Even though "glacial" is commonly used to describe extremely slow, steady movement, a new study has found that glaciers speed ...

Enu Pharma, a biotech venture spun off from Hokkaido University, announced on January 31st that it has raised a total of 400 million yen in seed funding. The funding round, conducted in December ...

"Gary, I have some news," Yoshi said. "We have a few grains of barley from a site on the Hokkaido University campus. I think you should come and look at them." The Japanese language is notorious ...

A study by Hokkaido University researchers has shown that floating ice in the Sea of Okhotsk is not only dwindling in terms of coverage area, but has also lost 30 percent of its thickness across a ...

Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Meteorological Research Institute studied how characteristics of snow particles in Hokkaido will change if the average ...

Scientists detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples returned from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.

The Iwamizawa case is unique in that it involves ongoing and close collaboration between Hitachi, Hokkaido University and the city’s residents, which supported the practical knowledge sharing ...

A new AI-based technology developed by Sumitomo Rubber Industries and Hokkaido University will lead to tyres that deliver better performance for longer Tyre manufactures will be able to create ...