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Polymeric materials that stretch out when electrically stimulated can benefit from realistic numerical simulations.

A combination of advanced signal processing and magnetic layer stacking promises to increase hard drive capacity and reliability.

Tired of running out of charge on your smartphone? The hunt is on for a longer-lasting battery.

Use of Ion Conducting Solid Electrolyte Created a Breakthrough. A Step toward Realization of Low-Current High-Capacity Memory Devices.

Integration of a Hime Diamond into the Device Simplifies Measurement of Electrical Resistance under Ultra-High Pressure.

Researchers have developed a way to protect data and enable information services to continue working in disaster-affected areas, even when there is a network disruption over a wide area preventing access to remotely located back-ups.

Scientists have built a gene expression database of a stag beetle and identified genes important for sex determination and differentiation.

A researcher in Malaysia has developed an adjustable tables where the front portion can be tilted for easy reading and writing in order to minimize the ergonomic health risks among school children.

International researchers centered at Nagoya University use a highly sensitive technique to identify significantly more DNA sequence repeats in patients with schizophrenia than in control individuals, and outline a possible link between genome instability and disease.

Biology has inspired new ways to harvest and collect water.

A statistical model that accurately describes rainfall at both extremes opens the way for more reliable predictions of flood and drought risk.

Scientists at Hokkaido University have developed a device that employs both magnetic and electronic signals, which could provide twice the storage capacity of conventional memory devices, such as USB flash drives.

Findings could open up possibilities for more targeted therapies for the disease.

A comparative study by University of Malaya researchers highlighted the prominence of environmental aspects in building assessment themes in Malaysia. The study has been published in the journal Ecological Indicators, Volume 69.

A 3D dome theater movie visualizing superstring theory and supervised by a Kavli IPMU researcher has received the Best Educational Production Award, it was announced at the International Planetarium Society (IPS) Fulldome Festival Brno 2016 in the Czech Republic on June 17.

Scientists in Korea have developed a protein-scaffolding tool that paves the way for the assembly of diverse proteins with defined structures and functions.

Innovative chemistry has produced synthetic membranes with improved properties for industry, research and biomedicine.

Scientists have found a way to simultaneously monitor the switching on and off of circadian “clock” genes and their effects on mouse behaviour in real-time.

A receptor, first known for its role in mediating the harmful effects of the environmental pollutant dioxin in our body, is now understood to play other important roles in modulating the innate immune response.

KAIST researchers have sequenced the whole genome of Clostridium tyrobutyricum, which has a higher tolerance to toxic chemicals, such as 1-butanol, compared to other clostridial bacterial strains.

Researchers in Japan have shown that modified gold nanoparticles can be used to control the differentiation of stem cells into bone.

The result also validates the methodology for single-shot imaging of bio-systems.

The research group of Professor Hideo Ohno and Associate Professor Shunsuke Fukami of Tohoku University has demonstrated the sub-nanosecond operation of a nonvolatile magnetic memory device.

Researchers at Tohoku University have realized wafer-scale and high yield synthesis of suspended graphene nanoribbons. The unique growth dynamic has been elucidated through comparing experiments, molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical calculations made with researchers from the University of Tokyo and Hokkaido University.

Researchers from Osaka University and Tohoku University have developed a novel robot microscope system that automatically tracks a freely moving small animal and manipulates its brain activity with "projection mapping." They've named the system OSaCaBeN or OSB.

A research group at Tohoku University's WPI-AIMR has succeeded in finding the origin and the mechanism of ferromagnetism in Mn-doped GaAs. The discovery is significant as it will accelerate the development of the spintronic element.

The junctions between nerve cells responsible for releasing and receiving dopamine in the brain are a surprising mismatch that gives this chemical a strong competitive advantage.

Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a system named "Compound eye for high-density 3D imaging".

A mathematical analysis of urban traffic models clarifies a dispute over which approach is the best.

Squeezing graphene is a way to control its heat conduction, paving the way to harvesting waste heat for power.