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Researcher Zukan project has launched a new content, "Zukan Weekly News".
URL: http://www.zukan.tv/

In this content, we introduce daily news of the world together with RESEARCHER'S INTERVIEWS.

You will get deep insight for the news by checking the researcher's interviews related to it. Please don't miss it!!

Past Archives:

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[Nov 7, 2007, from BBC News]
PS3 for distributed computing
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A project that uses the spare processing power of Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) has started to help examine protein folding and how it maybe linked to diseases.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7074547.stm

* Related interviews *
Morikazu NAKAMURA, University of the Ryukyus
Takahiro KOITA, Doshisha University
Tadashi KAMIYAMA, Kinki University

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[Nov 10, 2007, from Science News]
Children who tell good stories do well in mathematics
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Children who tell sophisticated stories that include many different perspectives do better in math than those who stick to one simple perspective.
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20071110/mathtrek.asp

* Related interviews *
Shizuo KAJI, Kyoto University
Shosaku TANAKA, Ritsumeikan University
Takashi AOKI, Kinki University

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[Nov 13, 2007, from CNN News]
X-Men and Fantastic Four are on the web
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Marvel is puts some of its older comics on the web, hoping to reintroduce the X-Men and Fantastic Four to young people. The comics can only be viewed in a web browser and can not be downloaded.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/13/comics.online.ap/index.html

* Related interviews *
Akihiko IESHIMA, Kyoto University
Toru KIKUCHI, Kobe University
Jaqueline BERNDT, Yokohama National University

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[Nov 14, 2007, from BBC News]
Delhi's air quality is getting worse
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A prominent environmental group says urgent measure to clean up the air in India's capital, Delhi. According to them, it will heighten a risk of respiratory illness.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7094334.stm

* Related interviews *
Mitsutaka MATSUMOTO, AIST
Misako KANNO, National Museum of Ethnology
Chiharu TOKORO, Waseda University