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Unveiling Japan's ancient practice of cranial modification: The case of the Hirota people in Tanegashima An international team of researchers report that the Hirota people, who lived on the southern Japanese island of Tanegashima between the late Yayoi period to the Kofun period (3rd to 7th century CE), practiced cranial modification. 2023.08.17

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Visualizing the invisible with unprecedented resolution with Prof. Yasukazu Murakami 2023.07.21

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Composing Letting Nature In Daryl Jamieson is a composer in the American experimental contemporary music style, informed by Buddhist and the Kyoto School of philosophy. This month is a performance on the Goto Islands, famous for the World Heritage Sites of the “Hidden Christians”. 2023.07.21

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A bright future in eco-friendly light devices, just add dendrimers, cellulose, and graphene Researchers from Japan and Germany have developed a new eco-friendly, and long-lasting light-emitting electrochemical cell using dendrimers combined with biomass derived cellulose acetate as the electrolyte and a graphene electrode 2023.07.07

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Do investors incorporate financial materiality of environmental information in their risk evaluation? Evaluating a company’s environmental performance based on financial materiality provides a better perspective for investors to understand the environmental risk involved. 2023.07.07

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Game Theory for Integrative Knowledge Game theory is a mathematical modeling and analysis of the strategic behavior of people where choices by a player affect the interests of a different player and vice versa. Its application is vast and continuously growing. 2023.06.22

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The rhythm we hear: sound, neural processing and perception How does the brain process rhythm and measures of sound that are strung together in a sequence? Research elucidates preceding sound context affects the brain’s perception of time. 2023.06.12

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How neurons compete to lose their link Researchers detail the mechanism of how synapses compete with each other, and how weak and noisy synapses are eliminated during development 2023.06.08

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Researchers Shed Further Light onto Zinc Homeostasis in Cells 2023.05.30

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A ribosomal traffic jam that breaks the heart Researchers find that deficiency in RPL3L, a ribosome expressed in heart and skeletal muscle, impairs cardiac contractility due to delayed mRNA translation 2023.05.22

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How old is that microplastic? A new way to estimate the age of microplastics in the upper ocean Researchers develop a method to estimate the age of microplastics in the ocean, and find that offshore microplastics can range from 1 to 3 years old while nearshore microplastics can range from 0 to 5 years old 2023.05.15

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Pictograms with universal design for equity and inclusion Graphic Design of Pictograms Focusing on the Comprehension of People with Intellectual Disabilities – The Next Step in Standardization: Pictogram Design and Evaluation Methods 2023.04.26

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The Mathematics of Cell Boundary 'Ruggedness' Revealing the mathematical and biological mechanism of interdigitated cell-cell boundaries 2023.04.26

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Toward tunable molecular switches from organic compounds Newly synthesized organic molecules can be tuned to emit different colors depending on their molecular structures in crystal form 2023.04.18

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Sustainable development in Africa shaped by subnational administrative capabilities Rapid economic growth in Africa is raising concerns over the sustainability of its development. Through effective evaluation with the inclusive wealth index, regional inequalities of natural resources, produced and human capital are elucidated. 2023.04.06

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Probe where the protons go to develop better fuel cells Unraveling the innerworkings of solid oxide fuel cells through an integration of computational data and hands on experimentation 2023.03.28

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The single protein that causes the fibrosis death spiral Scientists find VGLL3, a mechanosensitive protein from myofibroblasts, leads to fibrosis in multiple organs 2023.03.22

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Sustainability through investing: Why greenwashing and competence greenwashing are risks to ESG integration and corporate sustainability  All sustainability knowledge has value, but not all ESG skills are contextually relevant. 2023.03.13

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Practice Public Speaking with VR Using research on cognition, language, media, and culture for educational VR development 2023.03.10

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A safe synthesis of hydrogen peroxide inspired by nature A new homogeneous catalyst enables the safe and direct synthesis of hydrogen peroxide 2023.03.09