Research Topics

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #254: "The Psychology of "Not Giving Up" : Understanding Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth（PTG）”

Off Campus

No neuralyzer needed. Identifying the molecular pathways and the circuit that triggers forgetting in C. elegansResearchers find the molecular and neural mechanisms that cause C. elegans to actively and selectively forget specific odors

Professor Takeshi Ishihara
Faculty of Science

Companies’ progress on climate reporting gets lost in the averageA decade of climate reporting scores from 8,959 firms reveals how a widening reporting population masks improvements among those assessed over time

Associate Professor Alexander Ryota Keeley
Faculty of Engineering

Kyushu University and Cipher Core advance preparations for preventive healthcare pilot in BangladeshHealthy Bangladesh initiative showcased at JETRO’s October 28 economic forum in Tokyo in the presence of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister

Kyushu University and Sumitomo Chemical demonstrate high optical modulation efficiency and ultrafast operation at 180 Gbaud using KNN thin-film wafers in optical modulators

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #253: Singapore-Japan 60 years

Off Campus

How an ultrathin metal layer enhances spin-related signals and opens a door for potentially better spintronicsMeasurements of two spin-related effects may offer insights into how interface engineering could help advance energy-efficient spintronic technologies

Professor Hiromi Yuasa
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering

BBcat: A novel anion for more selective and efficient light-driven catalysisResearchers develop a new photocatalyst that maintains high reaction yields even under diluted conditions

Professor Takanori Iwasaki
Faculty of Engineering

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #252: Unraveling the powers of green tea

Ito Campus
Hospital Campus
Chikushi Campus
Ohashi Campus
Beppu Campus
Off Campus

Invisible eland identified from 60,000-year-old ochre-rich sedimentAncient proteins reveal hidden aspects of technical and symbolic behaviors of early humans

Associate Professor Takumi Tsutaya
Institute for Advanced Study

AI helps reveal what sustainability issues companies emphasizeKyushu University researchers analyzed 1,623 annual securities reports from 340 Japanese food and beverage companies to uncover which environmental, social and governance issues they emphasize

Professor Hidemichi Fujii
Faculty of Economics

Linked Editorial by Kyushu University Senior Vice President Koji Todaka Published in The BMJ

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #251: Exploring a Multimodal Sensory World Through the Octopus

Ito Campus
Hospital Campus
Chikushi Campus
Ohashi Campus
Beppu Campus
Off Campus

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #250: Disaster Medicine: Preparing for Future Emergencies

Off Campus

How to head into VR without wearing a headsetKyushu University researchers rethink the ‘mounted’ default in head-mounted displays, using aerial imaging optics to propose a new way to enter virtual reality simply by sitting down

Associate Professor Shogo Fukushima
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering

Distinguished Professor Chihaya Adachi named Clarivate Citation Laureate for pioneering next-generation organic electronicsRecognized for pioneering research on phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLEDs) and thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF), two breakthroughs that enabled ultra-high-efficiency organic light-emitting diodes

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #249: The Spiritualization of the Outdoors: The Birth of Mountaineering in Modern Japan

Off Campus

A new metal-free and water-soluble molecule that can produce fluorescence and be used as MRI contrast materialResearchers modify luminescent organic radicals to develop water-soluble compounds that have dual use as fluorescence material and MRI contrast material

Associate Professor Albrecht Ken
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering

Investigating the underlying mechanisms of magnetic reconnection in space weather eventsExperiments reveal that the rate at which magnetic fields release energy is controlled by the local physics of reconnection layer

Associate Professor Taichi Morita
Faculty of Engineering Sciences

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #248: Cellular responses to mechanical stimuli

Off Campus