High-tech fluffy seals that respond to human touch are the latest weapon in the battle against depression for survivors of Japan's tsunami disaster.

Researchers have shown off the first images of the "charge distribution" in a single molecule, showing an intricate dance of electrons at tiny scales.

The Voice of America (VOA)’s Vietnamese website recently ran an article onProf Dr Truong Nguyen Thanh, a lecturer at the University of Utah in the US, who has conducted many research projects and written hundreds of articles for leading scientific magazines.

A seminar entitled ‘Nguyen Van Vinh and the Journey of Romanised Vietnamese Script’ by the Phan Chau Trinh Cultural Foundation, along with the Knowledge Publishing House was held at 53 Nguyen Du Street on Friday (February 17th) in Ha Noi.

The “Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of proposed hydropower projects on the Mekong River’s mainstream” made by an expert team, including a Vietnamese consultant, has been selected for the international award “2012 Cooperative Initiative”.

Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski has presented the title of physics professor to Tran Vinh Hung from the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wrocław City.