Biology

2025.12.23

Mechanism discovered for how parasitic plants avoid parasitizing "kin": May lead to reduced agricultural damage — NAIST and collaborators

2025.12.23

Kyushu University finds high nitrogen levels suppress plant root growth and clarifies information signal transduction mechanism

2025.12.23

Fish-specific glycan metabolism discovered: Gene knockout reveals key role in fertilized egg size

2025.12.22

Indian Peafowls can recognize numbers and have ability to count from 1 to 5

2025.12.19

Promoting 'Bio-DX' for a sustainable eco-society through genome editing: developing hypoallergenic eggs and super insects

2025.12.18

Replacing skulls with nano-thin films to visualize brain activity: Developing the widest, deepest, and finest optical measurement technique in the world

2025.12.17

Establishment of the Red List of Ecosystems wins the International Cosmos Prize —Interview with Australian Dr. Keith: Fieldwork is the foundation of research

2025.12.17

Drone-based control of invasive apple snails — NARO develops labor-saving system for spot application of chemicals

2025.12.17

Shibaura Institute of Technology finds that chocolate and wine astringency improves memory — Flavanol activates the brain and nerves

2025.12.16

Saitama University discovers novel enzyme in plant chloroplasts involved in dephosphorylation of intracellular electron transport molecules

2025.12.12

Creating models by reducing plant cell changes to lower dimensions: Tackling life's mysteries through interdisciplinary integration of developmental biology and mechanics

2025.12.12

Automated pain assessment based on facial expressions of free-moving mice — New AI-based technology that contributes to animal welfare developed by the University of Tokyo

2025.12.10

Magnetite teeth formed in vivo by chitons — Identification of protein reveals formation mechanism

2025.12.10

New function of the basal ganglia indirect pathway discovered by Tamagawa University and collaborators

2025.12.09

The University of Osaka identifies the protein that controls sperm motility — Function restored by administering artificial reagent to deficient mice

2025.12.09

Institute of Science Tokyo elucidates new substrate recognition mechanism in degradation of unnecessary intracellular proteins

2025.12.08

Bicolor pattern formation in saddle soybean: Quercetin regulates gene expression through RNA interference

2025.12.05

Development of antibodies to eliminate tick-borne encephalitis virus by Nagasaki University and others

2025.12.05

Sperm competition linked to longevity and gene expression: Demonstrated in fish from ancient African lake by University of the Ryukyus and others

2025.12.05

New one-centimeter-long worker bee fossil species from 2.5-million-year-old strata found in northern Hyogo Prefecture

2025.12.04

Experiments into eel feeding behavior on land reveals voluntary targeting of crickets

2025.12.04

Successful genome editing of schistosomiasis intermediate host snail — Potential to prevent 200,000 deaths annually worldwide

2025.12.04

Elucidation of ATP synthesis mechanism using cryo-electron microscopy — Expectations for contributions to membrane protein research and drug discovery