SCIENCE Producing 2.2lb of beef generates as much greenhouse gas as driving a car non-stop for three hours, a group of Japanese scientists have found. [TELEGRAPH]

SCIENCE Part of Emperor Akihito’s speech in Britain in May to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus was published Thursday in Nature, marking the first time a paper by a member of the imperial family has appeared in the prestigious British science journal. [http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070713a3.html]

SCIENCE Ultrasound examinations can help determine those more at risk of developing pancreatic cancer, a finding that could help sufferers overcome the disease whose early stages are hard to detect, researchers have recently discovered. [YOMIURI]

SCIENCE A frozen mammoth found recently in Russia in unprecedented good condition is set to be sent to a Japanese university for examination, several experts told Kyodo News on Friday. [KYODO]

SCIENCE At least 25 leading institutions in Japan will participate in an international research project on Alzheimer’s disease from autumn with the aim of developing early treatment and prevention methods. [ASAHI]

SCIENCE With the increasing popularity in the therapeutic effects of nuri-e - the coloring of outline drawings - doctors and painters will hold an international symposium on the subject in Shinjuku, Tokyo next month that will include a contest to raise awareness of its benefits. [YOMIURI]