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2025.03.18

One year since SLIM landed on the Moon "Thanks for the great achievement!": Cause of engine shutdown also clarified

2025.03.12

Sharks on a plane? JAL and others test a shark skin inspired coating to increase fuel efficiency on international flights

2025.03.07

[Special Feature: The Future of AI in Japan]: Can Tokyo be a global hub for AI development? Interview with Ren Ito, co-founder of fast-rising Sakana AI

2025.02.28

Addition of a liquid glue component to the enantiomer of a radiotherapy agent provides near-complete eradication of cancer in mice: The University of Tokyo and other institutions

2025.02.27

Today's Asteroid Research: Japan-U.S. Sample Exchange, Collision Experiments to Protect Humanity...The Challenge Continues

2025.02.25

Proposing a "new perspective on dementia" aimed at social inclusion: The government's first basic plan to address the projected increase in the number of patients

2025.02.21

Astronaut Takuya Onishi is determined to "use the ISS to the fullest" and becomes the third Japanese captain of the ISS

2025.02.13

A Look Around Innovation, Part 17: Efficient intracellular delivery of various compounds — Development and implementation of "transformable polymers"

2025.01.22

"Deliver scientific results firmly to the Earth"; Suwa and Yoneda officially certified as astronauts

2025.01.20

COP29 held as global warming measures stand at a crossroad amid "climate crisis": focus on whether a shared sense of crisis will allow to move forward

2025.01.17

Latest research from Fukui, the Dinosaur Kingdom [Part 1]: Excavation of new fossil species, digital paleontology, and a new faculty to be established next spring: A series of hot topics

2025.01.17

Video games improve mental health and life satisfaction: research by Nihon University et al. taking advantage of COVID-19 as an opportunity

2024.12.12

A Look Around Innovation, Part 16: Development of plant protection materials derived from cellular slime molds—repelling nematodes and reducing pesticide use

2024.12.10

Social implementation of autonomous driving is a good opportunity to experience the spread of science and technology in real time

2024.11.29

A Look Around Innovation, Part 14: Development of an electronic tongue sensor for the realization of "AI sommelier": Utilizing the physical properties of diamonds to analyze liquids in a minute using just a single drop of the sample

2024.11.20

Realizing the production of domestic bio-jet fuel: Industry-academia collaboration expands the potential of microalgae

2024.11.15

Powering innovation in partnership with researchers: R&D management personnel in the spotlight

2024.11.07

Development of a model to rationally determine when to stop isolating mpox patients

2024.11.05

Establishing technology for designing flavor and fragrance at will: Aiming to realize people-friendly services

2024.10.17

Ammonia, A Hazardous Substance, is Encapsulated and Solidified at Room Temperature for Easy Handling — The University of Hyogo

2024.10.15

Disaster-prone Japan aims for "A Society in which no one is left behind" − Technology for assisting the information vulnerable

2024.10.10

"Theory of the three ancestral components" of the Japanese people challenges the commonly accepted theory: Evolutionary anthropology explores essence of human species and Japanese based on genome analysis

2024.10.09

A Look Around Innovation, Part 13: Focusing on the "nanospikes" of cicada wings — Towards practical application as drug-free antibacterial and bactericidal materials

2024.09.27

The day when diabetes can be completely cured by a mechanism within ourselves will surely come

2024.09.12

Cabinet approves new action plan for infectious disease control "Readiness in Normal Times": The first major shake-up in 10 years

2024.08.23

Seeking a Path towards Realizing a Million-Qubit Quantum Computer

2024.07.30

A Look Around Innovation, Part 12: Practical Application of "Multiple Sound Spot Synthesis" for Delivering Different Languages in Multiple Areas

2024.07.18

Overconfident people quit more often due to an undeveloped frontal pole in the brain

2024.07.10

G7 Environment Ministers agree to "abolish coal-fired power by 2035:" Inevitable impact on Japan's energy policy

2024.07.09

Cloud observation for refining climate change predictions: Japan−Europe satellite "Hakuryu" launched

2024.07.01

Large-scale production of eggs and sperm using human-iPS cells: Achievement by Kyoto University scientists likely to advance reproductive medicine research, but stirs up debate over ethical issues

2024.06.25

A Look Around Innovation, Part 10: Development of an ophthalmic medical device that can be attached to a smartphone — Aiming to overcome 50% of world blindness

2024.06.18

JST symposium on Japan's declining research prowess: Leading researchers join heated discussion

2024.06.05

"Space is an accelerated simulation of aging:" Satoshi Furukawa, who completed his ISS stay, talks about the changes in his physical condition at a press conference

2024.05.17

Landscape of genetic mutations in Japanese cancer patients revealed — First genome aberration analysis in 50,000 patients by the National Cancer Center Research Institute

2024.05.13

Nara Institute of Science and Technology clarifies that autophagy is also responsible for abscission of flower petals

2024.05.10

Unraveling the human mind using a mouse model of autism

2024.04.17

The second H3 Launch Vehicle successfully launched: a new ace emerges in space development and utilization

2024.04.09

Combination of an organic light source and organic sensor: Japan−Germany joint development of a near-infrared spectroscopic analyzer