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Ulsan, Republic of Korea, May 17, 2013 – Researchers have identified a novel role of ATAXIN-2 as a posttranscriptional coactivator crucial for circadian behaviors and molecular clocks. The work was carried out by Chunghun Lim and colleagues during his post-doctoral time at Northwestern University.

Read more of the article entitled 'Answers to Sleep Disorder and new paradigm for treatment and mechanism of neurodegenerative disease'

16 May 2013 - A new study published in PNAS argues that for fisheries policies to be effective they must take in to account not just fish stock conservation and environmental issues, but also research data on the patterns and dynamics of fish trade, markets and user consumption.

Read more of the article entitled 'New era of fisheries policy needed to secure nutrition for millions'

Jointly established by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Sichuan University (Sichuan U), China's first Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR) has recently been officially opened.

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Opinion article by Associate Professor Sachiko Kuroda of the Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences, Waseda University

Read more of the article entitled 'Will Abenomics raise wages? Aggressive quantitative easing policy and the features of the Japanese labor market'

Ammonium salts could provide a viable way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere via carbon mineralization

Read more of the article entitled 'Carbon capture: Making use of minerals'