Press releases

Over the last dozen years, it has been apparent to all that journalism is facing imminent danger. Further, this was followed closely by the tumultuous wave of global financial instability resulting from the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September of last year.

The media reported that Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama and United States President Obama agreed to “deepen” the U.S.-Japan alliance to conclude Obama’s first visit to Japan.

The Waseda Institute for Advanced Study (WIAS) was established in September 2006 as part of the actions to materialize the future concept called “Second Founding,” aimed in the 125th Anniversary Project of the University.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama stated in his address delivered to the United Nations Climate Change Summit in September that Japan would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% from the 1990 level by 2020 on the condition that the major emitters in the world establish a fair and effective international framework for greenhouse gas reduction.

Wayang, the first film produced by the Research Management Intitute (RMI), UiTM, won awards.

For researchers Prof. Suhaimi Muhammed, Amran Shafei and Mohd Azmi Niaz of Malaysia, a bow is something else.The researchers invented a lighter bow grip from the pulai wood

Summaries of newsworthy papers including: Reprogrammable mice,Breaking the strongest bonds, Flooding removes arsenic, The rhythm of hypertension, Variants associated with lung function, Rewiring the brain after injury, Regulator limits tumour related cellular ageing and researchers panda to next-generation sequencing

Oil palm wastes have inspired a Uitm researcher to study and compare the properties of the hybrid EFB fiber with glass fiber reinforced polyester composites using empty fruit bunches of oil palm.

A number of 200 seniors in their 50s have successfully completed their short term course (lifelong learning) at the Institute of Gerontology Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) here today.

The Keio Research Institute at SFC hosted the 14th SFC Open Research Forum (ORF) on 23rd and 24th November, 2009 at Roppongi Academyhills.

On Sunday November 15, 2009, RIKEN and the Tokyo University of the Arts (TUA) held a joint symposium to commemorate an agreement, signed in April 2009, toward cooperation in research and education, with the aim of achieving broad-based advances benefitting all of society.

Radio, Convergence and Development in Africa is a research project being administered by Carleton University's Centre for Media and Transitional Societies (CMTS), in collaboration with Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Four Canadian organizations have launched a research initiative to explore how people in Canada and in developing countries can deal with the impacts of climate change.

From Africa’s drought-stricken breadbaskets, to the Arctic ice shelf, to the flooded streets of Asia, Canada’s International Development Research Centre recognizes that climate change threatens communities.

Genetic analyses help decode symbiosis in the termite gut as a model for the highly efficient conversion of plant cellulose

Combining rare-earth clusters with traditional metal catalysts reveals secrets of chemical transformation

A switch that controls formation of stacks from nucleic acid strands has potential applications in gene expression and molecular machines

A drug free, non-invasive method for semi-permanently blocking the return of fear memories in humans is reported in this week’s Nature. The finding may have important implications for the clinical treatment of fear-related disorders.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Magnetic power behind a gamma-ray burst, Red Queen revamped; Tetrahedra get close, Compositional effects on deep mantle discontinuity, Sharing childcare makes for yummy mummies

In Nature China this week - Oncology: Prepare for an invasion, Photonics: Seamless integration, Condensed matter physics: Arcs and pockets

With the help of SDWorks, a unique business platform attached to the School of Design (SD) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), the award-winning LED Mirror Watch designed by a young promising talent has been launched in the market.

Never Lose Fighting Spirit

USM researchers have succeeded in producing a key component necessary for the production of medications for cardiovascular diseases using unique eco-friendly methods.

Three African scientists have been awarded the inaugural TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award for Young Scientists, by TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, the African Academy of Sciences and Microsoft Research.

Lee (Kok) Pat Moi has developed a new chemical composition, Bone Materials: Hydroxyapaptite nanoparticles, which could be used to help bone patients lead a better life.

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Nature: A big deletion, Medicine: Platelets promote closure of vessels in newborns, Neuroscience: To boldly go, Geoscience: Sensitive climate and Nature: The good fight

On 24 November 2009, 15 representatives from the Forest Science Sub-Institute of South Vietnam (FSSIV) paid a visit to Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)

First-ever observation of electronic states in aqueous acetic acid reveals water’s unexpected influence

The plant hormone abscisic acid makes use of a surprisingly elegant and straightforward system to regulate its many essential functions

Scientific American, the leading science magazine, today announces Mariette DiChristina as its new Editor-in-Chief. DiChristina becomes the eighth Editor-in-Chief in the 164-year history of the magazine, and the first woman to assume the role.