A species of jellyfish hunts its prey by hurling venom grenades to create "stinging water," researchers said Thursday, solving a long-standing mystery as to how they gather food without tentacles. The Cassiopea xamachana jellyfish, found in shallow waters around Florida, the Caribbean and Micronesia, is ...
Extreme low-carb diet may speed aging and dull cognition, Japanese team's study on mice finds
Continuing an extreme low-carbohydrate diet stringently for a long time may accelerate aging and lead to a shorter life span, according to a recent study by a group of Japanese scientists. While pointing out that a low-carb diet is effective in reducing visceral fat and ...
Study finds 80% of rescue hashtags were unrelated to emergencies during July deluge
A vast majority of uses of the hashtag #kyūjo — which means rescue in Japanese — posted on Twitter during the deadly flooding last summer were unrelated to calls for help.
Big Bears, Fighters to square off in Koshien Bowl
Yuta Sasaki threw three touchdown passes in the first half as the Waseda University Big Bears routed the Tohoku University Hornets 47-2 on Sunday at Amino Vital Field in Chofu, Tokyo, in the Eastern Japan Championship. The Big Bears earned a berth in the Koshien ...
Tohoku team touts Robo-Dog technology in disaster rescues
Scientists are looking to put a new kind of dog into the fight to rescue survivors of future disasters: a canine strapped into a high-tech vest that will allow it to function somewhat like a robot. The combination of a dog's acute sense of smell ...
Few hospitals have support plans in place to deal with feared Nankai Trough quake
Only 8 percent of coastal hospitals thought at risk from the dreaded Nankai Trough earthquake have plans in place to arrange for external assistance, a study says.
Japanese team develops promising breast cancer detection method
A team of researchers from Tohoku University has developed a new method to detect breast cancer by combining a mammogram with an ultrasound in a procedure that appears to be more accurate than mammogram testing alone. The team, lead by Noriaki Ohuchi, a professor at ...
Tohoku University evicts 105 students from dorm over drinking
Fed up with a litany of poor behavior by drunken students, Tohoku University in Miyagi Prefecture has decided to take the unusually harsh step of evicting all 105 residents from a school dorm by the end of September.
In the three years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, a survey finds that a large percentage of municipalities across the country still have not taken steps to ensure enough food or fuel to operate for more than a day if another serious earthquake ...
Will Japan prepared mean nature ruined?
"Resilience" is a hot topic these days — not in self-help books, but among policymakers worldwide. As governments become convinced that climate change is a real threat, they are taking steps to ensure communities can bounce back from the increasing impact of floods, storms, ...
