Press releases

The USM Health Campus became fully fully ISO certified when it received the MS ISO 9001:2008 certification from Moody International today.

PRESS RELEASE - Singapore, March 2, 2010 -- Close to 60 leading experts from Southeast Asia gathered for a two-day conference in Hanoi last week to discuss and present strong evidence on how environmental economics research has made an impact on development in the region.

FRIM received a delegation of 13 representatives from the Bangladesh’s Agroforestry Improvement Partnership (AFIP) Project on 23 February 2010.

FRIM received a visit from senior officers of Nestle Products Sdn Bhd on 19 February 2010

Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries

PRESS RELEASE - 3 March 2010, Manila - The telecentre.org Foundation which improves the social and economic impact of grassroots telecentres around the world is pleased to announce that it has officially opened its doors today in the Philippines.

Genetic variants influence risk of coeliac disease; Small creatures, big extinction; Tragic ending for mutant immune cells; Pass the sugar, please; “Licensed” to cross-prime; Protein dynamics in a living cell and Getting through the night without a drink

Waseda University Corporation and VIED-MOET held a signing ceremony at the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) in Vietnam on February 10, 2010, upon which a Memorandum of Understanding on academic exchange (MOU) was concluded.

Humor is a potentially educative tool that is capable of leaving a lasting impression during the conveyance of a particular message.

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is planning on using a unique teaching and learning methodology in the field of information and communication technology.

Scientists, researchers and amateur astronomers alike will rejoice at the latest news from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and RIKEN.

Long-predicted physical effects confirmed for the first time by a model system of strongly interacting electrons

Characterization of changes acquired by gene pairs over time reveals principles underlying evolution of gene function

Palladium catalysts containing unique molecular ligands couple aromatic rings together in surprising ways

A Malaysian researcher analysed the understanding of information processing and learning preferences among postgraduate students using the Grounded Theory

Muhammad Akram Adnan and Mohd Jamaludin Md Noor studying to reduce speed by transferring an upward force to a vehicle

With no end in sight to the stand-off between Google and the Chinese government, Nature’s news team has surveyed scientists in China to find out how much they rely on Google – and what the consequences would be if they lost access to the search engine and its related products.

In Nature China this week - Spider silk collects water from humid air due to its unique fibre structure

Summaries of newsworthy papers: An overflowing hot Jupiter, Lipid link to asthma?, Marine sediments go electric, Nanocrystals made to order and Let them all eat cake

Working in collaboration with the industry and utility companies, civil engineering experts of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have made great strides in expediting the use of "trenchless" technology for installing underground utility pipeline in Hong Kong.

The widespread practice of external intervention aimed at building “sustainable peace” within societies ravaged by war and violence has been a striking feature of the post-Cold War era.

Canada is in a serious competition for election to the Security Council in October this year. But the Security Council — and the global environment — have changed dramatically in the decade since Canada was last elected.

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) had been entrusted with the task of jointly carrying out research with several agencies including the University of Parma, Italy to produce drugs to treat malaria.

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) set a new record in the Malaysia Book of Records for the longest monologue theatre of 6 hours and 16 minutes and 26 seconds of non-stop performance at Dewan Budaya, USM.

Media Invitation - Hanoi - Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is celebrating two decades of collaboration with the Vietnamese government and research partners on February 25, 2010/ The conference also celebrates IDRC’s 40th anniversary in 2010.

Press Release - HANOI—The Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA) will gather the region’s experts in environmental economics for a two-day impact conference at the InterContinental Hanoi Westlake Hotel and Resort on February 26-27.

Press Release - An international consortium of leading scientists from 15 countries, including researchers at RIKEN, has published the first ever complete genome of an aphid species, the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum.

Bromeley Philip of UiTM Sarawak is attempting to revive study on the Iban alphabet.

The CIFSRF is a 5-year program that funds a wide variety of applied research projects that aims to solve immediate and concrete food security challenges on the ground in the developing world.

Autofluorescence in glioma: a different way to isolate cancer stem cells; Streamline genome indicates ‘needy’ organism; Variant associated with lung disease; Enzyme deficiency linked to anaemia; Fewer but stronger tropical cyclones; How non- coding DNA can increase your risk of coronary artery disease and more