RIKEN Research Winter Issue
The geometry of consciousness is a multi-dimensional math trip
RIKEN Research Fall Issue
Locating social memories in the brain
Big news in iPS cell transplants
In Japan, women in science seek allies, resources in push for gender equality
Measuring altitude — with clocks?
The sound of molecules: NMR-inspired music
Eve Marder: freeing knowledge, crashing neurons
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.
RIKEN Research Summer issue
ESOF and the gimungous telescope
Call for science-inspired art
Why “nihonium”?
Nerd Nite comes to Tokyo
RIKEN Research Spring issue is here
Organ regeneration in the lab
Of mice and NREM: In this brain circuit, memories depend on sleep
Dear RIKEN: Can you bring frozen animals back to life?
From evolutionary morphology to Godzilla
Award-winning 3D images of living cells
Electrolithoautotrophs
Element 113: “discovery” or not?
Black smokers and electroecosystems
Science communication symposium
RIKEN at a glance
About this blog
Let the blogging begin!
FABP4: A preschool-aged biomarker for autism
Microbial infections are a parasitic plant’s dream
Gut bacteria double team worsens symptoms of multiple sclerosis
Something smells fishy: categorizing odors in the brain
Photosynthetic bacteria spin spider silk for the masses
Blood cell mutations linked to leukemia are inevitable
Organic nitrogen in soil helps crop growth
Consciousness, brain connections, and the claustrum
A new imaging biomarker for the aging brain
Apr
30

Cancer cells killed with artificial glycosylated metalloenzyme
Scientists have developed two cancer therapies that use an artificial glycosylated metalloenzyme to specifically target cancer cells in mice. Continue!
Apr
9

H2AK119ub1: How you inherit acquired traits from your mom
H2AK119ub1. Say that three times really fast! But seriously, it allows maternally acquired traits to be inherited. Continue!
Apr
8

COVID-19: Changing the way we do research
COVID-19 series — Part #4: Team Leader Aki Minoda from RIKEN IMS talks about how the pandemic has affected the way we work. Continue!
Mar
26

Telework: a societal game-changer
COVID-19 series — installment #3: Team Leader Osamu Sakura (@RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project) talks about how the pandemic has affected society through the need for telework. Continue!
Mar
18

Decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 series — installment #2: RIKEN CBS Unit Leader Rei Akaishi talks about government decision-making during the pandemic. Continue!
Mar
5

Confronting a string of epidemics including COVID-19
COVID-19 series — installment #1: RIKEN Executive Director Shigeo Koyasu talks about epidemics and what a good response looks like. Continue!