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Selective microwave heating speeds bamboo-to-hydrogen fuel conversionExperiments reveal microwaves create localized hot spots on catalyst particles, boosting biomass conversion and paving the way for electrified, low-carbon chemical manufacturing

Professor Shuntaro Tsubaki
Faculty of Engineering

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #242: Current and Future Trends in Wireless Communications: Including International Education and Research Collaboration with Egypt

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Kyushu University pilots telemedicine program to support pregnant women in conflict-affected Sudan: Supporting the restoration of maternal and child health services through Portable Health Clinic (PHC)

Plasma Agriculture makes strides towards super-seeding conventional methodsResearchers review the latest results and understanding of mechanisms behind this new field of research where seeds show higher yields and resilience following flash treatment in low-temperature plasma

Professor Kazunori Koga
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering

Scientists find compound that may help muscles stay strong as we ageThe compound strengthens HGF, a protein that helps activate muscle repair, offering hope for future treatments of age-related muscle loss in humans and pets

Professor Ryuichi Tatsumi
Faculty of Agriculture

Call for Participation – SDGs Design International Awards 2026

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #241: Reconsidering “For Everyone” : Infrastructure Design with Minorities as a Base Point

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Thin-film electronics that can move and become their own connectorsResearchers develop prototype thin-film electronics that can dock and undock themselves

Associate Professor Fumihiro Sassa
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #240: The Storied Deep: Three Island Worlds of our Ocean Planet

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Rewriting the reactivity rules: A new catalyst for recycling mixed plasticsJapanese researchers have developed a catalyst that selectively degrades polyurethane in mixed plastic waste, opening a practical route to recycling materials long considered too complex to separate

Professor Takanori Iwasaki
Faculty of Engineering

Capturing the cosmic ‘drift’ before a star is bornResearchers observe the velocity difference between two molecules in a prestellar core, elucidating the process of early star formation

Associate Professor Doris Arzoumanian
Institute for Advanced Study

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #239: Democratic Backsliding and African Politics: The Autocratic Use of Democratic Institutions

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Three strategic partner universities gathered in Taiwan to explore new opportunities for international collaborative research

Wasted pumpkin peel can keep your food freshKyushu University researchers have turned agricultural by-products into a biodegradable food packaging material, offering a potential approach to both food loss and plastic pollution

Professor Fumihiko Tanaka
Faculty of Agriculture

A new theoretical framework to identify what quantum gravity would look likeResearchers develop ‘Relativity of Spacetime Superpositions,’ a theoretical framework that will show what experimental signatures identify quantum gravity

Associate Professor Joshua Foo
Institute for Advanced Study

Kyushu University ranked 26th for SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure in Times Higher Education Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026

Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine Bruce A. Beutler delivers special lecture at Kyushu University

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #238: Toward Sustainable Lowlands: Visualizing Water Circulation in Saga and Indonesia Using Simple Water-Level Gauges

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What dental calculus can tell us about the oral microbiomes of ancient JapanMicrobe DNA from ancient dental calculus offers insights into past oral microbiomes of the Japanese people, including the phylogeny of the periodontal disease-associated archaeon, M. orali

Associate Professor Shiori Yonemoto / Associate Professor Kyoko Funahashi
Kyushu University Museum/Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies