Press Releases

Are we ready for the ethical challenges of AI and robots?
(Yueh-Hsuan Weng, Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Study)

Scientists uncover insights into neuron function by simultaneously measuring two key signals in living animals
(Takeshi Ishihara, Professor, Faculty of Sciences)

Unlocking the ‘black box’: scientists reveal AI’s hidden thoughts
(Danilo Vasconcellos Vargas, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering)

Better environmental performance boosts profits and cuts costs
(Hidemichi Fujii, Professor, Faculty of Economics)

Close encounters between distant DNA regions cause bursts of gene activity
(Hiroshi Ochiai, Professor, Medical Institute of Bioregulation Medical Research Center)

AI beats experts in predicting future quality of “mini-organs”
(Hirohiko Niioka, Professor, Data-Driven Innovation Initiative)

• Dynamics of structural transformation for liquid crystalline blue phases
  (Jun-ichi Fukuda, Professor, Faculty of Science)

• Listening to the past: How medieval pilgrims found faith in the roaring sea
  (Britton Elliott Brooks, Associate Professor, Faculty of Languages and Cultures)

• Building roots in glass, a bio-inspired approach to creating 3D microvascular networks using plants and fung
  (Fujio Tsumori, Professor, Faculty of Engineering)

• Developing an antibody to combat age-related muscle atrophy
  (Ryuichi Tatsumi, Professor, Faculty of Agriculture)

• Improving energy production by boosting singlet fission process
  (Nobuo Kimizuka, Professor, Faculty of Engineering)

• Toward better surgical outcomes in patients undergoing knee replacement surgery
  (Toshiki Konishi, Medical Doctor, Kyushu University Hospital)

• Absolute numbers of women matter more than proportion for achieving gender equity in STEM
  (Kaoru Tamada, Professor, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering)

• Uncovering new regulatory mechanisms in embryo implantation
  (Kei Miyamoto, Professor, Faculty of Agriculture)

• Zebrafish as a model for studying rare genetic disease
  (William Ka Fai Tse, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture)

• Keeping it together: How calcium signals help cells bury their dead neighbors
  (Junichi Ikenouchi, Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences)

• New study reveals a countdown to save oceans from plastic pollution
  (Chisa Higuchi, Post-doctoral Fellow, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics Center for Ocean Plastic Studies, and Atsuhiko Isobe, Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics Center for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)

• Microplastics found in coral skeletons
  (Suppakarn Jandang, Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics Center for Ocean Plastic Studies, and Atsuhiko Isobe, Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics Center for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research)

• A new forecasting model based on gene activity predicts when Japan’s cherry buds awake from dormancy
  (Akiko Satake, Professor, Faculty of Science, and Atsuko Miyawaki-Kuwakado, JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Faculty of Science)

• New organic thermoelectric device that can harvest energy at room temperature
  (Chihaya Adachi, Professor, Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) / Faculty of Engineering)

• CIRCULATE-Japan GALAXY confirms effectiveness of liquid biopsy in predicting recurrence risk and post-operative treatment efficacy in colorectal cancer
  (Eiji Oki, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences)

• Microwaving waste cooking oil into useful chemicals
  (Shuntaro Tsubaki, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture)

• Most detailed study yet of seismic activity links fault strength to likelihood of large earthquakes
  (Satoshi Matsumoto, Professor, Faculty of Sciences)

• SDGs Design International Awards 2024:Let’s Create Sustainable Design for FOOD!

• First measurement of electron- and muon-neutrino interaction rates at the highest energy ever detected from an artificial source
  (Tomoko Ariga, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science)

• Tiny flyers with large impact: Blowflies carry bird flu virus
  (Ryosuke Fujita, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture)

• A new therapeutic target offers a promising pathway for multiple sclerosis treatment
  (Ryo Yamasaki, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences)

• Companies that mitigate climate change reduce their cost of capital
  (Hidemichi Fujii, Professor, Faculty of Economics)

• Early-onset El Niño means warmer winters in East Asia, and vice versa
  (Masahiro Shiozaki, Post-doctoral Fellow, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics)

• Charting super-colorful brain wiring using an AI's super-human eye
  (Takeshi Imai, Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences)

• First-in-Japan Project to Utilize Green Energy and IoT in Shrimp Aquaculture

• Research on the visual rabbit illusion takes a leap forward
  (Hiroyuki Ito, Professor, Faculty of Design)

• Earth and space share the same turbulence
  (Huixin Liu, Professor, Faculty of Science)

• Expanding on the fundamental principles of liquid movement
  (Zhenying Wang, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering)

• Exercise spurs neuron growth and rewires the brain, helping mice forget traumatic and addictive memories
  (Risako Fujikawa, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences)

• Decarbonization dynamics: new analysis unveils shifting trends in the voluntary carbon offset market
  (Hidemichi Fujii, Professor, Faculty of Economics)

• Twinkle twinkle baby star, 'sneezes' tell us how you are
  (Kazuki Tokuda, Post-doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Sciences)

• AI’s ability to detect tumor cells could be key to more accurate bone cancer prognoses
  (Makoto Endo, Lecturer, Kyushu University Hospital)

• Storing electrons from hydrogen for clean chemical reactions
  (Seiji Ogo, Professor, WPI-International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy)
  
  
• How extratropical ocean-atmosphere interactions can contribute to the variability of jet streams in the northern hemisphere
  (Masato Mori, Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics)

• New insights into how tumors on adrenal glands develop
  (Yoshihiro Ogawa, Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences)

• Turning skin cells into limb cells sets the stage for regenerative therapy
  (Yuji Atsuta, Lecturer, Faculty of Sciences)

• New adhesive tape picks up and sticks down 2D materials as easily as child’s play
  (Hiroki Ago, Professor, Kyushu University Global Innovation Center)

• Japan's electric vehicle transition by 2035 may be insufficient to combat the climate crisis, but there are solutions
  (Shigemi Kagawa, Professor, Faculty of Economics)

• Sika Deer Overpopulation Endangers Beech Forests in Southern Kyushu, Japan
  (Ayumi Katayama, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture)

• Machine learning method speeds up discovery of green energy materials
  (Yoshihiro Yamazaki, Professor, Kyushu University Platform of Inter/Transdisciplinary Energy Research (Q-PIT))

• Generating Stable Qubits at Room Temperature
  (Nobuhiro Yanai, Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering)