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Apr. 27, 2020 Research

New staining technique visualizes whole organs and bodies

Apr. 7, 2020 Research

RIKEN group leads world in single-cell transcriptome profiling

Mar. 13, 2020 Research

Mechanical forces shape animal "origami" precisely despite "noise"

Mar. 13, 2020 Research

Stem cells exert tight control over the timing of brain development

Insights into mechanisms controlling early brain development could also help scientists understand this organ’s evolution

Feb. 7, 2020 Research

Single motor proteins visualized in action for the first time

Single-molecule imaging reveals how myosin moves to bring about muscle contraction

Nov. 29, 2019 Research

Faster modeling of interactions between ligands and proteins

An improved simulation technique for modeling how small molecules interact with proteins could help the development of new drugs

Nov. 15, 2019 Research

Detecting the metabolites of a single cell

By using an ultrasensitive analysis technique, scientists can now detect the small molecules that a single cell makes

Oct. 11, 2019 Research

Analyzing the metabolites produced by single motile cells

A microfluidic device makes it easy to isolate single motile cells and analyze the metabolites they produce

Oct. 10, 2019 Research

Brain tissue kept alive for weeks on an artificial membrane

Oct. 9, 2019 Research

How chromosomes change their shape during cell differentiation

Aug. 30, 2019 Research

Doubling down on boron to make complex organic molecules

A newly discovered reaction delivers dual boron functionality to produce molecules with many potential applications

Aug. 9, 2019 Research

How phosphorylation of eIF2 reduces protein synthesis

A study of molecular structure reveals how a small chemical change can make a big difference to function in a cell’s response to stress

Aug. 9, 2019 Research

Implantable 3D blastocyst-like embryonic structure generated from mouse stem cells

Jul. 26, 2019 Research

A new model for exploring cell polarity

A method for inducing polarization in cells will allow scientists to explore the real-time processes that occur during cell polarization

Jul. 25, 2019 Research

Toward micro-hearts: tiny pumps driven by self-organizing cardiomyocytes

Jul. 12, 2019 Research

Using the RIKEN click reaction to weaponize antibodies against cancer

A simple reaction can be used to prime an antibody with a radioactive element that enables it to destroy cancer cells

Jul. 8, 2019 Research

Cyborg-like microchip valve driven by earthworm muscle

Jul. 5, 2019 Research

Analyzing chromatin structure in more detail than ever before

The ability to explore the genome on a sub-nucleosome level promises to lead to new discoveries about how chromatin structure is linked to epigenetics

Jun. 26, 2019 Research

Unified control of neuronal delamination and outer radial glial cell generation during mammalian cerebral development (PDF file : 204KB)

Apr. 19, 2019 Research

Flies smell through a gore-tex system

New insights into the formation of surface nanostructures