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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
05 Jun 2009
The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific. This fourth edition (2009–2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
05 Jun 2009
Penang, Malaysia, June 5, 2009 – No one argues about the impact of ICTs on Asia. India leveraged ICTs to drive its economy and lift millions out of dire poverty. However, rural Asians, remain among this planet’s poorest and the most underserved by health, education, and economic programs.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
05 Jun 2009
Penang, 5 June 2009: The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific, and will be launched on June 11th.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
05 Jun 2009
Penang, 5 June - Imagine cup is the Microsoft sponsored world's premier student technology competition
Waseda University
05 Jun 2009
We thought that the avian flu might have been that new strain, but surprisingly enough, it turned out to be another new flu, swine flu, which was suddenly contracted from pigs in Mexico in April 2009.
RIKEN
05 Jun 2009
A mesh-like structure formed by two synaptic scaffolding proteins controls the shape and protein make-up of the synapse
RIKEN
05 Jun 2009
New phosphorescent complexes improve manufacturing of high-efficiency light sources
RIKEN
05 Jun 2009
RIKEN has developed a common infrastructure called RIKEN SciNeS (Science Networking System) to execute large-scale releases of data in a format conforming to the international Semantic Web standard.
Asia Research News
04 Jun 2009
Asia Research News 2009, the first magazine to focus on current on-going research in Asia has been launched by ResearchSEA. Asia Research News 2009 features interesting on-going research from selected research institutions, with contact details of leading researchers for interested readers.
Nature Publishing Group
03 Jun 2009
In Nature China this week - Climate change is likely to worsen China's desertification problem in the twenty-first century, threatening the lives of 80 million people
Nature Publishing Group
03 Jun 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers Hydrogen peroxide link to wound healing, Entangled vibes, Titan’s cloud cover and Fatty acid metabolism linked to immunological memory
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
03 Jun 2009
About 300 academics and researchers from Hong Kong and overseas are gathering for the Independent Learning Association Conference 2009 (ILAC2009), which is being held from 3 to 5 June on the campus of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU).
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
03 Jun 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s School of Design Annual Show was kicked off on 29 May at the InnoCentre.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
03 Jun 2009
USM has maintained its lifelong-learning programme when it admitted more than 2000 students, including senior citizens over 70 years of age, and also those with special needs.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
03 Jun 2009
The continent of Africa is rich in minerals needed by Western economies. Yet the mining industry contributes very little to African development. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach and provides an historical perspective of each country, making it ideal for students of development studies.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
03 Jun 2009
Currently, 70% of the world’s smokers live in developing countries and 5 million people die annually from tobacco-related illness; by 2030 this number could double. IDRC funds research to minimize the threats from tobacco production and consumption. Here are some examples...
Keio University
03 Jun 2009
In 2007, Kanoko Uchino was the crew on the Hokule'a which used ancient Polynesian navigation techniques in its voyage from Hawaii to Okinawa.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
02 Jun 2009
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has recently organized a lecture on the "Development of the Visual System: Nature vs. Nurture", conducted by Prof. Torsten Wiesel, Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine in 1981.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
02 Jun 2009
Based on personal interviews with Palestinian families, Oroub El-Abed examines the effects of displacement and the livelihood strategies that Palestinians have employed while living in Egypt.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
02 Jun 2009
Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanizing global South, the book examines the contribution of urban agriculture and city farming to livelihoods and food security.
Waseda University
02 Jun 2009
The economic crisis which began with the collapse of the American subprime loan market in 2007 and the Lehman Brothers shock of 2008 has led to a series of losses throughout the world and caused a global recession that has no end in sight.
Waseda University
02 Jun 2009
By the spring of 2010, two new large insurance groups will be established through management integration: one comprises Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings, Aioi Insurance, and Nissay Dowa General Insurance; the other comprises Sompo Japan Insurance and Nippon Koa Insurance.
University of the Philippines Los Baños
02 Jun 2009
With focus on Jatropa, sweet sorghum and cassava, biofuel research and development is fast gaining momentum in the Philippines. Just recently, the drive to produce diesel fuel from renewable and non-food biodiesel feedstock such as microalgae has gotten a big boost.
Nature Publishing Group
31 May 2009
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Genome scan uncovers genetic risks of testis cancer, Genetic variation influences adverse reaction to common antibiotic, Replay of neural patterns during sleep, Let the right pollen in, Dynamic ferroelectric memory, Suppressing suppressors, Why does high-throughput screening work?, Smells right
RIKEN
29 May 2009
A well-tuned sense of taste is about far more than being able to enjoy a fancy dinner—it represents a key survival mechanism, helping animals to rapidly identify potential food sources as tasty or toxic. A combination of computational and experimental techniques helps researchers to identify a gene involved in taste bud development
RIKEN
29 May 2009
Immature mice father faster medical research via an assisted reproduction technique that speeds up the production of mouse models
RIKEN
29 May 2009
If all dendritic projections and axons in the whole brain were joined together in a line, they would extend for 100,000 kilometers. This article describes RIKEN's work on elucidating the huge complexity of the brain’s neural network.
RIKEN
29 May 2009
This year Maeda and his colleagues discovered a gene that is closely associated with the development of diabetes in East Asians, including Japanese. Now research is progressing rapidly with the aim of conquering diabetes
RIKEN
29 May 2009
The Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher (FPR) program offers aspiring young foreign researchers with creative ideas and who show promise of becoming internationally active in the future the opportunity to pursue innovative research at RIKEN under the direction of a RIKEN laboratory head.
RIKEN
29 May 2009
Genome Profiling Technology Unit proceeds with development of gene diversity detecting technology which can be popularized and contribute to society. Especially we focus on the technical achievement which is practical convenient and accurate and also popularize that technology.