Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created nanostructured alumina surfaces which are strongly antibacterial but can be used to culture cells. They found that anodic porous alumina ...

Tissue culture is the most fundamental technique in any mammalian cell biologist's toolbox. Anything we hope to learn about the molecular intricacies of cellular life begins in the tissue culture ...

Knowing this, I knew that food was going to be a big part of the itinerary when working with Marian Goldberg of Goldberg on Travel (who focuses on Japan travel planning) to plan out the Tokyo and ...

Figure 1: Aseptic technique in tissue culture before laminar flow hoods. Figure 2: Worker loading uranium slugs into the face of the graphite reactor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge ...

For decades, Japan’s work culture was synonymous with gruelling hours and self-sacrifice. But a quiet revolution appears to be under way: younger Japanese workers are clocking fewer hours than ...

“We Japanese were previously unfamiliar with Muslims,” said Hirofumi Okai, an associate professor of sociology at Kyoto Sangyo University who studies Islamic culture. “Now that they are our ...

The enduring scientific interest in the brain is highlighted by the donation of Charles Babbage’s brain in 1871. Babbage’s ...

What’s So Special About Japan’s Cherry Blossoms? The cherry blossom is more than a seasonal wonder. It represents renewal and the short life of beauty in Japanese culture. The first imperial hanami ...

Takayuki Akimoto can’t get into the Christmas spirit as he heads a group out to destroy what it views as Japan’s financially motivated “Christmas culture” The group, founded in 2006 ...

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