Converting body heat to electricity efficientlyInexpensive, flexible, and non-toxic thermoelectric converters producing high voltages at body temperature achieved
Higher-resolution imaging of living, moving cells using plasmonic metasurfacesMetasurface of self-assembled gold nanoparticles shown to improve resolution of fluorescence images of living cells under a widefield optical microscope to the theoretical limit
Biocompatible and second only to diamond in hardnessCubic boron nitride shown to be promising as an ultrahard coating for bio-applications
Uncovering COVID-19’s impact on the energy transitionResearchers find lessons from the pandemic that can be applied to reducing emissions and achieving SDGs
Mysteries hidden in hepatic reprogrammingResearchers get clearer picture of how just two proteins can make fibroblasts convert into liver-like cells
Formation mechanism of record-breaking rainfall clarifiedNumerical simulations reproduce for the first time the convective band that produced record-breaking precipitation in northern Kyushu in July 2017
Understanding mentality and behavior in Japan in response to COVID-19Study explores influence of personality, morality, and ideology on mental health status and preventive behaviors
Newly discovered beetles get a lift from termitesScarab beetles found in Myanmar first of the Termitotrox genus reported to be carried by host termites
Sugar more than just sweet to the tongueIdentification of nerve fibers responding specifically to simple sugars helps explain why we can distinguish between artificial sweeteners and the real stuff
Particulate plutonium released from the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns
Beech tree growth recovered as air pollution levels fellReduction in inflow of air pollution from China found to be associated with changes in tree growth on Mt. Tateyama
Nose’s response to odors more than just a simple sum of partsRecording of olfactory sensory neurons in mice shows suppression or enhancement of response when odors are mixed
An innovative technology to simultaneously detect multiple epigenetic information in single specimens
Potential targets found for diagnosing the onset of breast cancerBreast cancer cells highly produced multiple medium-chain unsaturated fatty acids, which could behave as precursors for specific odorants in cancer patients’ breath
Next-generation test for detecting bacterial endotoxinNew advances could help reduce the use of endangered horseshoe crabs for detecting lipopolysaccharide
Continuous and stable lasing achieved from low-cost perovskites at room temperatureSuppression of long-lived energetic states called triplet excitons shown to be key for preventing the “lasing death” that has been limiting long operation
Better evaluating bankability of large-scale offshore wind farmsNew wind turbine wake model takes into account effects of wind speed loss region
Incidence of myopic maculopathy much higher among Japanese compared with other Asian peopleStudy gives new insight into the leading cause of irreversible visual impairment
Mars subsurface explored using microtremorsAnalysis of weak vibrations shown to be promising for space resource exploration
Unexpected shift in air pollution explained for regions downwind of ChinaNew research reveals why nitrogen-containing pollutants are increasing downwind despite being reduced at the source