Scientists Reveal the Best Way To Calm a Crying Baby
According to scientists, the best way to calm down a baby is to take them on a 5-minute walk. The majority of parents have been…
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Far-Ultraviolet LED Efficiently Kills Bacteria and Viruses Without Harming People
A powerful LED can efficiently disinfect surfaces while remaining safe for people. RIKEN physicists have engineered a highly efficient LED that is deadly to microbes…
Japanese Herbal Medicine Found To Protect Against Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A new study explains how daikenchuto, an herbal medicine containing ginger, pepper, ginseng, and maltose, protects the gut against inflammatory bowel disease. The benefits of…
Quantum Breakthrough: Researchers Demonstrate Full Control of a Three-Qubit System
Error correction in a silicon qubit system was demonstrated by the researchers. By demonstrating error correction in a three-qubit silicon-based quantum computing device, researchers from…
Japanese Scientists Create Remote-Controlled Cyborg Cockroaches
Researchers have engineered a system for creating remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches, equipped with a tiny wireless control module that is powered by a rechargeable battery attached…
Strange 130-Year-Old Mystery of Vertebrate Evolution Solved Using Powerful X-Rays
Evidence that the mysterious ancient fish-like vertebrate Palaeospondylus was likely one of the earliest ancestors of four-limbed animals, including humans, has been discovered by the…
New Clues to Understanding the Mysterious Origin of Supernovae
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…
Gene Responsible for Miscarriages Is Identified and Cured in Mice
A gene responsible for prenatal death when critical transgenerational instructions are missing from egg cells has been discovered by researchers at the RIKEN Center for…
Death in Darkness: A New Type of Cell Death Mechanism Discovered in Fly Guts
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of cell death that takes place in the guts of the common fruit fly. The researchers believe the…
Environmentally Friendly, Self-Templating Supramolecular Polymer Synthesis
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…
Faster Technique for Resetting Qubits in Quantum Computers
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…
Astrocytes in the Brain Help Orchestrate Synaptic Activity in Learning and Memory
Brain cells known as astrocytes play a prominent part in tuning the changes in neuronal activity that enable memories to be stored. RIKEN neuroscientists have…
How Grains of Dust Can Grow Into the Seeds of New Planets
By amassing in high-density regions, dust grains avoid drifting toward the star they are orbiting. A key step in the formation of new planets may…
Scientists Discover a New, Sustainable Way To Make Hydrogen for Fuel Cells and Fertilizers
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…
High-Energy Interactions Between Light and Matter Described by Advanced New Mathematical Model
Modeling High-Harmonic Generation Without Resorting to Perturbation Theory An advanced mathematical model that can describe high-energy interactions between light and matter has been developed by…
Key Elements Achieved for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computation in Silicon Spin Qubits
Researchers from RIKEN and QuTech—a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO— have achieved a key milestone toward the development of a fault-tolerant quantum computer. They…
Wormholes – Shortcuts Connecting Two Points in Spacetime – Help Resolve Black Hole Information Paradox
A mathematical analysis helps illuminate the puzzle over how information escapes from a black hole. A RIKEN physicist and two colleagues have found that a…
Bioactive Nanocarrier Spray: Better Crops Without Genetic Modification
Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have developed a way to improve crop quality without needing to create special…
