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20 Sep 2017

A Sustainable Future Powered by Sea

OIST researchers develop turbines to convert the power of ocean waves into clean, renewable energy.

6 Sep 2017

Supercharging Silicon Batteries

OIST scientists designed a novel silicon-based anode to provide lithium batteries with increased power and better stability.

4 Sep 2017

OIST Welcomes its 6th Graduate Class

Thirty-seven students joined the university this year, representing 19 different countries and regions.

29 Aug 2017

Say Hello to the 3D Obama Ant

Three new ant species named in honor of key figures in conservation—Barack Obama, Ken Saro-Wiwa, and E.O. Wilson—are immortalized as 3D virtual avatars.

3 Jun 2017

New Mechanism Behind Parkinson’s Disease Revealed

Researchers have identified the toxic mechanism at work during an overabundance of alpha-synuclein, a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease, in neurons.

30 May 2017

Subduing the Rebellion: Unmasking Rogue Cells in the Immune System

OIST researchers discovered a target to single out immune system cells responsible for auto-immune diseases such as arthritis or irritable bowel syndrome.

6 Apr 2017

Into the DNA of a Coral Reef Predator

Researchers from OIST and Australia have sequenced and decoded for the first time the genome of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, paving the way for the biocontrol of this invasive predator responsible for the destruction of coral reefs across indo-pacific oceans.