Biological sciences

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2019.11.19
Biological sciences

New species of seaweed uncovered by genetic analyses

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2019.09.26
Biological sciences

Sensory and chemical analyses of the odor of newborn babies’ heads suggests importance in facilitating bonding and care-giving behaviors

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2019.08.02
Biological sciences

Discovery of non-blooming orchid on Japanese subtropical islands

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2019.06.24
Biological sciences

Shedding light on rhodopsin dynamics in the retina

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2019.05.01
Biological sciences

Close relatives can coexist

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2019.01.18
Biological sciences

Plant peptide helps roots to branch out in the right places

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2019.01.17
Biological sciences

Wasps, cockroaches and crickets are pollinators too

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2018.10.05
Biological sciences

Harassing females lowers reproduction rates and reduces population size

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2018.09.21
Biological sciences

What’s eating these endangered orchids?

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2018.09.13
Biological sciences

New plant species discovered in museum is probably extinct

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2018.05.29
Biological sciences

The stick insects that survive being eaten by birds

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2018.03.23
Biological sciences

Freeloading orchid relies on mushrooms above and below ground

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2018.01.11
Biological sciences

Closed marriage: an orchid that never blooms

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2017.11.15
Biological sciences

Flower attracts insects by pretending to be a mushroom

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2017.11.14
Biological sciences

Parasitic plants rely on unusual method to spread their seeds

Interviews

2017.10.05
Biological sciences

Breaking ground in genome-editing technology

Press releases

2017.07.25
Biological sciences

New non-photosynthesizing plant species discovered on Ishigaki island, Japan

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2017.06.30
Biological sciences

Mistaken identity of East Asian vine species resolved after 100 years

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2017.04.07
Biological sciences

Two new species of orchids discovered in Okinawa

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2017.02.14
Biological sciences

Genes in albino orchids may hold clues to parasitic mechanism used by non-photosynthetic plants

Press releases

2016.11.03
Biological sciences

New species of parasitic plant discovered in Japan

Interviews

2016.10.19
Biological sciences

The dark arts of parasitic passengers

Press releases

2016.10.14
Biological sciences

Plant discovered that neither photosynthesizes nor blooms

Press releases

2016.09.26
Biological sciences

How plants grow new lateral roots

Press releases

2016.08.26
Biological sciences

Researchers succeed in developing a genome editing technique that does not cleave DNA

Press releases

2016.06.28
Biological sciences

World's first successful artificial insemination of southern rockhopper penguin

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2016.03.22
Biological sciences

Details revealed for how plant creates anticancer compounds

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2016.03.01
Biological sciences

Mechanism discovered for mosaic pattern of cells in the nasal cavity

Press releases

2016.02.20
Biological sciences

New plant species discovered on Yakushima

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2015.08.28
Biological sciences

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