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  • Electronic recoil

    30 January 2009

    Research Highlights

    RIKEN researchers have revealed an unexpectedly large recoil of ‘free’ electrons emitted from a simple metal

  • An ‘opening’ role

    30 January 2009

    Research Highlights

    Non-coding RNAs play a role in regulating the expression of genes in yeast

  • News Roundup

  • Stay of execution

    23 January 2009

    Research Highlights

    A new twist on an old technique helps researchers identify proteins with a regulatory ‘death sentence’

  • Escape from frustration

    23 January 2009

    Research Highlights

    When the bonds between atoms suddenly alter in strength, structural changes in symmetry result

  • The rewards of courtship

    23 January 2009

    Research Highlights

    Social interactions with females induce synaptic plasticity in dopamine neurons of male songbirds

  • News Roundup

  • RIKEN People

  • Setting the cellular clock

    16 January 2009

    Research Highlights

    Synthetic genetic circuits enable researchers to uncover the mechanisms by which cells set their internal clocks

  • News Roundup

  • Special Announcements

     

  • Quantum force on the edge

    13 January 2009

    Highlight of the Month

    A standard measurement of resistance, the quantum Hall effect, changes dramatically at the edge of a sample

  • Research Highlights

    A receptor on macrophages can detect excessive cell death and recruit help

  • Balancing act

    9 January 2009

    Research Highlights

    A recently discovered protein works behind the scenes to confer much-needed stabilization to an essential developmental pathway

  • Research Highlights

    Regulating the response to dehydration in plants is a dynamic process that occurs at the molecular level

  • Looping-the-loop

    26 December 2008

    Research Highlights

    A unique model may describe the genetic switch that controls whether a T cell becomes a helper or a killer

  • Nuclear condensation

    19 December 2008

    Research Highlights

    The excited energy state of an oxygen nucleus could consist of a condensate of alpha particles

  • Research Highlights

    Magnetic fluctuations may play an important role in the mechanism for superconductivity in the iron-pnictides

  • The immune cell march

    12 December 2008

    Research Highlights

    A color-shifting fluorescent protein allows researchers to observe immune cell migration that occurs in living animals

  • A spiral of spins

    12 December 2008

    Research Highlights

    The complex arrangement of spins in a magnetic oxide gives rise to a magneto-electric effect

  • Research Highlights

    Additions to the genome map yield important clues on how plants respond and adapt to adverse environmental conditions

  • Research Highlights

    Eliminating signaling molecules from tissue culture results in the generation of hypothalamic neurons from embryonic stem cells

  • A balancing act

    28 November 2008

    Research Highlights

    A common mechanism may explain cognitive dysfunction during both aging and Alzheimer’s disease