SCORE!, a start-up contest for local high school students jointly hosted by OIST was featured in QAB's evening news:   QABプラスリポート　理系女子「リケジョ」が奮闘  

The phylogenetic position of chaetognaths, or arrow worms, stumped scientists for centuries; now, researchers have revealed important evolutionary trends by pinpointing their proper place.

A research paper by Prof.

Researchers in the Mathematics, Mechanics, and Materials Unit have unveiled a new class of kaleidocycles, one they predict could spur advances in fundamental research, synthetic chemistry, and even robotics.

Researchers describe how the transcription factor JunB, which modulates gene expression, plays a critical role in keeping the immune system in line in mice.

Ryukyu Shimpo ran a story based on the interview of Dr. Chris Petoukhoff about his and his friends discovery on the beach of Tancha.  

Laboratory Lifestyles: The Construction of Scientific Fictions Sandra Kaji‑O’Grady, Chris L. Smith and Russell Hughes MIT Press (2019)

The latest OIST column for the Asahi Shimbun GLOBE+ is out! Click this link to read and know more about the  grand Diwali celebrations organized at OIST each year!  

A new study, published in Nature on November 21, 2018, gives a glimpse into the origins of vertebrate gene regulation.

For the first time, physicists present a unified theory explaining two characteristic features of frustrated magnets and why they’re often seen together.

The Micro/Bio/Nanofluidics Unit tested recent theories of viscoelastic fluids that had yet to be experimentally confirmed.

OIST and Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology researchers have decoded the entire genome of the striped catfish, paving the wave for improved aquaculture of the species.