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Asia Research News met five female researchers to learn about their research, what drew them to Kavli IPMU, and their experiences there. These women, from diverse backgrounds, excel in their fields and show what can be achieved when women are not held back.

Naturally formed iron oxides on the surface of plastic tubes offer an inexpensive and sustainable method to reduce arsenic contamination in crops.

Finding extra-terrestrial life would transform how we view our place in the Universe, but reporting on the search for it poses challenges for scientists and the media.

Tactile sensations could soon be coming to virtual reality, surgical robotics and prosthetic sensing.

Researchers are working to overcome challenges in order to bring wearable, electric, wound-healing devices to clinical practice.

Hi-tech electrocatalysts made from seashells and waste animal blood could help build sustainable batteries, fuel cells and other electrochemical systems.

Insights into their diversity will help to understand and protect them and their natural environment.

2.5-dimensional materials promise new applications for artificial intelligence, electronics, automobiles and the energy sector.

Bacteria living on soil and chicken manure could provide low-tech and sustainable green electricity.

A science communication course at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) in Japan provides graduate students with practical skills to communicate research to a diverse audience.

Two novel hypotheses address the “two-fold cost of sex”: one of the biggest enigmas in the evolution of sexual reproduction.