Research News

Aug. 12, 2025Feature Highlight Chemistry

Could caterpillar guts help to manufacture nanomaterials?
Chemists swap flasks for the intestines of larvae to modify nanocarbon belts, revealing a new route to chemical synthesis.

Aug. 12, 2025Research Highlight Biology

Pressing pause on DNA transcription
What happens on the atomic scale when DNA transcription is paused has been unveiled for the first time

Aug. 7, 2025Perspectives Other

Nation-Building Through Science
Interview with Masashi Kawasaki, Director, TRIP Headquarters

Aug. 7, 2025Perspectives Other

Pursuing a deeper understanding of matter, light, and quantum phenomena
Interview with Yoshinori Tokura, Executive Director of Science, Physical Science Domain

Aug. 7, 2025Perspectives Other

Protecting the health of people and the planet
Interview with Kazuki Saito, Executive Director of Science, Sustainability Science Domain

Jul. 30, 2025Perspectives Other

From birth to aging: unraveling the mysteries of life
Interview with Eisuke Nishida, Life Science Domain

Jul. 30, 2025Perspectives Other

Pioneering the future through the synergy of mathematics, computation, and information science
Interview with Tetsuo Hatsuda, Executive Director of Science, Mathematical, Computational and Information Science Domain

Jul. 25, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Antiferromagnet shows promise for harvesting energy
A new magnetic material is very effective at changing heat into electricity

Jul. 24, 2025Perspectives Other

Doing unconventional science
Interview with Motoko Kotani, Executive Director of Science, Pioneering Science Domain

Jul. 24, 2025Press Release Biology Medicine / Disease

Japanese drinkers’ response to alcohol can be divided into three distinct clusters

Jul. 23, 2025Press Release Biology Computing / Math

How our body keeps time in the heat

Jul. 17, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

How a triatomic molecule works off excess energy
A simple molecular ion, consisting of three atoms, exhibits complex cooling dynamics when excited

Jul. 15, 2025Research Highlight Biology

Going to equal lengths to find proteins that bind to bioactive molecules
Using strands of DNA and messenger RNA that are the same length could aid the search for new drugs

Jul. 10, 2025Press Release Physics / Astronomy Computing / Math

AI vs Supercomputers round 1: galaxy simulation goes to AI

Jul. 10, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Making excitons on demand in single molecules
Excitons have been created by injecting an electron into a molecule, and then removing another one, in rapid succession

Jun. 13, 2025Press Release Computing / Math

Advent of the topological quantum battery

Jun. 12, 2025Research Highlight Biology

Modeling how the fly brain simplifies odor information
A modified machine-learning algorithm can provide a biologically plausible synaptic learning rule that reduces the complexity in sensory activity within the brain of a fruit fly

Jun. 6, 2025Press Release Biology Chemistry

Caterpillar factories produce fluorescent nanocarbons

May 28, 2025Research Highlight Physics / Astronomy

Spontaneous symmetry breaking in electron systems proves elusive
What looked like a genuine case of spontaneous symmetry breaking was actually caused by tiny strains in samples

May 21, 2025Press Release Biology Medicine / Disease

Gut bacteria and acetate, a great combination for weight loss