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- 2020.12.10 Research Results Life & Health
- Inflammation and biology’s “ubiquitous” protein
- Ubiquitin-decorated ubiquitin-writing immune signaling regulator found to control inflammation
- 2020.12.04 Research Results Physics & Chemistry Materials
- Molecules convert visible light into ultraviolet light with record efficiency
- Newly developed molecular system makes possible the efficient conversion of even weak visible light from sunlight and indoor LEDs into ultraviolet light
- 2020.12.03 Research Results Art & Design Life & Health
- Mental health app supports university students
- Pilot study of app with user-centered design shows promise as mental health support tool
- 2020.11.26 Research Results Art & Design Life & Health
- Safe, easy, and rapid measurement of eye lens opacity and transmission
- Newly developed system can analyze key properties of the lens without disturbing the eye
- 2020.11.25 Research Results Life & Health
- New mechanism of pain control revealed
- Discovery of a distinct group of astrocytes in the spinal cord overturns thinking on role of descending neurons in pain transmission
- 2020.11.18 Research Results Technology Environment & Sustainability
- Directly capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere with membranes
- Gas separation membrane systems can enable ubiquitous CO₂ removal from the atmosphere
- 2020.11.13 Research Results Technology
- Researchers develop ultra-fast polymer modulators that can take the heat
- Silicon-polymer hybrid modulators capable of optical data rates of 200 Gbit/s at temperatures up to 110 °C could help reduce datacenter cooling costs
- 2020.11.13 Research Results Humanities & Social Sciences Life & Health
- Specific personality improves odds of identifying depression with blood tests
- Study adds new biological understanding to the link between personality and depression
- 2020.11.06 Research Results Physics & Chemistry Technology
- Higher-resolution imaging of living, moving cells using plasmonic metasurfaces
- Metasurface of self-assembled gold nanoparticles shown to improve resolution of fluorescence images of living cells under a widefield optical microscope to the theoretical limit
- 2020.11.06 Research Results Materials Technology Environment & Sustainability
- Converting body heat to electricity efficiently
- Inexpensive, flexible, and non-toxic thermoelectric converters producing high voltages at body temperature achieved
- 2020.11.04 Research Results Materials
- Biocompatible and second only to diamond in hardness
- Cubic boron nitride shown to be promising as an ultrahard coating for bio-applications
- 2020.11.02 Research Results Humanities & Social Sciences Environment & Sustainability
- Uncovering COVID-19’s impact on the energy transition
- Researchers find lessons from the pandemic that can be applied to reducing emissions and achieving SDGs
- 2020.10.28 Research Results Life & Health
- Mysteries hidden in hepatic reprogramming
- Researchers get clearer picture of how just two proteins can make fibroblasts convert into liver-like cells
- 2020.10.27 Research Results Math & Data Physics & Chemistry Environment & Sustainability
- Formation mechanism of record-breaking rainfall clarified
- Numerical simulations reproduce for the first time the convective band that produced record-breaking precipitation in northern Kyushu in July 2017
- 2020.10.26 Research Results Humanities & Social Sciences
- Understanding mentality and behavior in Japan in response to COVID-19
- Study explores influence of personality, morality, and ideology on mental health status and preventive behaviors
- 2020.10.14 Research Results Life & Health Environment & Sustainability
- 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
- 2020.10.06 Research Results Life & 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
- 2020.10.01 Research Results Physics & Chemistry Environment & Sustainability
- Particulate plutonium released from the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns
- 2020.09.30 Research Results Environment & 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
- 2020.09.18 Research Results Life & 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