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How fast you can walk before hip surgery may determine how well you recoverResearchers report that patients who can walk at least 1 meter per second before hip replacement have significantly better mid-term postoperative outcomes.

Graduate School of Medical Sciences / Faculty of Medical Sciences
Yuki Nakao, MD / Associate Professor Satoshi Hamai

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #214: Seasonality in mortality and health under a changing climate - Navigating the dynamics

Off Campus

Kyushu U ranked 67th globally (2nd in Japan) in the THE Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #213: The future begins with your choices: Achieving a Sustainable Society through Awareness and Action

Off Campus

Kyushu University Joins Global Forest Research Network through APRU’s “Forest Ecosystems Living Lab Initiative”―Accelerating International Collaboration with On-site Events in Canada and Ecuador

Creating a Human-AI Co-Existence Society with ethical social robotsTop News

Parasitic matricide, ants chemically compel host workers to kill their own queenResearchers detail a parasitic strategy, first observed in a blog post, where an invading ant queen uses a chemical spray to compel host workers into killing their own mother

Assistant Professor Keizo Takasuka
Faculty of Sciences

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #212: Seeing Trees, Forest and People: - A Multi-Scale Interdisciplinary Study Toward the Conservation of Tropical Forests

Off Campus

I²CNER Seminar "Photomolecular Effect: Direct Water Evaporation with Light"

Ito Campus

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #211: Physical Fitness and Living Environment for Promoting an Active Life: Approaches from Field Practice and Laboratory Research

Off Campus

Controlling next-generation energy conversion materials with simple pressureNew study provides guidelines on creating photoreactive molecules that are sensitive to mechanical stimuli using flexible linkers

Professor Gaku Fukuhara
Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar【Special】#210: Rationale and challenges to build a robust partnership of South Korea and Japan - Reflecting on the 60th Anniversary of Normalization of Diplomatic Relations

Off Campus

As global warming worsens, so may space communicationsHigher CO₂ concentrations in the atmosphere increase the strength of sporadic-E and lower the altitude at which it occurs

Professor Huixin Liu
Faculty of Sciences

KU-TU Eindhoven 1st Joint Workshop on Terahertz and Semiconductor Technologies

Ito Campus
Off Campus

Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #209: Is an individual's will determined by society? The world observed through social systems theory.

Off Campus

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

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

Off Campus

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