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An international team of scientists have shown that deletion of the G-substrate gene in mice causes motor learning deficits during particular periods of postnatal development

Replacing hazardous solvents with water and improving efficiencies are ways that chemists can reduce the environmental impact of their reactions. RIKEN researchers have developed recyclable catalysts that selectively generate chiral organic molecules in water - a nearly ideal green chemical process.

Mincle, a protein expressed on immune cells, is a receptor that recognizes Malassezia fungal species and mediates inflammatory responses

Accumulating data has demonstrated that Japanese macaques and degus, the latter a kind of rodent, are capable of using tools after training. Changes in brain functioning that may have led to human intelligence are being elucidated.

There are liquids that can climb up the walls of their container like a life form and down the other side. Superfluid helium is the only liquid that exhibits this mysterious phenomenon.

RIKEN BioResource Center (BRC) in collaboration with Kyoto University has started a service to provide human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells and human embryonic stem (ES) cells to nonprofit research organizations.

When poor countries try to make their case in policy deliberations of global institutions, they often have trouble getting their message across. To help address this problem, IDRC began funding the research program of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development (the G-24).

LEMBAH BUJANG, 7 May – Since February 2009, the research carried out by the excavation team from the Centre for Global Archaeological Research (PPAG), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), has discovered more evidence of the structure of the 3rd Century iron smelting site.

In Nature China this week - A gene specifically expressed in shell glands could determine the survival of brine shrimp eggs in extreme environments.

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Origins of RNA, Beating heart enhances blood-cell formation, The might of light, on a chip, Shape-changing secret of sleeping-sickness parasite, Ocean waters teaming with small RNAs, Natural strategy for making terpenes, Floats go under to reveal internal ocean pathway, Making dust and Prehistoric pin-up

Hangzhou, China, May 11, 2009: Zhejiang University today was witness to a unique China-India collaboration which will address the growing rural-urban inequality and ensure inclusive growth.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Non-blinking nanocrystals, Coordinated memory, Follow the code and Experience-dependent brain changes in Angelman syndrome

Former Deputy Director-General of FRIM Dr Francis S. P. Ng received the esteemed David Fairchild Medal for Plant Exploration in recognition of his contributions to tropical botany and conservation over four decades exploring the forests of Southeast Asia.

Summaries of newsworthy papers No ticket no entry, Chromatin-modification link to memory, Unbreakable under pressure, Quirky volcano reveals its secrets and DNA origami

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received donations amounting to over HK$7 million to launch the Global Student Challenge (GSC) as a major initiative to promote internationalization.

More than 320 delegates attended the Sixth Asia Cornea and Contact Lens Conference organized by The Hong Kong Society of Professional Optometrists and co-organized by PolyU School of Optometry and...

The Mega-Structure Diagnostic and Prognostic System developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has won the Special Prize and Gold Medal for its application in the Guangzhou New TV Tower at the 37th International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Products in Geneva in early April.

A news feature published this week in Nature Medicine explores how researchers are using high-tech solutions to overcome these types of challenges.

In their latest work, Tahara and a team of international and Japanese scientists have directly observed how an organic molecule named stilbene rearranges its structure.

The new Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope has identified a new pulsar by detecting its gamma-ray emission

Kei Manabe, Initiative Research Scientist, has developed an innovative ‘pinpoint’ catalyst, which can drastically decrease the number of synthetic processes, thereby attempting to bring innovation to chemical synthesis.

RIKEN has had a long history of space research, and many groundbreaking discoveries are continuing to be announced.

Limnology experts at the University of the Philippines Los Baños have turned themselves into little Noahs, building “arks” to provide a haven to our native and endemic freshwater fishes.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has joined forces with Peking University to establish the PolyU - Peking U Research Centre on Chinese Linguistics.

According to the latest research report on "Customer Perceived Value of Hong Kong's Retail Sector", Hong Kong retailers made an improvement in the CPV Index from 97.0 in the last survey to 98.4 in the latest survey...

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University named its Maritime Library and Research & Development Centre (the Centre) after Dr Frank Tsao Wen-king, Founder and Senior Chairman of IMC Group.

The Philippines’ biosafety regulation procedures are not only costly, but take too long. These are the findings of a concluded study at the University of the Philippines Los Baños.

To help fight ABTV and revitalize the Philippine abaca industry, Dr. Antonio G. Lalusin of the Institute of Plant Breeding-Crop Science Cluster (CSC-IPB) has developed abaca varieties that posses important fiber characteristics that are vital to the industry, and more importantly, have built-in resistance to ABTV.

Summaries of newsworthy papers Fresh lead for broad-spectrum Huntington’s therapy, A primate-specific potassium channel in schizophrenia, Sleep disorder associated with autoimmune response, Faulty protein linked to B-cell lymphoma, Energized by RNA, Amazonian ice and Singing without lessons

Recent findings from the FANTOM consortium spotlight new mysteries and challenge old assumptions about the mammalian genome