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Environment Jan 8, 2024

Snow hinders rescues and aid deliveries to isolated communities after Japan quakes kill 161 people

Rescue teams worked through snow to deliver supplies to isolated hamlets Monday, a week after a powerful earthquake hit western Japan, killing at least 161 people.

Quantum Physics Aug 24, 2023

Do measurements produce the reality they show us?

Whenever the precision of a measurement approaches the uncertainty limit defined by quantum mechanics, the outcomes of the measurement depend on the dynamics of the interactions with the meter used to determine a physical ...

Optics & Photonics Jul 28, 2022

New method of controlling qubits could advance quantum computers

Quantum computing, a field that relies on the principles of quantum mechanics to calculate outcomes, has the potential to perform tasks too complex for traditional computers and to do so at high speeds, making it in some ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 3, 2022

Changing 'sponginess' of cell nuclei help them decide their future

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered how the sponginess and stickiness of stem cell nuclei controls how they "differentiate" into specialized cells. They found that the nucleus starts solid-like ...

Cell & Microbiology Jul 28, 2020

Identification of new 'oxidative stress sensor' MTK1

In an aging society, various studies are being conducted to explore the relationship between active oxygen and aging-related diseases such as cancer, chronic inflammatory diseases, and metabolic syndrome.

Analytical Chemistry Jul 14, 2020

Innovative catalytic reaction for low-cost synthesis of aromatic esters

Aromatic esters are chemicals that contain an aromatic ring consisting of functional groups called esters. These organic compounds are widely used as chemical feedstock in industries like food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, ...

Astronomy Mar 27, 2020

ALMA resolves gas impacted by young jets from supermassive black hole

Astronomers obtained the first resolved image of disturbed gaseous clouds in a galaxy 11 billion light-years away by using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The team found that the disruption is caused ...

Materials Science Jul 18, 2019

Could the heat of the Earth's crust become the ultimate energy source?

In a world where energy consumption is on the rise, our only hope is the development of new energy-generation technologies. Although currently used renewable energy sources such as wind and solar energy have their merits, ...

Astronomy Feb 26, 2019

ALMA differentiates two birth cries from a single star—strong evidence of independent origins for two gas flows

Astronomers have unveiled the enigmatic origins of two different gas streams from a baby star. Using ALMA, they found that the slow outflow and the high speed jet from a protostar have misaligned axes and that the former ...

Astronomy Nov 13, 2017

Hitomi mission glimpses cosmic 'recipe' for the nearby universe

Before its brief mission ended unexpectedly in March 2016, Japan's Hitomi X-ray observatory captured exceptional information about the motions of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster. Now, thanks to unprecedented detail ...

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