Research Topics

Natural insecticide made by nanoemulsification of compounds found in garlic and spearmint found to be effective on adzuki bean beetles with low non-target impacts

Professor Midori Tuda
Faculty of Agriculture

Crowdfunding launchedResearch using zebrafish to uncover the underlying mechanisms of rare craniofacial disorders

How 'smart' hydrogel packaging tells you if your food is still freshBy fixing a natural pigment onto a metal-organic framework, Kyushu University researchers developed a self-healing hydrogel that reliably signals spoilage through color change while extending food shelf life

Professor Fumihiko Tanaka
Faculty of Agriculture

Inter-filamentary diffuse gas flows replenish dense filaments and sustain gas accretion onto hubs, promoting massive star formationResearchers reveal that diffuse gas surrounding dense filaments significantly contributes to the growth of star-forming hubs

Assistant Professor Jihye Hwang
Institute for Advanced Science

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #243: The Neuroscience of Motor Learning

Off Campus

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

Off Campus

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

Off Campus

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

Off Campus

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

Off Campus

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