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Some researchers set out on an unprecedented project to measure radiation levels in coastal towns of Fukushima Prefecture only a few months after core meltdowns at the nearby Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Other researchers toiled…

The partially fossilized remains of a giant extinct crocodilian that could have been ritualistically beheaded explain how modern crocodilian species may have evolved. Discovered in southern China, the new species is estimated to have been…

Some researchers set out on an unprecedented project to measure radiation levels in coastal towns of Fukushima Prefecture only a few months after core meltdowns at the nearby Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. Other researchers toiled…

The University of Tokyo has launched a campaign aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion on campus, and making the university a place where people from diverse backgrounds can thrive. The initiative, called UTokyo D&I Campaign 2022,…

UTokyo's Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR) held a special online symposium titled “Exploring the Universe with Multi-Messengers” on February 12, 2022 (EDT), in which researchers from Japan (ICRR) and other research institutes and…

Adopted by all 193 United Nations Member States in 2015, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations outline the key challenges facing humanity and the planet and offer a bold vision for realizing a better world.…

The fifth class of students of the selection-based GLP-GEfIL Program for undergraduate students has graduated. The graduation ceremony was held on January 28, 2022 at the Ito International Research Center, and jointly online via Zoom for…

The ocean and UTokyoA collection of research and educational activities related to the birthplace of all lifeThe year 2021 marks the start of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, a major campaign to…

The ocean and UTokyoA collection of research and educational activities related to the birthplace of all lifeThe year 2021 marks the start of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, a major campaign to…

Biochemists in Japan were surprised to discover that the molecule hemoglobin in the blood works not only as an oxygen carrier, but when the blood is spilled as a result of aggression, accident or predator attack, the molecule also acts as…