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Three scientists receive Japan's highest award
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Three scientists receive Japan's highest award

Three scientists from the US, India and Japan have become the owners of the 2012 Kyoto Prize, the highest award of Japan awarded to outstanding scientists worldwide.

December 15, 2018
The heart was first cultured from stem cells
Medicine - Health

The heart was first cultured from stem cells

The group of Japanese geneticists headed by a Russian scientist, Konstantin Agladze, for the first time cultivated a living human heart from stem cells. The work was car…

December 14, 2018
Finding the protein 'nocturnal'
Medicine - Health

Finding the protein 'nocturnal'

Scientists from Kyoto University (Japan) have discovered Connexin43 protein is the cause of nocturia in the elderly. According to AFP, Japanese scientists investigated t…

December 14, 2018
Protein has the ability to burn body fat
Medicine - Health

Protein has the ability to burn body fat

A group of scientists from Kyoto University discovered a protein called GPR120 on February 20, capable of burning fat deposits. from meals with excess protein and fat.

December 14, 2018
Japan has found a way to cure Parkinson's disease
Medicine - Health

Japan has found a way to cure Parkinson's disease

A research team from the University of Kyoto Medical Institute, Japan, led by Associate Professor Jyun Takahasi, announced the good news for people with Parkinson's dise…

December 14, 2018
Combined stove limits climate change
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Combined stove limits climate change

Whether the 'stove' is a cardboard box painted in black, covered with tin foil (actually a thin silver coating) ...

December 14, 2018
Japan develops artificial joint hands
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Japan develops artificial joint hands

Robot maker Squse in Kyoto (Japan) has introduced a prototype of an artificial hand capable of grasping objects skillfully thanks to pneumatic 'muscles'.

December 11, 2018