Nov

4

Microcolumns: elementary neuronal units that carpet the (mouse) brain

by amanda alvarez | Hot Off the Press

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A hexagonal lattice organizes major cell types in the cerebral cortex, with similar cells synchronizing their activity in microcolumns.

Oct

24

Jupiter’s volcano-powered auroral lights

by riken research highlights | Research Highlight

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A collaborative effort used data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft to explain the transient auroras found on Jupiter.

Oct

13

Hepatoma (liver cancer) blocked by a sugar look-a-like

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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A sugar (fucose) analog can prevent liver cancer (hepatoma) from invading healthy liver cells.

Oct

3

Random movements help color-detecting cells form the proper pattern

by jens wilkinson | Hot Off the Press

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Scientists have used a mathematical model to explain why zebrafish cone cells in the eye are arranged in a specific pattern in all individuals.

Sep

29

Visualizing chick-brain morphogenesis

by riken research highlights | Research Highlight

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A new statistical-based method provides insight into the morphogenesis of developing organs.

Sep

25

Skin-like wearable electronics

by riken research highlights | Research Highlight

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Sensors made from stretchable nanomesh allow skin to breathe naturally while continuously monitoring patient health.

Sep

22

Solar cells you can put in the wash

by jens wilkinson | Hot Off the Press

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Scientists have developed ultra-thin photovoltaic solar cells that can be incorporated into fabric and even washed.

Sep

20

Learning and unlearning to fear: The two faces of noradrenaline

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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Fear association and unlearning fear association require different populations of noradrenaline neurons in the locus coeruleus.

Sep

14

ּּּBigger oocytes = more mistakes

by riken research highlights | Research Highlight

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The large size of mouse oocytes is shown to create errors when chromosomes divide between daughter cells.

Sep

7

Superfly flight simulator helps unravel navigation in the brain

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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Optical imaging neural activity in flies as they use a flight simulator can help us understand how the brain codes navigation.

Sep

5

Skipping fatty acids could be recipe for schizophrenia

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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Prenatal lack of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids linked to epigenetic changes that lead to schizophrenic symptoms in mice.

Aug

21

A gut-wrenching defense against parasitic worms

by riken research highlights | Research Highlight

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Mast cells in the gut help fight off parasitic worms in the early stages of infection.

Aug

18

Memory retrieval needs a neuronal connecting flight

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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Scientists use optogenetics to discover a part of the brain necessary for retrieving memories of personal experiences.

Aug

10

From egg to embryo

by riken research highlights | Research Highlight

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A newly discovered gene turns off an egg’s egginess, allowing it to become an embryo.

Aug

3

This nickel catalyst bats from both sides of the plate

by riken research highlights | Research Highlight

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Scientists discover that a nickel catalyst acts as both a acid and a base during molecule assembly.

Jul

27

New info about how chromosomes form

by riken research highlights | Research Highlight

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Fewer components are needed for chromosome assembly during cell division than previously supposed.

Jul

25

Tracking how stars grow up in a virtual playground

by amanda alvarez | Research Highlight

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Amanda Alvarez writes about Steven Rieder and his research in modeling clusters of growing new stars.

Jul

21

Protons are lighter than previously thought

by jens wilkinson | Hot Off the Press

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A new and most precise measurement of protons shows that they are lighter than previously thought.

Jul

20

Untangling depression in Huntington’s disease

by riken research highlights | Research Highlight

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New research implicates clumps of insoluble, misfolded proteins in the development of mental illness in people with Huntington’s disease

Jul

6

Imaging whole-body cancer metastasis at the single-cell level

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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A new optical clearing method allows imaging of cancer metastasis at incredibly high resolution.

Jun

2

Meet the editors: the growing pains of scientific publishing

by amanda alvarez | What's Up With Us

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Amanda Alvarez writes about the recent seminars at RIKEN by Philip Campbell and Emilie Marcus, the editors-in-chief of Nature and Cell.

May

17

Carbon nanotubes, what are they good for?

by kylius wilkins | Interviews, What's Up With Us

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Kylius Wilkins talks to Urs Frey and his recent success manufacturing carbon nanotubes (CNTs).

May

8

Finding real rewards in a virtual world

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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A new study shows that mice who learn to find goals in virtual reality use their hippocampus the same was as in the real world.

Apr

25

RIKEN is looking for you

by adam phillips | What's Up With Us

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RIKEN is looking for you. Check out our new introductory videos! learn about exotic nuclei and much much more.

Apr

24

Promising mouse model for Ngly1 deficiency

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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A recent study of Ngly1 deficient mice used a secondary knockout to create double knockouts with symptoms similar to human NGLY1 deficiency.

Apr

12

Nihonium walk of fame

by jens wilkinson | Drop of science, What's Up With Us

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A nihonium walk of fame is being built to commemorate the discovery of the 113th element

Apr

4

New rice fights off drought

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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Researchers have created drought resistant transgenic rice using a gene from a small Eurasian flowering plant

Apr

3

Centennial RIKEN Research

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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???This Spring we’ve put together a special centennial issue of RIKEN Research ???

Mar

10

Don’t know anything about RIKEN?

by adam phillips | What's Up With Us

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Don’t know anything about RIKEN? We’ve made a new RIKEN booklet that should help!

Jan

10

Blocking obesity with a protein-sugar combination

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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Discovery of an enzyme that prevents obesity in mice through glycosylation of a protein involved fat-cell differentiation.

Dec

27

Robotic researcher to the rescue

by kylius wilkins | Drop of science, Interviews

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Masaki Watabe talks about automated robotic researchers, future robot rule, and scientific philosophy.

Dec

21

RIKEN Research Winter Issue

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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It’s almost the end of the year and a here’s an early holiday present! The winter issue of RIKEN Research is here, covering plant parasites, depression, atomic clocks, and more! Enjoy!

Dec

7

The geometry of consciousness is a multi-dimensional math trip

by amanda alvarez | Research Highlight

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Amanda Alvarez writes about how neuroscientists are studying consciousness with mathematics

Oct

5

RIKEN Research Fall Issue

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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Fall is here, and with it comes the latest issue of RIKEN Research. This issue covers tactile learning during sleep, supercomputers and simulations, solar cells, fly olfaction, tumor vaccines, and more

Sep

30

Locating social memories in the brain

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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Scientists have identified where social memories are stored in the brains of mice. Mice are forgotten because memories cannot be retrieved.

Sep

26

Big news in iPS cell transplants

by adam phillips | Hot Off the Press

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iPS cell-derived retinal cells have been successfully transplanted from one monkey to another without need of immunosuppressant drugs.

Aug

27

In Japan, women in science seek allies, resources in push for gender equality

by amanda alvarez | What's Up With Us

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neuroamanda talks about gender equality for female scientists is Japan.

Aug

23

Measuring altitude — with clocks?

by jens wilkinson | Drop of science

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Measuring altitude using atomic clocks seems like a crazy idea, but it’s already being done at RIKEN in Japan

Aug

19

The sound of molecules: NMR-inspired music

by adam phillips | Research in Depth, Science Heavy

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Science & art: how NMR works and how NMR spectra have been used to compose music based on molecular structures.