Biology

2025.01.16

Are scales the cause of a fear of snakes? Nagoya University conducts experiments using photographs of salamanders manipulated through image processing

2025.01.15

Mass sardine beaching hits northern Japan, cleanup delayed

2025.01.15

Publication of a database showing comprehensive gene expression profiles of tissue sections: Easily analyzable by non-expert users, contributing to the elucidation of diseases and research in other areas

2025.01.14

Osaka Metropolitan University finds that Shiitake mushroom extract suppresses the progression of liver fibrosis

2025.01.14

Tokyo University of Science investigate plant-plant communication through odors: Insect damage reduction and growth promotion

2025.01.14

Dolphins without sense of taste can identify own mother's milk

2025.01.10

Studying the immune mechanisms of kuruma shrimp and investigation of the potential of Japanese aquaculture

2025.01.10

Japan firm turning bagworm silk into fiber products in world 1st

2025.01.10

New light-utilizing system discovered in the oldest photosynthetic organisms "cyanobacteria" — Adaptation to diverse environments by acquiring rhodopsins

2025.01.09

A step toward "photosynthetic animals": The University of Tokyo successfully incorporate chloroplasts in cells, maintaining photosynthetic activity for 2 days

2025.01.07

Easy cell and particle counting — Flow cytometry module that anyone can make

2025.01.07

Opening a path to stable food supply in aquaculture using black soldier fly larvae: Technology developed by NARO and the University of Tokyo

2024.12.24

Contributing to new molecular breeding: Kazusa DNA Research Institute and collaborators work towards high-precision genome analysis of barley

2024.12.23

The University of Fukui develops experimental apparatus to analyze mechanism of tension responses in cell membranes

2024.12.23

Even chimpanzees worry about how they look to others. Does the presence of a familiar audience muster chimpanzees' motivation? Findings from Kyoto University

2024.12.23

Gifu University undertakes survey of new undergraduate students on "developmental disabilities"

2024.12.20

Reproduction of the venomous "blue bottle" jellyfish partly clarified by Tokai University

2024.12.19

Clarification of the evolution of pasta and bread wheat — Functional diversity of genes induced by allopolyploidization

2024.12.18

The University of Tokyo and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science identify degradation-regulating enzymes involved in circadian rhythm

2024.12.18

Kyoto University verifies effectiveness of "SGLT2 inhibitors" for treatment of diabetes mellitus

2024.12.17

Tokyo University of Science finds correlation between copolymer micelle structure and hydrophobic dye solubilization

2024.12.17

Stiffness distribution patterns in inner and outer tissue of the skin reversed during mouse growths

2024.12.13

Analysis of volatile organic compounds useful for soil evaluation in soybean fields — Significant changes during the blooming period