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  • Embracing our differences

    7 January 2011

    Highlight of the Month

    The first Japanese human genome sequence suggests that genetics researchers may be overlooking rare but potentially important variations

  • Anything goes in oxides

    7 January 2011

    Research Highlights

    The interaction of electrons in an unusual oxide reveals new ways to tune electrical conductivity

  • A colorful combination

    7 January 2011

    Research Highlights

    The ability of bacteria to change the body color of aphids has ecological consequences

  • Eugene Ong

    11 January 2011

    RIKEN People

     Eugene Ong writes to Hiroyuki Osada, Group Leader at the Antibiotics Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute

  • Particles that are their own worst enemies

    14 January 2011

    Research Highlights

    A newly proposed superconducting device could lead to the first observation of particles that are their own antiparticles

  • Hydrogen gas: Under pressure

    14 January 2011

    Research Highlights

    Simulations have explained the peculiar nature of molecular hydrogen vibration under high pressure

  • Towards a radical treatment for leukemia

    14 January 2011

    Frontlines

    Humanized mouse models help clarify the origins of leukemia and the cellular processes that lead to its recurrence, providing hope for a cure for this intractable blood disease.

  • Karolinska Institutet–RIKEN Joint International Doctoral Course

    14 January 2011

    News Roundup

    The RIKEN Omics Science Center and the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden hold an international doctoral course on the ‘Functional architecture of the cell nucleus’.

  • Making light work of artificial muscles

    21 January 2011

    Research Highlights

    Polymer films that unfurl in the light could be the first of a new family of functional materials

  • Twisted switches

    21 January 2011

    Research Highlights

    Helical molecules that contract reversibly when oxidized pave the way to new single-molecule electrochemical switches

  • Unearthing the mechanisms controlling plant size

    21 January 2011

    Frontlines

    Researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center have discovered a series of genes that control cell division and cell growth

  • Gearing-up for spring

    28 January 2011

    Research Highlights

    Rapid activation of specific genes readies the mammalian body for seasonal change

  • Maintaining independence

    28 January 2011

    Research Highlights

    A set of neighboring immune-system genes each receive separate activation instructions despite being controlled by a common factor

  • Using complex electron systems to create green materials

    28 January 2011

    Frontlines

    Research on spin frustration in complex electron systems could help solve some of the world’s pressing energy problems