RIKEN researchers have discovered the circuitry that enables mouse hippocampi to act in a coordinated manner

RIKEN researchers have found a mathematical connection between the quantum property of ‘magic’ and black hole chaos

In 2003, Kosuke Morita and his team at the RIKEN Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science began experiments to synthesize element 113, an undiscovered el...

Joshua Johansen from RIKEN CBS explains emotional memory, what his lab is doing, and what makes a good researcher.

RIKEN researchers have discovered unexpected electron stripes in a nickel crystal

RIKEN researchers have employed a strategy for the controlled inhibition of selected neuronal circuits to reveal how one brain structure coordinates the formation of long-term memories

Akiko Hayashi-Takagi, Team Leader of the RIKEN Center for Brain Science is talking about her research and her life at RIKEN.

RIKEN researchers have employed a well-crafted behavioral task in conjunction with sophisticated neural imaging to reveal brain cells that may produce a reciprocal interaction between vision and the...

RIKEN People: Enrico Rinaldi - Investigating dark matter, from New York to Tokyo

RIKEN researchers have used machine learning to drastically cut the time needed to predict tsunami inundation from offshore observations

RIKEN researchers have found that the posterior inferior parietal lobe (pIPL) integrates multiple sources of confidence relating to memories and present experience, and uses them to determine the...

There is always hope if we stand together and smile together, transcending nationality, race, culture, gender, and age to overcome any challenging time!Every...

RIKEN researchers have identified a trio of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that can suppress plant immune responses, providing a potential tool for examining plant immunity in greater depth

RIKEN researchers have discovered a surprisingly high level of variation between people in human endogenous viruses

Nature - PhD student Magdalena Śmiech describes her experience of switching continents and cultures.

Young researchers talk about their life at RIKENStarring (in order of appearance)Lech Piotrowski, Research Scientist, Computational Astrophysics Laboratory, ...

RIKEN researchers have determined that a viral protein that subdues the cellular stress response could offer an effective treatment for some neurological disorders

Surprisingly simple method could provide a new tool for producing specialized cytoplasm for reproductive medicine

RIKEN researchers have isolated and observed water dimer cations within helium nanodroplets and used infrared spectroscopy and computational methods to confirm the structures of the isomers

RIKEN researchers have demonstrated how brain cells known as astrocytes play a prominent part in tuning the changes in neuronal activity that enable memory storage

Visual DNA amplification using a simple polymerase chain reaction (PCR) device is useful for field tests to detect target DNA and RNA. We hereby describe a detection system involving PCR amplificat...

In Tokyo, researcher Katori Hidetoshi uses atomic clocks to see how gravity warps time

RIKEN researchers have shown that the main vibrational relaxation mechanism of the free OH group of interfacial water molecules is reorientation of these molecules

Nature Neuroscience - The authors establish the claustrum-Cre transgenic mouse line and demonstrate that the claustrum orchestrates cortical slow-wave activity by synchronously driving the...

Team Leader and veterinarian Kenichi Masuda of the RIKEN Baton Zone Program talks about a new approach to vaccines that could target COVID-19 and a range of ...

RIKEN researchers have found that immotile cilia in mouse embryos detect fluid flow mechanically

RIKEN researchers have shown that plants can recycle specialized metabolic products to reuse the nutrients they contain in basic metabolic processes

Src, an oncogene, promotes both cell proliferation and cell death simultaneously, which can be regulated by dietary methionine.