Interviews & Opinions

2024.11.27

Tackling the mystery of organ regeneration in plants: From elucidating mechanisms to improving tissue culture efficiency

2024.10.09

Developing artificial materials to control terahertz waves: Dreams of realizing ultraefficient communication devices

2024.09.10

Using data science to understand the present: Supporting global health policymaking

2024.08.23

From the long white cloud to the rising sun: Insights from a Kiwi scientist's experience in Japan

2024.07.29

Clarifying the mechanisms of the use of structural color in flowers: Aiming to realize photonics agriculture

2024.07.01

Aiming to clarify the "origin of life": Demonstration of self-reproducing RNA structures

2024.06.19

We must strengthen Arctic research: From local to global expansion — An interview with PD Hiroyuki Enomoto regarding the results of "ArCS II"

2024.06.03

Clarifying transport phenomena in fluids using scattered light and fluorescence — Contributing to manufacturing through microscopic-scale measurements

2024.04.30

Shedding light on the mechanism of stomatal opening and closing through the combination of biology and chemistry: The fusion of different disciplines sheds light on the potential of plants

2024.04.18

Observing electromagnetic fields and charges in materials at the atomic level — Creating new "eyes" with electron microscopes

2024.04.16

Combining AI and robots to observe disaster sites, civil engineering projects and bring benefits to society: An interview with Moonshot researcher Pang-jo Chun

2024.03.21

Predicting and controlling the weather with high powered simulations: An interview with Moonshot researcher Le Duc

2024.03.08

Outstanding Advanced Electron Microscopy Opens a New Path in the Field of Spintronics: An Interview with Dr. Yu, Team Leader at RIKEN

2024.03.07

Connecting cutting-edge research, driven by the joy of discovery, to the future of humanity: Interview with RIKEN President Makoto Gonokami

2024.03.06

Using mathematics to understand intelligence and cultural evolution: Creating science that contributes to the advancement of the arts

2024.02.22

Japan's patent revenue is "in a severe situation" — Issues regarding people, goods and imitation of the United States model: An interview with Kiichi Kubota, the president of KSP, Inc. and founder of PeptiDream Inc.

2024.02.21

Ice cores are climate time capsules — Aiming to shed light on the million years of the Earth's history

2024.02.19

Stressing Japan's capabilities in academic research and advocating for the development of younger talent: An interview with JSPS President Tsuyoshi Sugino

2024.01.17

Aiming for research with a greater contribution to society during future pandemics

2023.12.20

Toward the development of a measurement technology that can easily determine the 'most delicious time to eat' and 'best-before date'

2023.11.28

Furthering radiopharmaceutical research and development in Japan and the transfer of technology: An interview with Dr. Ming-Rong Zhang, Director of the Department of Advanced Nuclear Medicine Sciences at QST

2023.11.27

Attracting international talent by creating new value in quantum science using the world's most advanced infrastructure: An Interview with Dr. Shigeo Koyasu, President of the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)

2023.11.27

Ultra-high dose irradiation with extremely short times — Radiotherapy with maintaining patients' quality of life