30-01-2013
The barley genome is almost twice the size of that of humans and determining the sequence of its DNA has proved to be a major challenge. This paper published in Nature is a detailed overview of the functional portions of the barley genome, revealing the order and structure of its 26,000 ...
08-01-2013
High-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) is providing the means to produce dramatic footage of moving biomolecules, and scientists at Kanazawa University leading the field. Toshio Ando and co-workers at Kanazawa University have developed and used HS-AFM to increase our understanding of ...
06-11-2012
Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science identify a means of controlling biological processes that could help treatments for immune disease, neurological disorders and cancer.The cellular response to a number of signals including inflammatory ...
01-10-2012
The most unambiguous data to date on the elusive 113th atomic element has been obtained by researchers at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-based Science (RNC). A chain of six consecutive alpha decays, produced in experiments at the RIKEN Radioisotope Beam Factory (RIBF), conclusively ...
07-09-2012
The Netzsch Analyzing & Testing division and Bruker Corporation announced jointly that Netzsch Japan K.K. has acquired Bruker’s Thermal Analysis instruments business in Japan. Together with the well-established international Netzsch group, Netzsch Japan will further develop, produce, ...
03-09-2012
WITec GmbH continues to expand its worldwide presence with the opening of new regional offices in Japan and Spain. Both offices will provide sales operations, pre- and after-sales technical support, customer event organization or product demonstrations. The WITec office in Japan is ...
Tokyo Institute of Technology researchers show simpler versions of the universal genetic code can still function in protein synthesis
29-08-2012
Daisuke Kiga and co-workers at the Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology, together with researchers across Japan, have shown that simpler versions of the universal genetic code, created by knocking out certain amino acids, can still ...
25-04-2012
Eurofins Scientific has signed an agreement to acquire a 52.6% majority stake in Nihon Kankyo K.K. (Nihon Environmental Services, on 31 March 2012. The transaction is expected to be completed this week.Nihon Kankyo K.K. was founded almost 40 years ago and is based in the greater Tokyo area. ...
26-03-2012
The pH image sensor was invented by Kazuaki Sawada of Toyohashi University of Technology (Toyohashi Tech). The device enables two dimensional and simultaneous visualization of the pH and optical imaging of chemical activity of solutions and cell activity. Sawada and his group are looking for ...
15-03-2012
Analytik Jena has seen a successful start to its new X-ray fluorescence equipment business in Japan, with order volumes totaling more than EUR 1.6 million and initial sales in excess of EUR 1.2 million. At the start of the new financial year in October 2011, the manufacturer of analytical ...
