Press releases

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Pro-Chancellor, Tan Sri Razali Ismail called upon everyone to ensure that whatever development was carried out did not destroy the environment and that it should be sustainable in nature.

Initiated with the goal of spotlighting leading advancements in a given field, the RIKEN Conference series provides a unique opportunity for scientists to build and expand international networks for cutting-edge research.

Using a simple glass capillary, atomic physicists at RIKEN are developing an ultra-narrow ion beam that pinpoints a part of organelles in a living cell, enabling biologists to visualize how the damage affects cell activities.

By examining the structure of songs of various animals, researchers at the Laboratory for Biolinguistics hope to unveil clues to the origin of human language

Introducing additional complexity to a simulation gives researchers better insight into how cellular signaling networks might operate

Different cell types in the visual cortex respond differently to changes in visual experience

Sequencing of ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) identifies a previously unknown hominin who lived in the mountains of central Asia between 48,000 and 30,000 years ago.

How to predict memory strength; Imaging and identifying atoms one-by-one; New oxygen-producing pathway discovered in bacteria; Finding missing galaxies; Soil respiration mystery resolved; Geometry holds the key to self-assembly; Muscle cells regenerate ‘broken’ hearts

In Nature China this week: A genome-wide association study has identified susceptibility genes that increase Chinese people's risk of developing diabetes

In Nature China this week: A genome-wide association study has identified susceptibility genes that increase Chinese people's risk of developing diabetes

Suriana Rofie of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, UiTM, Malaysia compared the properties of glass fiber reinforced with polyester composites from (EFB) of oil palm.

Clinical promise for RNA interference; To catch a virus; The helping and hurting hands of microglia; Sugar assembly line in tuberculosis; Hemoglobin variants associated with malaria parasite transmission; Niche genetics influence leukaemia; Vitamin A biofortification in corn; Intense star formation in distant galaxies

A macroscopic mechanical milestone, Pain’s evolutionary past, A not-so-hot Jupiter, 'Pro-ageing’ therapy for cancer?, Dust-free quasars in the early Universe, You can’t teach an old dog new SNPs, Choosy plant pathogens, ‘Smart dust’ brings new shine to spectroscopy, A quantum hybrid and Male seahorses have the last word

In January this year, RIKEN and the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) co-hosted Molecular Imaging 2010, a two-day symposium reviewing five years of research conducted under the Molecular Imaging Research Program with funding from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

Anindya Datta writes to Tahei Tahara at the Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute

Ten years of painstaking research has reaped rewards with valuable insights into the mechanism of cellular motion

The identification of a gene involved in the response of plants to water stress should help breed better crop varieties

A ‘family’ tree of enzymes from protists in the termite gut may help boost biofuels research

Press Release - Making use of advanced ultrasound technology, researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have successfully developed a low-cost and compact Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging System for the examination and diagnosis of breast cancer.

Press Release - Researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center have clarified the function of three proteins that play a central role in the circadian clock in plants. The finding, to appear in the journal The Plant Cell, opens the door to the engineering of plant clock systems, with powerful applications to agriculture.

In Nature China this week- Protein acetylation regulates Salmonella metabolism through the modification of enzymes that participate in central metabolism

FRIM held an appreciation ceremony on 29 January 2010 to acknowledge the contribution of its former and current staff involved in the rubberwood R&D, which led to FRIM being conferred the Mahathir Science Award 2009.

The IUFRO 2010 Conference themed, “Sustainable Utilisation and Conservation of Forests in the Genomics Era” was launched by Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment YB Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup at Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, on 8 March

Soon folks, we will be walking and running on eggshells, so do not throw them away.

The Wall Street Journal Asia is now accepting entries for the prestigious "Asian Innovation Awards 2010." The deadline for entries is April 9, 2010.

From Asia, Shizuo Akira of Osaka University in Japan and Ji-Huan He from Donghua University in Shanghai, China are on the list.

The Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) announces that it will mark its 40th anniversary in 2010 by expanding its student prize program, with a new awards intended to cultivate the next generation of numerical software talent worldwide

Morphine demystified, Building resistance against plant pathogens, Imaging a mouse on the inside, Regulating p53 activity in cancer cells, How Salmonella corrupt their host, Southern Ocean surface mixing controlled by circumpolar winds, Mutations in PHF6 found in T-cell leukemia, ‘Wasabi receptor’ link to snake sixth sense

Two researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB) have been awarded top prizes for photographs they submitted to the 2009 Leica Japan Photo Contest.

Through close collaboration between theoreticians and experimentalists, RIKEN’s Radioactive Isotope Beam Factory is poised to deliver breakthroughs in our understanding of the origin of matter and nuclear theory