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RIKEN
21 Nov 2008
The first integrated database of terahertz data in the world opened on September 15 at RIKEN and the Next Generation Network Center at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
Waseda University
21 Nov 2008
Some interest facts on Okinawa is how 4 different languages have developed in such a small geographical area. Okinawa is a perfect field in which to consider the question of "what is language?" There is also the tradition in which only women have spiritual vocations and perform Shinto rituals.
Waseda University
21 Nov 2008
Herbert von Karajan, who was called the "Caesar of the conductor' s podium" , was born in Salzburg in 1908. Beginning with his first trip to Japan in 1954, he visited Japan 11 times.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
21 Nov 2008
The study by the researcher at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak investigates the service quality provided in Bako National Park by evaluating tourist’s expectation relative to their actual experience while visiting the park. Complaints from tourists have been heard indicating that the services provided need attention from its management.
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
21 Nov 2008
This UNIMAS project investigates the feasibility of automatic real-time translation of text on a street sign and displaying it within the user’s field of view using a head-mounted display. The system has been developed for street and road signs, and can be expanded to constrained environments such as museums.
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
21 Nov 2008
A workshop was held at the Belum Rainforest Resort, Banding Island working on the Integrated Management Plan for the magnificent 130 million year old Belum-Temenggor Forest Complex.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
20 Nov 2008
IDRC’s regional office for Southeast and East Asia celebrated the power of photography this fall with its “Research and Development in Pictures” photo competition, and the results are in.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
20 Nov 2008
This book addresses the growth of regional trade agreements (RTAs) which have mushroomed since the 1990s, and considers their potential as a tool for reducing inter- and intra-state conflict.
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
20 Nov 2008
Nurses on the front lines against AIDS, Countries unite to battle bird flu, mines of information, Tobacco and taxes: A winning strategy, Deadly delays and other health inequalities
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
20 Nov 2008
M.J. Akbar on the "Arc of Turbulence", Pratap Bhanu Mehta on India's Great Transformation, Alka Acharya on India-China relations and Rajeev Bhargava on Multiple Conceptions of Secularism
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2008
The application ‘Google Flu Trends’, launched last week, attracted a great deal of attention and the research behind the tool is published online in Nature today.
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers: Mixed-up waters influence greenhouse gases, Possible signature of dark matter annihilation?, A role for Rhesus factors, Stripy nanowires fine-tuned, Inflammatory mutation found in liver cancer and Lava dome soufflé
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2008
After thousands of years of extinction, the woolly mammoth has its DNA decoded this week in Nature. The study marks the first report of nuclear genome sequencing for an extinct animal. Also, this week’s features celebrate the anniversary of Darwin’s Origin of Species.
Nature Publishing Group
19 Nov 2008
In Nature China this week - Researchers in China have found two supporting factors that make the production of human-induced pluripotent stem cells much more efficient and more.
Universiti Sains Malaysia
19 Nov 2008
In a press conference on Thursday, 20 November, Prof. Darah Ibrahim from Universiti Sains Malaysia a new chemical free paper recycling technology which uses sugar cane and palm oil waste to absorb ink from the paper to be recycled.
Keio University
19 Nov 2008
Keio SFC Jr. & Sr. High School, the newest secondary school affiliated with Keio University, is urgently seeking applicants for a part-time teaching position(s) from April, 2009.
Keio University
19 Nov 2008
In the main venue of Hiyoshi Campus, about 8,300 people including guests, students, graduates, students' parents and faculty and staff gathered, as well as about 3,100 people in Mita Campus, about 600 in Shonan Fujisawa Campus and about 500 people in the Osaka venue (Dojima River Forum), all to celebrate the 150th anniversary.
Nature Publishing Group
16 Nov 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Black carbon in soils affects terrestrial carbon dioxide release, Fruitfly Y chromosome well endowed, New chiral catalyst, Fast flow in Antarctic outlet glacier during drainage of subglacial lakes, Peptide recycling and ‘Killer’ cells recruit ‘foot soldiers’
Nature Publishing Group
16 Nov 2008
To avoid unpredictable pharmacological responses among adolescents, this population should be more actively recruited into clinical trials, according to a new Commentary in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
RIKEN recently sponsored a symposium at the Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe on ‘cell and tissue scale’ research in the life sciences to explore directions for the next generation of study.
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
RIKEN researchers have produced healthy cloned mice from cells taken from bodies frozen for 16 years
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
Terahertz (THz) radiation is currently attracting considerable interest for imaging and sensing applications, because it has the potential to supersede x-rays that are more damaging. A new near-field design for terahertz radiation detection promises high-resolution imaging devices on a chip
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
New scattering data suggests that gluons make only a small contribution to the spin of protons and neutrons
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
New brain images show subconscious learning in action and could be used to monitor language rehabilitation
RIKEN
14 Nov 2008
Electrons underpin the functioning of devices used in personal computers, mobile phones, and digital cameras. Chief scientist Kato and members of the laboratory are taking advantage of molecular compounds made mainly of organic materials to create new superconductors and materials for electronic devices.
Nature Publishing Group
13 Nov 2008
In Nature China this week - The abundance of bacteria found in ice and snow deposits from Tibet is strongly linked to climatic changes and more
Nature Publishing Group
13 Nov 2008
Summaries of newsworthy papers include Molecular tug of war predicts tamoxifen response, The shape of things to come?, Recipe for optical qubit control, Catalysis in the spotlight, Feeding back the melody and A slow song
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
13 Nov 2008
The Plants of Krau, Windows on the Forest and Journal of Tropical Forest Science give a comprehensive overview of vascular plants from the Krau Wildlife Reserve, the FRIM research institute and the latest research in tropical forest science.
Waseda University
13 Nov 2008
Movies were invented at the end of the 19th century and were silent up until about the end of the 1920s.
Waseda University
13 Nov 2008
In September 2008, the "dreamlike" LHC (Large Hadron Collider) was finally started after a 14-year construction process directed by high energy physicists. Like a science fiction fantasy, researchers re-created a state of the universe 0.000000000001 of a second after the universe was born.