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Through RIKEN Research, our quarterly magazine and website, we present the best of research from RIKEN to the international community. Our research is shown in an accessible, easy-to-read format, providing regular insights into the people, facilities and programs that make up RIKEN. The core component of RIKEN Research are short, easy-to-understand Research Highlight articles explaining for a broad scientific audience some of the latest research articles published by RIKEN researchers.
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Recent Research Highlights
A simple reaction can be used to prime an antibody with a radioactive element that enables it to destroy cancer cells
The ability to explore the genome on a sub-nucleosome level promises to lead to new discoveries about how chromatin structure is linked to epigenetics
The three neural processes by which the brain incorporates benefit to others into decision making have been uncovered
Feature Highlight
New spontaneously self-healing polymers don’t mind a bit of wetness, and they may be useful in everything from dentistry to liquid crystal display (LCD) screens
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RIKEN People
Michiko Mandai, Deputy Project Leader, Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
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Videos
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Shuhei Noda at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science are working on a more environmentally friendly production method to produce industrially important maleic acid using a genetically modified Escherichia coli.
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Editorial
Perspectives
RIKEN’s strong international links will be expanded by new organizational commitments, says RIKEN Executive Director Motoko Kotani.
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Special Feature
Nihonium is the official name, and Nh the chemical symbol, for element 113, which was discovered by Kosuke Morita's group at the Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science.
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Impact
Tomoko Abe has bombarded thousands of plants with heavy ions to create unusual varieties
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RIKEN Places
The RIKEN SPring-8 Center hosts the most powerful synchrotron radiation facility in the world and an x-ray free-electron laser that is a billion times brighter
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