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OIST and FC Ryukyu have launched a new partnership, with the aim of using brain science to enhance the performance of professional athletes in team sports.

A new experimental method that tracks the motion of fibers instead of particles reveals previously hidden information about turbulent flows.

By breathing new life into an old model, scientists explore the behavior of turbulent puffs, and what it means for the spread of COVID-19.

Eugene “Gene” Myers, a pioneer of bioinformatics who created the BLAST algorithm and played a decisive role in decoding the human genome, joined OIST last year as an Adjunct Professor.

Researchers delve into networks of virtual brain cells to explore a unique firing behavior.

In the time of a pandemic, scientists grapple with the hidden cost of social isolation

Simulated neuron gives strong predictions for future research.

New research illuminates complex molecular network involved in learning.

New computational software developed by OIST researchers is hundreds of times faster than conventional tools, opening up new opportunities to understand how individual neurons and networks of neurons function.

Insight into how neurons in the cerebellum respond to rapid eye movements may provide clues for modern medical technology.

Marianela Garcia-Munoz and Violeta Lopez-Huerta illuminate a new purpose for a receptor known to trigger cell death.

OIST researcher Sigita Augustinaite suggests a mechanism for how dendritic potentials in thalamocortical neurons allow visual signals to pass from retina to cortex.