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Newly discovered beetles get a lift from termites Scarab beetles found in Myanmar first of the Termitotrox genus reported to be carried by host termites 2020.10.14

Research ResultsLife & Health

Sugar more than just sweet to the tongue Identification of nerve fibers responding specifically to simple sugars helps explain why we can distinguish between artificial sweeteners and the real stuff 2020.10.06

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryEnvironment & Sustainability

Particulate plutonium released from the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns 2020.10.01

Research ResultsEnvironment & Sustainability

Beech tree growth recovered as air pollution levels fell Reduction in inflow of air pollution from China found to be associated with changes in tree growth on Mt. Tateyama 2020.09.30

Research ResultsLife & Health

Nose’s response to odors more than just a simple sum of parts Recording of olfactory sensory neurons in mice shows suppression or enhancement of response when odors are mixed 2020.09.18

Research ResultsLife & Health

An innovative technology to simultaneously detect multiple epigenetic information in single specimens 2020.09.14

Research ResultsLife & Health

Potential targets found for diagnosing the onset of breast cancer Breast cancer cells highly produced multiple medium-chain unsaturated fatty acids, which could behave as precursors for specific odorants in cancer patients’ breath 2020.09.08

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Next-generation test for detecting bacterial endotoxin New advances could help reduce the use of endangered horseshoe crabs for detecting lipopolysaccharide 2020.09.04

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterialsTechnology

Continuous and stable lasing achieved from low-cost perovskites at room temperature Suppression of long-lived energetic states called triplet excitons shown to be key for preventing the “lasing death” that has been limiting long operation 2020.09.03

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Better evaluating bankability of large-scale offshore wind farms New wind turbine wake model takes into account effects of wind speed loss region 2020.09.02

Research ResultsLife & Health

Incidence of myopic maculopathy much higher among Japanese compared with other Asian people Study gives new insight into the leading cause of irreversible visual impairment 2020.08.31

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryEnvironment & Sustainability

Mars subsurface explored using microtremors Analysis of weak vibrations shown to be promising for space resource exploration 2020.08.14

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Unexpected shift in air pollution explained for regions downwind of China New research reveals why nitrogen-containing pollutants are increasing downwind despite being reduced at the source 2020.08.07

Research ResultsLife & Health

Novel genetic tools reveal the full picture of immune cells in the central nervous system New tools will facilitate research into microglia and diseases of the central nervous system 2020.08.04

Research ResultsLife & Health

Stay or leave? A tale of two virus strategies revealed by math Mathematical modeling of behavior observed for two strains of hepatitis C quantifies their preference to either multiply or spread 2020.07.31

Research ResultsLife & HealthEnvironment & Sustainability

Coastal beetles may be spanning oceans just by floating themselves across Study shows that some insects can survive floating on sea water for several weeks 2020.07.28

Research ResultsLife & Health

Three new species of mud dragons found in submarine cave in Okinawa, Japan Discovery of the kinorhynchs reveals more of the hidden—but diverse—world of sand-dwelling microscopic animals 2020.07.21

Research ResultsArt & Design

Design of insect-inspired fans offers wide-ranging applications New design method for highly compact deployable structures is based on the sophisticated folding of earwig wings 2020.07.14

Research ResultsPhysics & ChemistryMaterials

Unique molecular sponges for liquid separation Researchers separate molecular mixtures by selectively absorbing larger molecules over smaller ones into nanoscale pores using a process driven by depletion force 2020.06.29

Research ResultsLife & Health

Memory impairment in mice reduced by soy derivate that can enter the brain intact Ingestion of the protein fragment improved working and long-term memory in mice treated to simulate Alzheimer’s disease 2020.06.19