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Climate change could enable Alaska to grow more of its own food. Now is the time to plan for it.

Laboratory for Nouvelle Vague of Hokkaido Wines took the lead in Japan’s academia-industry-government collaboration in viticulture and oenology as it

Date Time Pursuit of Sustainability, Efforts to Achieve SDGs, and Toward Path Beyond This article was published in the Autumn 2020 issue of Litterae Populi. The full list of articles can be found here. Hokkaido University ranked first in Japan in the Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings 1 2020, which shines a light on the commitment of universities to social contributions toward SDGs. The rankings are designed to showcase progress toward the 17 SDGs by measuring universities�...

中国网7月15日讯 （记者孙晓彤） 由中国社会科学院国际研究学部主办，中国社会科学院欧洲研究所、社会科学文献出版社承办的《德国统一的外交》新书发布暨 “德国统一的外交及德国统一后的国际地位与作用”研讨会14日在北京举行。多名专家学者和中国前驻外大使汇聚一堂并就《德国统一的外交》一书进行研讨交流。 《德国统一的外交》由中国社会科学院学部委员、国�...

Prof Ram Mohan is an Associate Professor in Business Policy Area since 2017 at IIM Ahmedabad. Prior to this he was Associate Professor at Department of Policy Studies, TERI University from 2015 to 2017. He served at Regulatory and Governance Division: TERI, New Delhi from 2004 to 2012 and served as Research Faculty at Centre for Law, Technology and Development, National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata from 2001 to 2003. Apart from this he was a practicing Advocate at Trivandr...

Date Time Spotlight on Research: Get to know your plants through ionomics Living beings need elements to develop properly. The study of ionomics measures and analyses the element accumulations in living organisms to determine which mineral nutrients are required and not required for growth. Associate Professor Toshihiro Watanabe from Hokkaido University’s Research Faculty of Agriculture applies this approach to learn about mineral accumulation in both plants and soil, in addition to inter-ele...

Japan Focus: Asahi low-alcohol brand Beery, sustainable robots, GM updates and more feature in our round-up Asahi low-alcohol brand Beery, sustainable robots, GM updates and more feature in this edition of Japan Focus. Asahi Breweries is to launch a new carbonated low alcoholic drink called Beery as part of its drive to see sales of products at 3.5% ABV or lower increase from 6% to 20% by 2025. To kickstart this, the company is launching Beery, a 0.5% alcoholic beer-...

Grape idea: Hokkaido University’s sustainable robots offer respite for wine and pumpkin farmers in Japan Robots developed by researchers at Hokkaido University are being trialled at a Japanese vineyard, Hokkaido Wine, for pesticide spraying and weed control. As one of the oldest wineries in Hokkaido founded in 1974, the firm produces 2,000 kL annually, with just 81 employees. “ There is a shortage of people on our farm and we cannot do enough weeding and pesticid...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Venatorx Pharmaceuticals Names New Head of Regulatory Affairs January 28, 2021 GMT Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Ph.D. -- Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Photo: Business Wire) MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 28, 2021-- Venatorx Pharmaceuticals today announced that Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Ph.D. has been named Vice President, Regulatory Affairs. With nearly 25...

Coronal heating & solar wind, returns from solar missions shed light on Sun’s mysteries January 21, 2021 It’s one of the greatest mysteries in solar physics.  Dubbed the coronal heating problem, the issue arises from the fact that the solar corona, or Sun’s atmosphere, is millions of degrees hotter than the layers directly below it. This goes against modeling that suggests the corona should be far cooler than the layers below it. Numerous theories have been proposed to explain the proble...