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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

Off Campus

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

Managing water with local wisdom and scienceKyushu University leads National Geographic-supported freshwater conservation initiative in Asakura

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #237: Time Poverty Research: Measurement Methods and Challenges

Off Campus

Harvesting UV Light from sunlight just got 'solid’New solid-state material from Kyushu University turns visible light into high-energy UV at sunlight intensity, expanding solar energy potential

Associate Professor Yoichi Sasaki
Faculty of Engineering

Kyushu U ranked 171st in the QS World University Rankings 2027

Kyushu U Connect: Insects, Inspiration, Innovation: Working with the Secret Engineers of Nature

Off Campus

Exploring the origin of freely adjustable parameters in the fundamental equations of natureStudy offers new clues into the mystery of free parameters in quantum gravity

Associate Professor Yuya Kusuki
Institute for Advanced Study

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #236: Suspense in Nature: worker ants manipulated into killing their own mothers and spiders forced to rebuild their webs by parasites

Off Campus

New method enables accurate sequencing of short peptides hidden in food and human bodyA new chemical tagging approach enables direct, reliable sequencing of short peptides without relying on databases, opening new possibilities for food science, nutrition, and biomedical research

Professor Mitsuru Tanaka
Faculty of Agriculture

Body clock found to control inflammatory responses in macrophagesBody clock regulator BMAL1 transports a fatty acid-oxidation enzyme into the cell nucleus, triggering macrophage inflammation, opening possibilities for time-based therapies

Lecturer Akito Tsuruta
Faculty of Phramaceutical Sciences

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #235: Health Issues Among Working Women: Why Is the Healthy Worker Effect Difficult to Observe in Japan?

Off Campus

Developing a theoretical model to understand how isotopes change spectroscopy resultsResearchers investigate how oxygen isotopes in forsterite (Mg2SiO4) affect Raman spectroscopy results to develop a theoretical framework for better interpretation of spectral data

Associate Professor Masashi Arakawa
Faculty of Science

Four new international collaborative research projects launch under the RENKEI Consortium

Favorable lifestyle and health linked to lower dementia risk even in people with a genetic risk factorA large Japanese study suggests that favorable lifestyle and health conditions are linked to lower dementia risk in people with no or one APOE ε4 allele, while those with two alleles may require different preventive or therapeutic approaches

Professor Toshiharu Ninomiya
Faculty of Medical Sciences

FY2027 KAKENHI Online Seminar

Off Campus

France-Japan workshop held at Sorbonne UniversityInternational joint research laboratory OPHELIA launches

Seven-second X-ray scan accurately detects severity of heart valve regurgitation in patients with repaired congenital heart defectsDynamic chest radiography bridges the gap between echocardiography and cardiac MRI—expanding diagnostic options when cardiac MRI is unavailable or contraindicated

Assistant Professor Yuzo Yamasaki
Kyushu University Hospital Radiology Center