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19 December 1997 | ScienceNOW

Three Win Japan Prize

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A Japanese physicist and two Belgian geneticists have won the 1998 Japan Prize, one of the world's richest science awards. The researchers were hailed for basic research achievements that led...

20 November 1997 | ScienceNOW

Strange Beast From Down Under

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The tooth fairy could not have been kinder. A set of four teeth in a tiny jaw discovered early this year on a beach in southern Australia have turned out...

16 October 1997 | ScienceNOW

Indian Scientist Kidnapped

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NEW DELHI--A notorious poacher has kidnapped a botanist and two wildlife photographers and has sent a message to police authorities demanding amnesty for 2 decades of crime. The kidnapping took...

30 September 1997 | ScienceNOW

India Launches Hefty Satellite

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NEW DELHI--The Indian space program took a big step toward competing in the international arena yesterday with the successful launch of another remote-sensing satellite (IRS-1D) aboard its own Polar Satellite...

2 September 1997 | ScienceNOW

Japan Reins in Science Budget Growth

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The recent rapid growth in Japan's public spending on research will apparently slow to a crawl in the next fiscal year, thanks to efforts to cut a ballooning national budget...

26 August 1997 | ScienceNOW

Japanese Science Bureaucracy Tries to Slim Down

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TOKYO--Two fierce rivals in the world of Japanese science funding, the Science and Technology Agency (STA) and the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture (Monbusho), may have to learn...

12 August 1997 | ScienceNOW

Japan Cuts Back on Space Program

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Japan's ambitious plans for space exploration are being squeezed by efforts to shrink the country's ballooning budget deficit. Last week, an advisory committee to the Science and Technology Agency (STA)...

21 July 1997 | ScienceNOW

Most Domestic Research Ignores India's Health

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NEW DELHI--Industrialized nations tend to focus their medical research on diseases generally associated with a high standard of living, such as heart disease. But a study in the latest issue...

1 July 1997 | ScienceNOW

Adios, ADEOS: Japanese Satellite Lost

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TOKYO--Worldwide studies of climate and oceans took a heavy blow when Japan lost contact with its sensor-laden Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS). "It's extremely disappointing," says Akimasa Sumi, a climate...

10 June 1997 | ScienceNOW

Deficit Plan Squeezes Japan's Big Science

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TOKYO--A pledge to reduce Japan's serious budget deficit could put the hurt on several big-science projects, including the $10 billion International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), as well as delay an...

25 March 1997 | ScienceNOW

Report Jolts Japan's Earthquake Program

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Japan's 32-year-old earthquake-prediction research program has failed to meet its goal of warning the public of impending earthquakes and has overstated the chances of developing accurate forecasts. So says a...

7 March 1997 | ScienceNOW

China Readies for Hale-Bopp/Eclipse Extravaganza

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BEIJING--More than 5000 people from around the world are trekking to northern China for a unique astronomical spectacle this Sunday morning, 9 March: comet Hale-Bopp viewed against a total solar...

4 February 1997 | ScienceNOW

Booster Shot for Japanese Science

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TOKYO--Japan's economic doldrums have provided a windfall for the country's researchers. The Diet, Japan's parliament, has approved $1.3 billion for science-related spending as part of a $21.9 billion supplemental budget...

24 January 1997 | ScienceNOW

Cholera Vaccine Protects in Vietnam

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An inexpensive cholera vaccine has performed well in a pilot trial in Vietnam. The finding, reported in tomorrow's issue of The Lancet, is a big advance in the long and...

13 January 1997 | ScienceNOW

Four Snag Japan Prize

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Groundbreaking work on cancer-causing chemicals and new manufacturing paradigms has earned four U.S. and Japanese researchers the 1997 Japan Prize, a lucrative award that sometimes foreshadows a Nobel Prize. The...

10 January 1997 | ScienceNOW

Blast From the Past

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TOKYO--Since 1994, when comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 plunged to its spectacular demise on Jupiter, astronomers have wondered whether any records of similar older impacts exist. Now their curiosity should be at...

7 January 1997 | ScienceNOW

Japan's 'Super' Site Confirms Neutrino Deficit

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The world's largest neutrino detector, a $100 million device in a mine 300 kilometers west of Tokyo, has confirmed a mysterious deficit in the flux of neutrinos from the sun....

24 December 1996 | ScienceNOW

Science Is Big Winner in Japan's 1997 Budget

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TOKYO--Basic science is set to receive a big boost in the next Japanese budget, according to draft figures released Friday by the Ministry of Finance. The increase--a rise of 8%...

18 December 1996 | ScienceNOW

Russia to Aid China's Crewed Space Effort

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China may soon be the third country with a crewed space program. Industry experts believe that the Chinese--thanks to new plans to collaborate with cash-strapped Russian space scientists--will be able...

6 December 1996 | ScienceNOW

Driving Polio From India

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New Delhi--As part of a massive attempt to eradicate polio from a region, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plan tomorrow...

21 November 1996 | ScienceNOW

Asia and Europe Tops in Science Studies

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WASHINGTON--A new international assessment of student achievement in science and mathematics has found that seventh- and eighth-grade students in Asia and Eastern Europe, as a group, lead the world in...