Japanese researchers are looking for ways to reduce stress levels in tuna caught in nearby waters, so they taste better when they hit the plate. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Japanese scientists have developed a new technique allowing them to take high-resolution images of the nerves in a patient's limbs for the first time. picked by kakana 4 months ago

Astronomers have announced the discovery of a massive and mysterious gas blob of the type that can be precursors to galaxies, which they dubbed Himiko.

The data used in identifying the megablob came from a suite of telescopes. Scientists said Himiko named for the legendary Japanese queen, existed when our universe was only about 800 million years old. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Japanese scientists said Thursday they had successfully cloned the ancestral bull of a luxurious brand of beef, possibly opening the way to distribute cloned beef. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Japanese and Mongolian scientists have successfully recovered the complete skeleton of a 70-million-year-old young dinosaur. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Japanese and Chinese scientists have announced the discovery of a new dinosaur species that used to roam the southwestern region of present-day Zhejiang province in east China 100 million years ago. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Japanese Talent Show, like the Gong Show, but with no Gong. It does have a trap door above razor sharp spikes though.
( ok, maybe there's no spikes ) picked by Dangerman 2 years ago

British scientists have made the biggest breakthrough for more than 15 years in the fight against Alzheimer's.

It could cut the rate of new cases by a fifth - 100,000 a year in the UK alone. British and French teams have identified rogue genes responsible for one in five cases of the disease. The search is now on for drugs to combat them. picked by Bingo 3 months ago

UCLA scientists are now reporting a promising new approach to designing super-hard materials, which are very difficult to scratch or crack. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Japanese researchers said Thursday they had created functioning human brain tissues from stem cells, a world first that has raised new hopes for the treatment of disease. picked by karenben 1 year ago

There may never be a campaign to save the Puget Sound ratfish; no one really loves the ugly fish with rodent-like front teeth. But when a rare albino ratfish was found during a marine survey this past summer, scientists decided it was time to educate the public about the most abundant fish in local waters. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Over the coming months, thousands of dolphins - some only a few days old - will be hacked to death.
The dolphin meat is so toxic because the seas around Japan have become a soup of industrial wastes. These poisons become concentrated in fish, which the dolphins then eat. And when the Japanese eat the dolphins, they progressively poison themselves. picked by kakana 3 months ago

Scientists say they've taken a significant step toward using stem cells and gene therapy to cure a genetic disease. The team corrected a defective gene in cells taken from patients with Fanconi anemia, a disease that can lead to bone marrow failure, leukemia and other cancers. “We haven't cured a human being, but we have cured a cell,” Belmonte said. “In theory we could transpla... read full post picked by bingo 6 months ago

Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Manga diary of the Japanese WWII prisoner in the USSR. Interestingly, descriptions in languages other than English are a lot more detailed. picked by MissWinkle 1 year ago

Scientists have identified genes which control the ageing process in findings which could lead to new drugs to prevent illnesses from heart disease to Alzheimer's. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

What would a dog say if it could talk? "Stranger", "fight", "walk", "alone", "ball" and "play", according to scientists who have developed a computer programme to translate dog barks. The special programme analysed more than 6,000 barks from 14 Hungarian sheepdogs in six different situations. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

It was supposed to be the one speed limit you cannot break. But scientists claim to have demonstrated there is the possibility of travel faster than the speed of light. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A brilliant green tree frog with huge black eyes, jumping spiders and a striped gecko are among more than 50 new animal species scientists have discovered in a remote, mountainous region of Papua New Guinea. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Men with lots of brothers are more likely to have sons than daughters, scientists claim after studying family trees dating back more than 400 years. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago