Tohoku, Japan News

Bus tours around the sights of Tokyo are fairly common, but one recent excursion this month went slightly off the beaten track--to three primary and middle schools.

The book that impressed me most this year was Naoyuki Ii's novel Poketto no Naka no Rewaniwa .

Activity and safety of combination chemotherapy with methotrexate, ifosfamide, L-asparaginase and dexamethasone for refractory lymphoid malignancies: A pilot study Export European Journal of Haematology , Vol.

Late life depression, characterized by persistent down moods, can elevate the risk of multiple illnesses, worsen the outcome of existing medical conditions, and increase mortality in senior citizens .

E-mail: nakayak2@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp Received 10 April 2009; Revised 14 November 2009; Accepted 19 November 2009; Published online 21 December 2009.

Elderly men and women who sip on several cups of green tea a day may be less likely to have the blues, hint findings of a study from Japan.

The Standard Model predictions for the lepton flavor-violating processes like → e are well far from any realistic experimental resolution, thus, the appearance of → e at the running MEG experiment would unambiguously point towards a New Physics signal.

Snapshot Report ), a leading global provider of distribution facilities, recently leased about 450,000 square feet of its development portfolio in Japan.

SUMMARY: Simvastatin , a medication used to lower blood cholesterol, had a synergistic effect against hepatitis B virus when combined with antiviral drugs in a laboratory study, researchers reported last month at the 60th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in Boston.

Journal of Biochemistry Advance Access originally published online on August 25, 2009 Journal of Biochemistry 2009 146 :867-874; doi:10.1093/jb/mvp134 1Department of Molecular Science and Material Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodaicho, Nada; 2Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate ...

Abstract: The discoloration of polyolefins has been extensively studied. The key mechanism of discoloration includes oxidation of polyethylene and/or oxidation of hindered phenolics used as antioxidants by oxygen or nitroxide pollutants from hydrocarbon combustion, e.g., internal combustion engines, or methane- or propane-fired heating systems.

Another month has come and gone; welcome to December! The month will be jam packed with conjunctions, blue moons, the solstice and of course...the Geminid Meteor Shower! Today there are some interesting stories about the future of science aboard the International Space Station, and the launch of another communications satellite! Check This Out! A ...

Honda's Asimo robot conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Robots are increasingly becoming less whimsical and more practical.

K. Itagaki of Yamagata, Japan was photographing the night sky in Eridanus two days ago when Hitoshi Yamaoka of Kyushu University noticed an anomaly - a possible classic nova event.

Forget the Transformers and Astroboy: Japan's latest robots don't save the world, they cook snacks, play with your kids, model clothes, and search for disaster victims.

A microscopic worm, one of a group of thousands being sent into space as part of a mission to discover more about muscle loss in astronauts.

TBS's drama special, "Chichi yo, Anata wa erakatta - 1969-nen no oyaji to boku" , makes a clever play for two generations of TV viewers by featuring Shigeaki Kato of the idol group News in a time travel story that sends him to 1969, where he meets his father as a young man.

Fred Waring, a veteran who served in the U.S. Navy and Air Force over a span of 20 years and two wars.

Correspondence: Dr H Ozawa, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Seiryomachi Aobaku, Sendai, 980-8574 Japan.

Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has appointed Colliers International's Advanced Technology Real Estate Group to act as advisor in the sale of two of Freescale's operational 150-mm semiconductor manufacturing facilities.