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Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2009
A novel vaccine can provide protection against swine flu for the majority of people between 12 and 60 years of age
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
19 Nov 2009
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) emerged first and second runner up in the National Writing Case Competition that carries the theme, Case Writing in Action : Dynamics Of Case Method.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
19 Nov 2009
Dr. Sharom Mahmud, 46, a Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) lecturer has successfully invented a varistor that is, a piece of equipment that protects circuits against excessive transient voltages due to lightning or thunder.
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Re-thinking obesity, 150 years on from On the Origin of Species, The global reach of Darwin and Underestimating interglacial temperatures
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2009
The fraction of carbon dioxide emissions that is mopped up by terrestrial and marine sinks has probably decreased over the past 50 years.
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2009
In Nature China this week - A multifunctional protein critically involved in signal transduction also plays an important role in the regulation of blood cell production during early development
Asia Research News
18 Nov 2009
PENANG, 12 Nov – The Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) research delegation returned home victoriously with seven Gold medals and one Special Award from the International Exhibition Of Ideas, Inventions and Innovation Trade Fair (IENA 2009) at Nuremberg, Germany recently.
Keio University
18 Nov 2009
With the aim, 'Promote developing excellent medicines, and quickly deliver them to patients all over the world' (ICH mission), we conduct various researches regarding new medicine development.
Keio University
18 Nov 2009
Challenger Series tournament (international men’s tournament) organized by students to be held
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
18 Nov 2009
Ramani Mayappan of Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perlis, Malaysia studied the usage of solder connections and suggested how Sn-9Zn and Sn-8Zn-3Bi lead-free solders can be a potential replacement for the Sn-Pb solder.
Nature Publishing Group
15 Nov 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Medicine: Location, location, location, Understanding schizophrenia, Costing the Earth, Nitrogen fix for early Earth, Common genetic risk variants for Parkinson’s disease, Inducible microRNA sponges for intact organisms and Ouch, that hurts!
Nature Publishing Group
15 Nov 2009
Targeted sequencing of the protein-coding regions of the human genome has been used to identify the cause of a rare genetic disorder, as reported online this week in Nature Genetics.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
13 Nov 2009
PolyU and Dongguan Municipal Government will set up a working group and conduct feasibility study relating to the areas of education, research and training.
RIKEN
13 Nov 2009
The RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator Based Science held its second annual Nishina School between September 29 and October 8, 2009.
RIKEN
13 Nov 2009
Visualization of stress in the cell’s protein factory, the endoplasmic reticulum, may lead to new treatments for many debilitating diseases
RIKEN
13 Nov 2009
Experiments simulating zero-gravity conditions reveal developmental difficulties arising from mammalian reproduction in space
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
13 Nov 2009
Ramesh Nair of the Academy of Language Studies, UiTM, Shah Alam, Malaysia proposed that language should be accorded greater attention in the evaluation of gender construction in children’s literature or in any other literary texts produced for children.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
13 Nov 2009
Researchers of UiTM have invented a method to obstruct gas flow in the 2-furnace CVD system to synthesize ZnO nanowires.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
13 Nov 2009
Ibrahim bin Mohamed of the Faculty of Information Technology and Quantitative Sciences, UiTM, Malaysia researched to detect Outliers in Bilinear Time Series Model.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11 Nov 2009
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) came out tops at the 2009 National Open Source Software Case Study Awards. USM also took second place at the 24-Hour Open Source Software Development Contest which was held in conjunction with the Malaysian Government Open Source Software Conference (MyGOSSCON) 2009
Nature Publishing Group
11 Nov 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Astronomy: Planetary clue to Sun’s depleted lithium. Cancer: Notch takes a knocking, Early Earth: Nice and cool, Chemistry: Snapshot reaction, Geology: Measuring melt migration in a model mantle and Neurons turn a blind eye
RIKEN
11 Nov 2009
Press Release - A key mechanism involved in immune surveillance in the intestinal system is described by a team of researchers at RIKEN and Yokohama City University. Their research will appear in Nature on 12 November and could provide new targets for oral vaccines for infectious diseases and allergies.
Waseda University
11 Nov 2009
Special Talk by George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States of America at Waseda University.
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
11 Nov 2009
Seventeen UiTM students and lecturers have won awards at Die Internationale Fachmesse Ideen-Erfindungen-Neuheiten (International Trade Fair on Ideas, Inventions and Innovations; iENA) 2009 in Nuremberg, Germany, which just ended Sunday.
Nature Publishing Group
11 Nov 2009
In Nature China this week - Researchers in Beijing have identified a negative regulator of mitochondrial antiviral signalling, an adaptor protein in the RIG-I antiviral pathway
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
10 Nov 2009
This Initiative will support the formation of multinational teams from Canada and from low and middle income countries, who will develop networks and programs of research.
Asia Research News
09 Nov 2009
Press Release - IDBS, the leading worldwide provider of research data management and analytics solutions to R&D organizations, today announced that it has expanded its Asia Pacific presence with new centers in both China and Australia.
RIKEN
09 Nov 2009
Press Release - In a paper to appear in Nature Neuroscience, researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute challenge conventional thinking on neuron function and shed light on the mechanisms governing self-initiated voluntary movement.
Nature Publishing Group
08 Nov 2009
Variants associated with hearing loss in children receiving chemotherapy medication; The long shadows of adversity; Low-level seismicity in Southern California; Smoking and autoimmunity affect rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility; Arthritis is spreading; A deletion is associated with neurodevelopmental problems and more
Nature Publishing Group
06 Nov 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers - Earthquakes: Long aftershock sequences, Astronomy: A neutron star cloaked in carbon, Evolution: Hedge your bets, Physics: Strong glasses from soft colloids, Immunology: Keeping watch on sentinel proteins, Physics: Peering inside a quantum gas and Nature celebrates a birthday