Press releases

A standard measurement of resistance, the quantum Hall effect, changes dramatically at the edge of a sample

On December 15, 2008, 150 people gathered at RIKEN’s Wako campus for the RIKEN-Nishina Memorial Symposium on ‘Charging Molecules: Fundamental Chemical Physics and Analytical Applications.’

Two RIKEN researchers have developed a switch to control the formation and separation of DNA duplexes that may have implications in many biological processes, such as gene regulation.

A team of scientists in Japan has demonstrated the possibility of switching the magnetization of a thin magnetic film with a non-conventional and innovative method, achieving a considerable step forward in magnetic data storage and the field known as spintronics.

At Sri Lanka’s largest agricultural market a large projection screen overlooks 12 acres of stalls brimming with produce. Traders at the Dambulla market consult the screen to receive up-to-the-minute pricing information on produce being sold in the market.

Cananda's IDRC in partnership with CIGI has helped build a pioneering research network on poverty and inequality in China

Researchers in China have used lentiviruses to reprogram adult rat fibroblasts and bone marrow cells into induced pluripotent stem cells

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Going ape, Blood cell ‘birth’ caught on camera, Petite press breaks the mould and Gene influences stem cell fate, Should scientists study ‘race’ and IQ?

The 30th Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Iran; Valentine's Day, Mate Selection Theory and College Students and the “Scientific Study of Love”; The Hollywood Oscars and “The Demise of the System Known as Film Studios”; World Agricultural Forum; End of U.N. Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste

“The research would focus on the traces of protein and chemical contents in the gloves in order to identify the level of sensitivity especially those with high possibilities to react actively with the contents,”

Summaries of newsworthy papers include Neurotrophins to the rescue; Susceptibility to heart attack; Flies go large on RNAi; Zinc irritates an ion channel and The memory of things past

Using moss to remove heavy metal contaminants from water; X-ray charge density to directly observe chemical interactions at the molecular level; new fluorescent probes to discover unknown functions and potential in living things; iPS cells against cancer; Omics Science Centre and The X-Ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL)

Long-range spin currents induced by heat herald a new era for spintronic applications

The application of sophisticated imaging techniques illuminates spatio-temporal regulation critical for T cell activation

Unscrambling the link between molecular bonding and distributing pigment leads to potential therapeutics for a rare skin disease

Statistical analysis helps the search for fundamental causes of disease. Most Japanese people fall into one of two distinct groups genetically, biostatisticians from RIKEN’s Center for Genomic Medicine in Yokohama have shown.

The objectives of the seminar is to discuss issues in furniture industry and trade, to explore, exchange and update scientific technological findings as well as to provide a platform for stakeholders to share their findings.

A research is conducted at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak to design a solar-based pepper-berries dryer.

Summaries of newsworthy papers include The earliest animal life, H5N1 structure reveals focus of viral replication, Failing the fish, Hyper-starburst spawned galaxy bulge, No man is an island, Radioresistance in cancer stem cells explained? and A long story about tropical temperatures

In Nature China this week - Insight into the signalling pathway of insulin resistance opens up new strategies against type 2 diabetes

TOKYO, 4 Feb - Japanese researchers have announced the world’s first discovery of genes in jigsaw-like pieces from an archaeon living in hot spring, which gives new insight into the origin of genes.

On 30 January, the FRIM Finance and Multimedia Director Mr Zamshari Abdul Rahman presented a RM13,150 cheque to NSTP Information Technology Head Mr Abdul Rahman Hazhim at the NSTP headquarters in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.

Up until last September, we thought the U.S. financial and economic crisis was just “fire on the other side of the Pacific.” Now we know otherwise: this America originated crisis is striking Japanese corporations directly.

Originating with the US subprime loan situation, it’s not just the worldwide financial crisis that is causing problems — there is a growing and strong impact on the real economy.

Financial instability triggered by the subprime-mortgage problem due to the decline in housing prices in the Unites State has drastically increased since the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers last September.

Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and Nature research journals including Genetics: Clue to gene-environment interaction in Parkinson's disease, Nature: Getting to know you and Genetics: Gene variant increases risk of essential tremor

British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough presents his views on Charles Darwin, natural selection, and how the Bible has put the natural world in peril in an exclusive interview for Nature Video.

By turning enzymes into better editors, Japanese scientists achieve improved results in protein engineering

The Asia-Oceania Forum for Synchrotron Radiation Research (AOFSRR) held its second summer school from September 29 to October 8 at SPring-8, the largest synchrotron radiation facility of the RIKEN Harima Institute.

RIKEN researchers have revealed an unexpectedly large recoil of ‘free’ electrons emitted from a simple metal