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- Termite Evolution Driven by Global Extinctions and Breakthrough Soil-Digestion Innovations According to Genomic Study
Published: May 1, 2026
Section: Research
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have mapped the evolutionary timeline of termites, identifying two major diversification pulses following global ex...
- Hypnotic Water Vortex Experiment Visualizes Elusive Aharonov-Bohm Quantum Effect Using Counter-Rotating Standing Wave Patterns
Published: Apr 20, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
Physicists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have successfully modeled the Aharonov-Bohm effect using a classical water tank to reveal topological wave behaviors t...
- Ancient Diaries and Preserved Timber Reveal Unpredictable Hazards of Medieval Solar Proton Events
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Section: Innovations in Space
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology researchers have combined ultra-precise carbon-14 analysis of buried trees with 13th-century Japanese literature to identify historical...
- Origins of Life Outweigh Selection as Primary Constraint on Protein Evolution, Revealing Vast Uncharted Territory for AI Drug Design
Published: Mar 31, 2026
Section: Science & Tech
A large-scale computational study by OIST and international partners has determined that the diversity of known proteins is strictly limited by their initial ancestral "starting po...
- Deep Sea Origins and Mass Extinction Triggered 100 Million Year Evolutionary Fuse for Modern Squid
Published: Mar 30, 2026
Section: Research
A comprehensive genomic study led by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology has mapped the evolutionary timeline of ten-limbed cephalopods, revealing a deep-sea origin dur...
- Supercomputing Breakthrough Resolves Centuries-Old Fluid Dynamics Mystery Governing Everything From Raindrops to Supernova Ejecta
Published: Mar 13, 2026
Section: Innovations in Space
Researchers from OIST and the University of Turin have successfully simulated the complex interactions of 100,000 particles within fluid systems, revealing the fundamental mechanic...
- OIST Researchers Catalog 80 "First Responder" Proteins Essential for Repairing Life’s Fragile Cellular Barrier
Published: Mar 10, 2026
Section: Research
Using budding yeast as a model, scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have identified 80 proteins involved in plasma membrane repair—72 of which were...
- Social Pressure Accelerates White Bar Loss in Juvenile Anemonefish, Study Finds
Published: Feb 20, 2026
Section: Natural Sciences
A new study from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) reveals that the presence of adult fish significantly speeds up the loss of white vertical bars in young tom...