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Health

Why Smoking Helps Ulcerative Colitis but Harms Crohn’s Disease

A strange paradox has baffled doctors for decades. Smoking increases the risk of Crohn's disease, yet it protects people with ulcerative colitis.

Aug 25, 2025

Technology

AI vs Supercomputers Round 1: Galaxy Simulation Goes to AI

Scientists have achieved a computing milestone by using artificial intelligence to dramatically speed up galaxy evolution simulations, reducing processing time by approximately 75% while maintaining scientific accuracy.

Jul 3, 2025

Technology

Scientists Create Plastic That Safely Dissolves in Seawater, Preventing Microplastic Pollution

Japanese researchers have developed a novel plastic that combines the durability of conventional materials with the ability to break down completely in seawater, potentially offering a solution to ocean microplastic pollution.

Nov 22, 2024

Earth & Environment

Deep Ocean Nanostructures Offer Clues to Life's Origins and Future Energy Solutions

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan and The Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) of Tokyo Institute of Technology have made a remarkable discovery in the depths of the Mariana Trench.

Sep 25, 2024

Health

Food Antigens Suppress Tumor Growth in Small Intestine, Study Finds

Summary: New research from RIKEN reveals that food antigens play a crucial role in suppressing tumor growth in the small intestine by activating the immune system.

Sep 18, 2024

Brain & Behavior

Dopamine Shows Promise in Reducing Alzheimer's Symptoms

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have uncovered a potential new approach to treating Alzheimer's disease using dopamine.

Aug 7, 2024

Physics

Scientists Uncover the "Entropy" of Quantum Entanglement

Scientists from RIKEN and the University of Amsterdam have found a rule of "entropy" for quantum entanglement, a key resource in quantum computing.

May 1, 2024

Health

Spine learns without the brain

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have made a groundbreaking discovery about the neural circuitry in the spinal cord that allows for brain-independent motor learning.

Apr 12, 2024

Health

Genomic “butterfly effect” explains risk for autism spectrum disorder

Researchers in the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) examined the genetics of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by analyzing mutations in the genomes of individuals and their families.

Jan 29, 2024

Technology

Look out Spider-Man: Naturalistic silk spun from artificial spider gland

Researchers led by Keiji Numata at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science in Japan, along with colleagues from the RIKEN Pioneering Research Cluster…

Jan 22, 2024

Brain & Behavior

Stolen genes allow parasitic control of behavior

A team led by Tappei Mishina at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has discovered that parasites manipulate their hosts using stolen genes that they likely acquired through a phenomenon called horizontal gene transfer.

Oct 20, 2023

Brain & Behavior

Math theory predicts self-organized learning in real neurons

An international collaboration between researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan, the University of Tokyo, and University College London…

Aug 7, 2023