Palaeospondylus as reconstructed by synchrotron radiation x-ray computed tomography. Credit: RIKEN Evidence that the mysterious ancient fish-like vertebrate Palaeospondylus was likely one of the earliest…
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Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research have used computer modeling to show how a hypothesized type of supernova would evolve on the scale…
Cartoon rendering of the first experiment. (Left) The normal situation in wild-type mice. (Middle) When egg cells do not contain H3K27 trimethylation, maternal Xist is…
A green method for producing crystalline supramolecular fibers promises to make polymer production more sustainable. A polymer that catalyzes its own formation in an environmentally…
Simulations suggest a new technique for resetting ‘qubits’ in a quantum computer without harming them. Rebooting a quantum computer is a tricky process that can…
Figure 1: A micrograph showing a labeled astrocyte. Yukiko Goda and her team have demonstrated how astrocytes play a prominent part in tuning the changes…
Computer artwork depicting two protoplanetary disks. These disks of gas and dust host planetesimals, the seeds of new planets. RIKEN astrophysicists have developed a model…
A new sustainable and practical method for producing hydrogen from water has been discovered by a team of researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable…
Figure 1: High-harmonic generation creates short-wavelength light from a beam of powerful laser light with a longer wavelength. Credit: © 2022 RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and…
The silicon quantum computer chip used in this study. Credit: RIKEN Researchers from RIKEN and QuTech—a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO— have achieved a…
A mathematical analysis helps illuminate the puzzle over how information escapes from a black holeA black hole is a place in space where the pull…
(Left) Schematic of the process. A bioactive molecule (like DNA or RNA) is combined with a peptide nanocarrier (a cell-penetrating peptide, CPP) in an aqueous…
The RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan, along with colleagues, has shown that the free-energy principle can explain how neural networks are optimized…
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and collaborators have shown that they can manipulate single skyrmions—tiny magnetic vortices that could be used…
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and collaborators in Japan have discovered particular neurons in the brain that monitor whether predictions made…
Unexpected Diversity in Virus-Derived Sequences in the Human Genome Powerful genetic analysis tools reveal that people exhibit a surprising level of variation in virus-derived genetic…
Figure 1: A photo showing 1,3-butadiene produced from bacteria. Credit: © 2021 Yokohama Rubber Microbes are engineered to convert sugar into a chemical found in…
Genome editing targeting a gene responsible for making body pigments resulted in albino offspring, suggesting that the genetic engineering was successful in marsupials. Credit: RIKEN…
The elevated pup-retrieval test was used to assess the willingness of mice to care for infants in risky/dangerous situations. See the accompanying video for the…