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

The KAI2 receptor for compounds found in smoke helps plants retain water and survive during drought.

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

None of us would get on a plane that had its parts changed in mid-air, says Eve Marder, who has spent her career probing a very specific cluster of crustacean nerve cells. Yet we are all walking around undergoing a constant turnover of cellular parts, and so are the lobsters and crabs Marder studies.