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05 Mar 2025
For International Women's Day, we have prepared a list of women experts who have agreed to share their expertise with journalists. Their expertise include AI, astronomy, medicine and public health, sustainability, women’s rights, and more.
Side view of the gliding machinery (top) and detail of the internal chain (above).
Osaka Metropolitan University
04 Mar 2025
Cryo-electron microscopy reveals molecular structure of twin motors that power mycoplasma’s ability to glide
Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo (UTokyo-IIS)
04 Mar 2025
Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, have found a surprisingly simple way of understanding social-distancing behavior during an epidemic.
National Taiwan University
04 Mar 2025
This study questions recent claims about the rapid effectiveness of psychedelic drugs for treating depression. Among all psychedelics, only high-dose psilocybin showed greater effectiveness than the placebo in antidepressant trials and outperformed escitalopram.
The University of Osaka
03 Mar 2025
Researchers from Osaka University found that TEX38 and ZDHHC19 co-localize on the plasma membrane of spermatids and mediate S-palmitoylation of ARRDC5, a crucial protein for spermatogenesis. Disrupting either TEX38 or ZDHHC19 inhibited cytoplasm removal from the sperm head, resulting in deformed sperm and infertility in a male mouse model.
Ehime University
03 Mar 2025
Comprehensive screening analysis of organohalogen compounds in blubber samples of 11 toothed whale species stranded on Japanese coasts revealed species-specific accumulation profiles, with a total of over 300 organohalogen compounds detected. For the first time, the composition profiles of marine natural products were found to be useful indicators of the feeding habitats and migration history of individual whale species.
Tohoku University
03 Mar 2025
Glaucoma is called the “silent thief of sight” as many don’t notice until significant, irreversible vision loss has already occurred. A revolutionary early screening tool using AI may stop this thief dead in its tracks.
National Taiwan University
03 Mar 2025
Eight CO2 capture processes were evaluated in terms of economics, environmental impact, and equipment footprint, based on rigorous modeling.
YOKOHAMA National University
03 Mar 2025
YOKOHAMA National University signed a joint research agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Quantinuum K.K., Keio University, SoftBank Corp., Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and LQUOM, Inc. Their collaboration aims to enable deployable and scalable quantum information processing by achieving and demonstrating the connection of multiple quantum devices in a practical environment.
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Mar 2025
- A pioneer of systems biology who challenged Richard Dawkins’ The Selfish Gene, appointed as the first Chair Professor of DGIST Biomedical Engineering Department opening in March.
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Mar 2025
- DGIST Professor Sohee Kim’s research team has developed the world’s first three-dimensional neural electrode that deforms smoothly using soft actuation technology. - It is expected to be used in various next-generation soft bioelectronic devices, including electroceuticals for peripheral nerve treatment
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Mar 2025
DGIST Undergraduate Alumni Demonstrate Academic Excellence by Securing Professorships at Major Universities in Korea
Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
01 Mar 2025
- grants degrees to 60 PhD, 72 master’s, and 128 bachelor’s students, fostering 260 talented individuals of science and technology
Lingnan University hosts the Technology Transfer Forum in Qianhai Shenzhen.
Lingnan University
28 Feb 2025
Lingnan University held its inaugural Technology Transfer Forum today, 28 February, at the Qianhai International Talent Hub in Shenzhen. Supported by the Innovation and Technology Fund of the Innovation and Technology Commission, the forum focused on “Building a Smart Future for Sustainability”.
Tohoku University
28 Feb 2025
Researchers used motion capture technology to create a database of body language – ranging from happiness to contempt – targeted towards an Asian population for the first time.
Researchers found one of the E. coli strains isolated in cheese in Egypt in 2018 had the same properties as the E. coli in the milk that caused food poisoning in more than 1,800 schoolchildren in Toyama Prefecture in Japan in 2021.
Osaka Metropolitan University
28 Feb 2025
Popular milk and dairy products in Egypt show over 25% prevalence of E. coli
The University of Osaka
27 Feb 2025
A multi-institutional research team led by Osaka University clarified the energy levels of color centers at the SiO2/SiC interface, paving the way toward the development of scalable quantum technologies that use them as single-photon emitters.
Tohoku University
27 Feb 2025
A twist you’ll never see coming: a breakthrough in understanding the relationship between chirality and electric flow at a microscopic level may help us develop chiral information technology.
Tohoku University
27 Feb 2025
Strong, lightweight, superelastic, and able to function across a range of temperatures, this newly developed alloy could be a game-changer for space exploration and medical technology.
New advancements in veterinary regenerative medicine plausible with these pluripotent cells.
Osaka Metropolitan University
27 Feb 2025
Advancement in veterinary regenerative medicine can help domestic and endangered wild cats alike
A double network hydrogel being stretched to different lengths. The necked region of the hydrogel indicates rupture of the first polymer network (Photo: WPI-ICReDD).
Hokkaido University
26 Feb 2025
New double network hydrogel technology features automated self-strengthening that rapidly activates upon deformation of its polymer network.
Anemonefish seem to understand what food to feed their host sea anemones for their mutual benefit.
Osaka Metropolitan University
26 Feb 2025
Anemonefish provision food they don’t eat to increase size of host sea anemones
Tohoku University
26 Feb 2025
The less carbon dioxide polluting our air, the better. Researchers are investigating non-toxic, low-cost electrocatalysts to turn our sustainability goals into reality.
Tohoku University
26 Feb 2025
Tohoku University researchers are looking underfoot to uncover the mysterious past of Mars: Martian regoliths in the soil. Their water storage capabilities may help us understand the change in water on Mars over time.
Demand responsive transport in Senboku New Town, Osaka
Osaka Metropolitan University
26 Feb 2025
Unveiling the acceptance of new public mobility services for older adults
A questionnaire translated into Japanese can help practitioners understand psychological effects on esophageal symptoms.
Osaka Metropolitan University
25 Feb 2025
Verifying the Esophageal Hypervigilance and Anxiety Scale for clinical use
National Taiwan University
24 Feb 2025
N-Cadherin is found to boost cardiomyocyte regeneration after injury by stabilizing β-Catenin, suggesting a potential new way to improve the function of human failing hearts.
Impart
24 Feb 2025
A popular pastime in South and Southeast Asia, carrom is played by flicking and pocketing coin-like discs across a smooth tabletop made of wood. Did you know that this game, which originated in India, is now played professionally in competitions across the West?
With the support of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance, the Department of Psychology at Lingnan University in collaboration with Sun Yat-sen University and Renmin University host the inaugural International Conference and Workshop on Health and Well-being in the Digital Era.
Lingnan University
22 Feb 2025
The intersection of technology and psychological health has become a critical area of enquiry in interpersonal, workplace and organisational contexts in the digital era.
A schematic diagram of the generalized procedure for using a ball mill to perform organolithium reactions (Photo: WPI-ICReDD).
Hokkaido University
21 Feb 2025
Mechanochemistry using a ball mill demonstrates versatility for generating academically and industrially significant organolithium compounds.