Press releases

2017.01.30
Agriculture and Environment

DNA analysis of seawater detects 80% of fish species in just one day

2017.01.27
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

Potential new cancer treatment activates cancer-engulfing cells

2016.12.16
Engineering sciences

A skillful rescue robot with remote-control function

2016.12.15
Social sciences

When horses are in trouble they ask humans for help

2016.12.14
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

How brain tissue recovers after injury

2016.12.13
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

Newly-revealed amino acid function could be used to boost antioxidant levels

2016.12.08
Mathematics and physics

Island volcano monitoring system tested at Nishinoshima

2016.11.25
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

New method for predicting congenital CMV infection during the prenatal period

2016.11.24
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

Mechanism revealed for side effects of drug used in hematopoietic stem cell harvesting

2016.11.03
Biological sciences

New species of parasitic plant discovered in Japan

2016.10.31
Mathematics and physics

Mystery solved behind birth of Saturn’s rings

2016.10.27
Agriculture and Environment

DNA methylation affects superiority of hybrid plants

2016.10.14
Biological sciences

Plant discovered that neither photosynthesizes nor blooms

2016.10.13
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

Hormone identified that limits liver fibrosis

2016.10.06
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

Causative gene for sensorineural hearing loss identified

2016.09.26
Biological sciences

How plants grow new lateral roots

2016.09.16
Mathematics and physics

Origin of minor planets’ rings revealed

2016.09.13
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

New WHO-Kobe University research collaboration on dementia

2016.09.13
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

Genes that control cellular senescence identified

2016.08.26
Biological sciences

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

2016.07.05
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

A fluorescent protein from Japanese eel muscles used to detect bilirubin in newborns

2016.06.28
Biological sciences

World's first successful artificial insemination of southern rockhopper penguin

2016.06.24
Agriculture and Environment

Four newly-identified genes could improve rice

2016.06.21
Agriculture and Environment

Tracking the aluminum used to purify tap water

2016.06.17
Engineering sciences

LED technology used in Indonesia to monitor safety at construction sites

2016.06.17
Social sciences

How do your parenting methods affect your child's future?

2016.05.26
Chemistry

New compound switches between liquid and solid states when exposed to light or heat

2016.05.11
Agriculture and Environment

Why do tomatoes smell "grassy"?

2016.04.27
Medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

Mechanism revealed for repairing DNA damaged by UV radiation

2016.04.22
Engineering sciences

Measuring river surface flow with image analysis