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• Beamline bonanza for Japanese researchers - Premium content

  A proton-accelerator complex will incorporate one of the world's most intense pulsed neutron sources.

  26 November 2008

• Genomics takes hold in Asia - Premium content

  Genome Institute of Singapore head Edison Liu talks about how to make pan-Asian genomics research projects work.

  05 November 2008

• Hwang work granted patent - Premium content

  Australia criticized for issuing a patent for a method the Korean lied about using.

  01 October 2008

• China's third manned space shot prepares for launch - Premium content

  Space walk planned for the "Hollywood mission".

  22 September 2008

• Japan fast-tracks stem-cell patent - Premium content

  Kyoto University secures first award for induced pluripotent cells.

  17 September 2008

• China rushes through major funding system - Premium content

  Medical researchers hurry to hit deadline for megaproject cash.

  10 September 2008

• Environmental chemists keep watchful eye on Beijing's smog - Premium content

  On the eve of the Olympic Games, scientists are taking the long view on the capital's air pollution.

  07 August 2008

• Dog cloners baring their teeth - Premium content

  Rival companies are about to clash over who has the rights to the crucial technology.

  04 July 2008

• Japan ramps up patent effort to keep iPS lead - Premium content

  United States in race to commercialize pluripotent stem cells.

  18 June 2008

• Japan's monitoring system beaten by shallow quake - Premium content

  Earthquake takes nine lives as destruction arrives ahead of warning.

  16 June 2008