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Results for 'Tokyo Institute of Technology'

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  Japan's global connectors boost scientific research collaboration

  Six scientists whose transformative work reaches across borders.
  

  • Catherine Armitage, David McNeill & Smriti Mallapaty

  News feature 24 Mar 2019
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  Japanese institutions resist reform

  Efforts to improve Japan's scientific status include top-down institutional change, but tradition is hard to break.
  

  • Ichiko Fuyuno

  News feature 6 Apr 2018
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  In Japan, corporates make reluctant partners

  The Japanese government wants to lure more industry funding into universities, but companies need to be convinced they’ll get value.
  

  • Ichiko Fuyuno

  News 20 Dec 2017
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  Japan shakes up research funding system

  An overhaul of Japan’s competitive grants programme could revive the country’s international science standing.

  • Tim Hornyak

  Listings 1 Aug 2017
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  The rise and rise of a biology superstar

  Nobel laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi’s persistent study of baker’s yeast spawned an exciting new field, and proves the value of supporting scientists in pursuit of their passion.

  • Tim Hornyak

  30 Mar 2017
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  New data reveals universities in Tokyo are highly connected

  The Japanese capital is a hub of local research collaborations.

  • Tim Hornyak

  News feature 17 Nov 2016
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  Yoshinori Ohsumi's dogged attention to detail credited for Nobel win

  The cell biologist's accolade is Japan's third consecutive Nobel Prize since 2014.

  • Tim Hornyak

  News 4 Oct 2016
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  Lessons from rising stars

  • Mark Zastrow

  Listings 16 Mar 2016