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50th Anniversary Symposium of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University

Ito Campus

Manchurian walnut tree holds key to eco-friendly weed controlThe discovery of 2Z-decaprenol, which disrupts weed growth on a molecular level, could pave the way for a new class of sustainable herbicides.

Associate Professor Seiichi Sakamoto
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Researchers develop new indicators to detect loneliness risk in remote workBy analyzing workplace chat data, the study examines employees’ online activity and social connectedness, helping organizations detect isolation risks and take timely action.

Professor Yutaka Arakawa
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #208: Reconstruction of Early Earth Seafloor Environments at 3.2 Ga: Hydrothermal Activity and Iron Precipitation

Off Campus

Professor Fujikawa is awarded the First EXPO INNOVATION AWARD

Professor Fujikawa is awarded the First EXPO INNOVATION AWARD

A new method to build more energy-efficient memory devices for a sustainable data futureKyushu University researchers succeed in developing a method to build memory devices that can provide high-speed, low-power information rewriting at room temperature

Associate Professor Naoto Yamashita
Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering

Kyushu U ranked 301-350th in the THE World University Rankings 2026

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #207: Evolution and Preservation of Stone Walls in Japanese Castles

Off Campus

IAS-FRIS Symposium on Social Robots and Ethical Design

Off Campus

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #206: Future of Semiconductors: Atom-Thick Thin Sheets for Next-Generation Semiconductors

Off Campus

Professor John Kilner elected as new Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #205: Meet the Yayoi People: Discoveries from Ancient Skeletons at the Kyushu University Museum

Off Campus

Kyushu University launches Quantum and Spacetime Research InstituteThe institute will act as a catalyst for research and education, tackling the unexplored frontier of quantum and gravity, and bridging the cosmos with quantum science.

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #204: What Is “the Real Disability” in Society?

Off Campus

Scientists create a mathematical model that explains esophageal motility disordersScientists bridge mathematics and clinical medicine to reveal how esophageal muscle movements during swallowing typically occur and the root causes behind swallowing difficulties.

Professor Takashi Miura
Faculty of Medical Sciences

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #203: Archaeology for the Future

Off Campus

Associate Professor Kiyoshi Miyata from the Faculty of Science has been selected for the 2025 Asian Young Scientist Fellowship

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #202: Development of smart agriculture to optimize nitrogen fertilizer use in Okinawa through the integration of atmospheric environmental science and agricultural management.

Off Campus

Boosting fuel cell efficiency with water vaporHydration doubles oxide-ion conductivity in Ba7Nb4MoO20, a promising material for low-temperature solid oxide fuel cells

Professor Hiroshige Matsumoto
International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research Advanced Energy Conversion Systems Thrust