed a series of testing on the road.

Tokyo, 8 Nov - C.N.R. Rao and colleagues have published a timely review analyzing the correlation of synthesis methods and physical properties of single-layer and few-layered graphene flakes. The paper was published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials.

Biotechnology: Gauging the behaviour of nanoparticles in the lung; Medicine: Taming prostate cancer aggressiveness; Geoscience: Tropical rainfall in a changing climate; Genetics: RNAs regulate reprogramming; Immunology: Natural signaling blocker identified; Neuroscience: Genes regulating neuronal sprouting after stroke

Cloning efficiency is undermined by widespread disruption of genomic regulation resulting largely from defective expression of a single gene

An effective method for generating cerebellar neurons could lead to new treatments for movement disorders

A specific genetic variant puts individuals of Asian ancestry at risk of developing diabetes—but not their European counterparts

Tokyo, 5 Nov - A new analysis technique for the design and optimization of beam optics has successfully been used to model the group behavior of electron beams over a linear accelerator, paving the way for its use at linear accelerator based light source facilities around the world.

Tokyo, 4 Nov- Researchers at RIKEN have successfully developed a revolutionary new polymer film that changes shape upon irradiation with UV and visible light.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Early galaxies and the reionization of the Universe; Deep ocean reversal in the last ice age; The workings of a microbial immune system; Asymptotic freedom for the electric charge; Cryptic escape at the ocean surface; Holographic display gathers speed

Singapore, 3 November 2010: The National Metrology Centre (NMC) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) have jointly set up a national Metrology in Chemistry (MiC) infrastructure.

Mohamad Hafiz Mamat’s winning innovation is a UV photoconductive sensor, the Grand Prize won in the Innovation and Design 2010 – Special Edition, 12 – 14 October 2010 at the Sri Budiman Hall, Universiti Teknologi MARA Shah Alam

New Delhi, India, October 31, 2010: The Think Tank Initiative (TTI), a partnership of major donors, has awarded 21 Million USD in grants to 16 independent policy research institutions in South Asia. The long-term funding will help strengthen the think tanks’ role as influential players in national policymaking in the region.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: A habitable microenvironment on Mars? Unfolding the story of an anthrax toxin; Autophagy defect in muscle disease; Brain control of insulin sensitivity; Selective inhibition of immune responses; Geoscience: Million-year-old sand in the Namib

A small-molecule screening method helps scientists probe mysteries of protein function

A naturally occurring back-up system in plants to produce metabolites compensates for experimentally induced gene loss

Close collaboration between developmental neurologists and clinical researchers could one day find the genetic answer to what it means to be human.

Singapore, 28 Oct - Total of S$17.5 million committed to date for 10 research projects that will redefine communications and safety, energy efficiency, as well as materials and electronics in future transportation

The pilot phase of a project that seeks to catalogue human genetic variation explores the rich genetic diversity that exists between individuals.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: A new brain–machine interface; A record-breaking neutron star; Single-molecule magnets line up; Probing individual spins in a semiconductor host; Geological history of the marine phosphate reservoir

HONG KONG, 26 Oct - Working in collaboration with industry partners, researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have successfully developed a Solar-powered Air-conditioning System for vehicles and completed a series of testing on the road.

Shigeki Nakauchi at Toyohashi Tech in collaboration with Kanebo Cosmetics Inc., Japan, has developed a technology enabling the quantification and visualization of the ‘quality’ and finish of foundation applied to the face.