For a very long time after the first lifeforms developed on Earth, the atmosphere was significantly different from the way it is today. Researchers have been trying to determine how things evolved over time, and a new study now helps shed some more light on the issue.
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23 January 2012
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Japanese scientists from the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute (ASI) are convinced that they've discovered a novel material technology, which they say could be used for the development of advanced fuel cells that will be more efficient than anything under development today.
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22 September 2011
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A grand-scale genetic study has revealed that a single genetic variant can be considered responsible for the frequent onset and development of liver cancer in people who are chronic hepatitis C virus carriers. This segment of the population has been known to be at higher risk of developing the horrible condition than... |
4 July 2011
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Scientists looking for new ways of counteracting the effects of Alzheimer's disease now have a new avenue of research to go on. A team of experts with the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) has just provided new insights into how a specific peptide influences the development of this condition. This little-studi... |
4 July 2011
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A group of investigators in Japan announces a new series of discoveries they made on the origins of expert intuition, which could change the way we look at the human brain. The research team was basically able to identify the neural basis that underlie this ability.
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21 January 2011
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Japanese researchers managed in a new study to shed more light on why two very commonly used types of stem cells undergo programmed cell death when separated from each other. In the emerging field of regenerative medicine, stem cells are heralded as the ultimate remedy. Experts say that the cells can be used in anyth... |
11 October 2010
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Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine (CGM) and the University of Tokyo, carried out a genome-wide study on Japanese prostate cancer patients. The study has revealed 5 new genetic variations associated with prostate cancer, and also gave resemblances and differences in the disease between Europeans and... |
2 August 2010
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After NEC and Hitachi renounced the Project Keisoku contract back in May, a contract which implied that they would put together a hybrid scalar and vector supercomputer (a combination of Sparc processors and a variant of the SX engine from NEC), the Rikagaku Kankyusho research laboratory eventually decided to come up... |
28 November 2009
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Takumi Maruyama, head of Fujitsu's processor development department, has talked about the company's future plans to build a new supercomputer that could deliver a performance of 10 petaflops. The upcoming system is expected to be ready by early 2011 and will become the world's most powerful supercomput... |
26 August 2009
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IT companies NEC and Hitachi delivered a devastating blow to Japan's attempt at building the largest supercomputer in the world. The future machine, scheduled to begin operations next year, and to be completed by 2012, would have computed its data with both vector and scalar processors. If the initiative had bee... |
21 May 2009
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