Health
Testing the world's first teething treatment drug
On May 2, Toregem Biopharma startup company in Kyoto (Japan) announced that in September it will begin testing a teething treatment drug.
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Articles about Kyoto
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Space science
Japan kicks off artificial gravity research project
Research by Kyoto University and construction company Kajima (Japan) is expected to realize the possibility of allowing humans to live in outer space.
Environment
Why do the Japanese perform funeral rites for a bamboo shoot?
Kyoto is famous as the most cultural city in Japan, where everyone feels it is natural to live in harmony and respect nature.
Archeology
Discovered the oldest sake brewery in the world
A 600-year-old sake brewery in the middle of the courtyard of an ancient temple in Kyoto was discovered by accident during a construction project.
Environment
Creating compounds that filter CO2 and turn them into materials for bottles and clothes
Material chemist Ken-ichi Otake of Kyoto University, Japan, and his colleagues have recently created a compound that can attract carbon dioxide molecules in the air and…
Photo library
Cherry blossom season flourishes in Japan through ecstatic beautiful pictures
Cherry blossom season began to bloom in Japan. Throughout the country many people go to see cherry blossoms together.
World Heritage
Ancient Kyoto - World Cultural Heritage in Japan
Unesco's Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Kyoto as the World Cultural Heritage in 1994.
Archeology
Japan found a 150-year-old precious search
Masamune is a sword made from the end of the Kamakura period and used during the Southern North Dynasty.
Space science
Global cooperation meeting to study space
Senior executives representing 10 space agencies from around the world met in Kyoto, Japan to discuss the issue of promoting global coordination to make space exploratio…
History
December 11, 1997 The Kyoto Protocol began to be signed by the UNFCCC
The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement concerning the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Biology
Detecting termites can perform spawning without males
Scientists have for the first time confirmed that termites can perform self-reproduction for a long time without males, self-fertilizing.
Biology
Detection of bacteria capable of biodegradable plastic
A group of researchers at the Kyoto Institute of Technology (Japan) has discovered a new bacterium that is capable of producing a very effective plastic destruction enzy…
Biology
Successfully cultured auditory neurons
Scientists from Kyoto University (Japan) have successfully cultivated original auditory neurons based on the use of multifunctional stem cells (iPS) from rat skin.
Biology
Japan feeds stem cells from adult skin
Kyoto University scientists have succeeded in cultivating multipurpose artificial stem cells (iPS) taken from adult skin fibroblasts.
Biology
Tobacco is completely free of nicotine
Scientists at Kyoto University (Japan) have made a breakthrough in the way of creating tobacco that does not contain nicotine toxins.