Graduate School of Science Articles

Researchers discover the ‘KARAPPO’ gene and illuminate how plants reproduce through cloning

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

Converting absorbed photons into twice as many excitons

Discovery of non-blooming orchid on Japanese subtropical islands

Winter monsoons became stronger during geomagnetic reversal

Shedding light on rhodopsin dynamics in the retina

Endangered eel located using DNA from one liter of water

Missing-Link in Planet Evolution Found

Enzyme that breaks down amino acids may promote aging

Plant peptide helps roots to branch out in the right places

Wasps, cockroaches and crickets are pollinators too

Giant pattern discovered in the clouds of planet Venus

Space telescope detects water in a number of asteroids

Big results from small solutions

What’s eating these endangered orchids?

New plant species discovered in museum is probably extinct

The stick insects that survive being eaten by birds

Shedding light on a cyclic molecule with a twist

Freeloading orchid relies on mushrooms above and below ground

Giant lava dome confirmed in Japan’s Kikai Caldera

Closed marriage: an orchid that never blooms

Flower attracts insects by pretending to be a mushroom

Parasitic plants rely on unusual method to spread their seeds

Rapid climate changes across northern hemisphere in the earliest Middle Pleistocene

New chromium-based superconductor has an unusual electronic state

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

Mistaken identity of East Asian vine species resolved after 100 years

How plants prevent oxidative stress

Photocatalyst makes hydrogen production 10 times more efficient

Two new species of orchids discovered in Okinawa