Science
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Scientists Create Human Eggs Using Skin Cells
Human skin cells may one day be used to create functional human eggs in a step toward helping wom...
October 10, 2025
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Australian Scientists Grapple with ‘Despicable’ Butterfly Heist
SYDNEY (AFP-Jiji) — Almost eight decades after Colin Wyatt stole and then vandalized thousands of...
October 10, 2025
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Amber from Ecuador Reveals Insects from the Age of Dinosaurs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Amber found in the Amazon forest region of Ecuador containing a trove of w...
October 9, 2025
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Nobel Laureate Kitagawa Says ‘Mountain of Work’ Still Left, After Crowd Greets His Arrival at University
KYOTO — Susumu Kitagawa, a distinguished professor at Kyoto University, was welcomed by about 100...
October 9, 2025
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MOFs Starting to See Real-World Use, Years after Paper by Nobel Prize Winner
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are starting to see real-world use both in Japan and aboard, than...
October 9, 2025
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Innovative Ideas ‘Get Bashed,’ Says Kitagawa; Nobel Laureate Once Faced Intense Criticism for Work That Eventually Earned Him the Prize
A watershed moment in Susumu Kitagawa’s research, which recently culminated in the Kyoto Universi...
October 9, 2025
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Kitagawa Was ‘Impertinent’ as a University Student; Former Colleagues Recount Experiences with the New Nobel Prize Winner
Newly chosen Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate Susumu Kitagawa, 74, a distinguished professor at ...
October 9, 2025
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Susumu Kitagawa Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Joins List of Japanese Winners That Includes Nihon Hidankyo (Update 1)
Kyoto University Prof. Susumu Kitagawa along with Richard Robson, affiliated with the University ...
October 8, 2025
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‘Man of Belief’: Japanese Nobel Prize Winner Sakaguchi Pursues Research Despite Skepticism from Peers
“A man of belief.”
This is how many of his fellow researchers describe Shimon Sakaguchi, ...
October 8, 2025
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Nobel Prize Win Starts to Feel Real for Sakaguchi; Laureate Hopes to Apply Findings to Medical Treatments
It was starting to feel real to Shimon Sakaguchi on Tuesday — he did in fact win the 2025 Nobel P...
October 7, 2025
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World-Renowned Research Originated from Tekijuku Founded by Physician Koan Ogata in Edo Period
Immunology is a field attracting global attention, spanning diverse areas from infectious disease...
October 7, 2025
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Sakaguchi Says Persistence Led to Nobel Prize, Urges Young People to ‘Cherish What Interests You’
OSAKA — New Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflected on a difficult time when his theories were ...
October 7, 2025
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Brunkow, Ramsdell and Sakaguchi Win 2025 Nobel Medicine Prize (UPDATE 1)
NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE GOES TO MARY E. BRUNKOW, FRED RAMSDELL AND SHIMON SAKAGUCHI...
October 6, 2025
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Fossils Tell Story of Baby Flying Reptiles Doomed by Storms
A tropical storm was brewing over a chain of islands on the edge of the vast Tethys Ocean — the a...
October 4, 2025
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Astronomers Get Best View Yet of Two Merging Black Holes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The merger of two black holes is a momentous event, revealing the wildest ...
October 4, 2025
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