Biology
20 Oct 2021 - 00:00
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Type: News Article
5 Oct 2021 - 16:08
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Scientists have discovered three new species of goby fish, two found in Okinawa and a third from Palawan in the Philippines
Each species has a similar body form to known species,...
Type: Press release
17 Sep 2021 - 14:16
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Researchers in Japan looked at saliva samples taken from two different age groups to see if the composition of saliva changes as one ages.
Despite the difficulties with working with...
Type: Press release
10 Sep 2021 - 17:12
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Researchers have identified 33 metabolic compounds that are linked to dementia
Seven metabolites were found at higher levels in patients with dementia, compared to healthy elderly...
Type: Press release
14 Jul 2021 - 21:54
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For the first time, scientists have seen stony coral cells engulf dinoflagellates – single-celled, photosynthetic algae that are crucial for keeping coral alive
The researchers used a...
Type: Press release
8 Jun 2021 - 14:00
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The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) and the Naha Medical Association will be conducting a joint study to evaluate the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine...
Type: Press release
1 Jun 2021 - 17:20
Professor Evan Economo has been named a 2021–2022 fellow at Harvard Radcliffe Institute, joining an extraordinary group of artists, scientists, scholars, and practitioners who will learn from and...
Type: Press release
3 Mar 2021 - 04:00
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Researchers have revealed how an ant’s trap-jaw – a powerful, ultrafast and complex evolutionary trait – evolved from a simpler ancestral jaw mechanism
The study found that the trap-...
Type: Press release
22 Dec 2020 - 00:00
Neurons are like the electrical wiring of our brains, responsible for receiving information from the outside world and conveying this information to the rest of our body. To work correctly, they need...
Type: Press release
19 Oct 2020 - 09:00
Ants are one of the most successful groups of animals on the planet, occupying anywhere from temperate soil to tropical rainforests, desert dunes and kitchen counters. They’re social insects and...
Type: Press release
14 Apr 2020 - 00:00
Porphyromonas gingivalis is a major bacterial pathogen which leads to periodontitis, also known as gum disease. In Japan, 80% of adults aged 35 and over suffer from this disease. What’s more, P....
Type: Press release
