The number of glass eels, or juvenile Japanese eels, in rivers in Hokkaido appears to have increased in recent years, ...

AIST researchers, in collaboration with JAMSTEC, Hokkaido University and Tohoku University, have succeeded in cultivating an ultrasmall bacterial strain parasitizing archaea and classified the strain ...

A personal trainer snapped her hip bone in half after "ego lifting" in the gym — and is now warning others not to partake in ...

AIST researchers, in collaboration with JAMSTEC, Hokkaido University and Tohoku University, have succeeded in cultivating an ...

AIST researchers, in collaboration with JAMSTEC, Hokkaido University and Tohoku University, have succeeded in cultivating an ...

Because of climate change, harmful algal blooms are increasing in frequency and intensity. New science helps demystify the frequent harmful algal blooms in the Pacific off the coast of Chile by ...

Changes in ocean currents stemming from global warming have led to a sharp increase in endangered Japanese eel larvae ...

The School of Medicine is a major international centre for teaching and research, and committed to the pursuit of improved human health. We combine progressive healthcare education and patient care ...

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 ...

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

Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

We address global challenges such as: Dr Mahfuz Kamal has been awarded an Enterprise Fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering to support him as CEO of University spin-out company RecoVolt. The ...