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2018
2018x1
Treating Heart Disease with iPS Cells: Derived Heart Tissue nears Clinical Applications
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All-purpose iPS cells are going to be used much more in actual medical treatments. A research team led by Professor Yoshiki Sawa of Osaka University has managed to create sheets of heart .. show full overview
2018x2
Treating Liver Disease with iPS Cells: New Breakthroughs with Miniature Livers
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It's been 4 years since a Yokohama City University research group surprised the world by creating a miniature liver from iPS cells. Progress since has continued apace. In this episode, .. show full overview
2018x3
The Leading Edge: How Autophagy Supports Vital Activity
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This program focuses on the research of Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, who has been selected to receive the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his .. show full overview
2018x4
The Leading Edge: Biosensors on the Scent of Progress
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The sophisticated olfactory systems of various creatures are being analyzed and applied to the development of cutting-edge biosensors. The olfactory ability of nematodes, which is on par .. show full overview
2018x5
The Leading Edge: Electricity from Microbes! The Frontlines of Research on Electricity-Generating Bacteria
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Attention has recently been focused on a new energy resource: electricity-generating bacteria. These microbes take in organic matter as food, then release electrons as they break it .. show full overview
2018x6
The Leading Edge: Genes Reveal Cat Secrets
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Cats are a familiar yet fascinating subject, particularly when it comes to their genes. Find out how a clone cat and its genome donor ended up with different coat colors and patterns, .. show full overview
2018x7
The Leading Edge: Drug Repositioning - Changing the Process of Drug Creation!
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Drugs are essential to treating wounds and illnesses, yet drug development is becoming increasingly difficult as we are starting to exhaust the compounds used in new drug discovery. This .. show full overview
2018x8
The Driving Force Behind the iPS Cell Research Scene
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Join us on Science View for a special 28-minute documentary on the development of iPS cell-based therapies. We'll be featuring Ms. Naoko Takasu who works tirelessly at the Center for iPS .. show full overview
2018x9
The Leading Edge: Discovering the Boundaries of Life - The Great Exploration Under the Ocean Floor
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What is the highest temperature in which life can survive? How far deep in the earth's crust below the ocean floor does life exist? In fall of 2016, a team lead by experts from JAMSTEC, .. show full overview
2018x10
The Leading Edge: The New Faces of Iron
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In today's special program, reporter Michelle Yamamoto visits a site on the World Heritage list to take a look back at the history of Japan's iron manufacturing, including past .. show full overview
2018x11
The Leading Edge: What Makes Us Human? The Cutting Edge of Android Research
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Research on android robots, which are made to thoroughly resemble humans, has made significant progress in the past 10 years. One of the latest android research probes into the .. show full overview
2018x12
Science View J-Innovators Special 2018: Saving Lives from Disasters with Japanese Technology
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Takumi J-innovators is a popular segment on Science View, a regular program broadcast on NHK WORLD that features Japanese science and technology. This episode of Science View is a .. show full overview
2018x13
The Leading Edge: Rescuing Coral Reefs with Genomics
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The world's coral reefs are in danger. Recently, sustained higher water temperatures caused a dreadful coral bleaching event affecting 91% of Japan's largest coral reef. A similar .. show full overview
2018x14
The Leading Edge: Nano-carbon Materials Changing the Future
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Carbon is an element found all around us that humans have utilized since long ago. Now, application is underway of "nano-carbon materials" in which carbon atoms are arranged neatly on a .. show full overview
2018x15
The Leading Edge: Carbon-14 Lays Bare the History of the World
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Carbon-14 is well known for its use in measuring the ages of very old things. But it's now being used in some surprising fields of research. And its improved accuracy is rewriting .. show full overview
2018x16
The Leading Edge: Ionic Liquids - New Materials Moving to Commercialization!
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Competition for development of advanced materials known as "ionic liquids" is now beginning all over the world. Ionic liquids are being called "the third liquid" as they are completely .. show full overview
2018x17
The Leading Edge: The Myriad Uses of 8K Video
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8K ultra-high definition TV broadcasts will begin in Japan in December 2018. The attention-getting picture quality has 16 times as much detail as conventional high definition TV. And 8K .. show full overview
2018x18
The Leading Edge: Zooming In on High-Speed Cameras
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From flashes of lightning to the moment of a bullet's impact, ultrafast events that are invisible to the human eye are being made visible with high-speed cameras. Now, a new revolution .. show full overview
2018x19
The Leading Edge: Virtual Realities - The Latest in Gaming Tech
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Virtual Reality is a booming frontier in the vital video games sector of the Japanese economy. VR headsets precisely track the speed and direction of the wearer's movements, instantly .. show full overview
2018x20
The Leading Edge: Ultrafine Bubbles, Big Potential
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Ultrafine bubbles are just one-billionth of a meter in diameter yet their applications are gaining huge attention. They have the ability to extend the freshness of raw fish, and promote .. show full overview
2018x21
The Leading Edge: Asteroid Explorer, Hayabusa2 - Navigation in Space
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The asteroid explorer Hayabusa2, which was launched on December 3, 2014, is on its way to an asteroid named Ryugu. Its mission is to create an artificial crater and bring back subsurface .. show full overview
2018x22
The Leading Edge: The New Era of Wearable Sensors
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Wearable sensors have been used mainly to promote health and improve sports performance. However, by linking them with artificial intelligence, wearable sensors are now expanding to .. show full overview
2018x23
The Leading Edge: Japanese Ancestry Shown in Jomon DNA
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The ancient Jomon people lived in Japan roughly 10 thousand years ago. For the first time ever Japanese researchers have successfully extracted nuclear DNA from their remains. It .. show full overview
2018x24
The Leading Edge: "Living" Machines - The Frontline of Integrative Research
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Biomimetics which model the remarkable abilities of living organisms has progressed into research that directly transfers nature's abilities onto machines. Learn how an odor-detecting .. show full overview
2018x25
The Leading Edge: The New Faces of Iron
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In today's special program, reporter Michelle Yamamoto visits a site on the World Heritage list to take a look back at the history of Japan's iron manufacturing, including past .. show full overview
2018x26
The Leading Edge: Unraveling the Mystery of How Black Holes Grow
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The gravity of celestial black holes is so strong that even light cannot escape. Black holes cannot be observed directly since they do not emit light, but recent research has discovered .. show full overview
2018x27
The Leading Edge: Exploring the Hadal Zone!
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Japan has many cutting-edge deep-sea exploration technologies. A variety of methods are being used to investigate the world's oceans and provide mankind with new scientific knowledge. .. show full overview
2018x28
The Leading Edge: The Forefront of Microsatellite Development
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The use of microsatellites has become popular in recent years. Weighing less than 100kg, the development period for microsatellites is about 2 years. Coupled with the fact that their .. show full overview
2018x29
The Leading Edge: Are Salt-Tolerant Crops the Key to the Food Crisis?
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The United Nations designated 2015 as the International Year of Soils and announced that more and more farmland is suffering from poor soil quality, warning that the world's food .. show full overview
2018x30
The Leading Edge: Photo-Immunotherapy - A Whole New Way to Beat Cancer
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Cancer remains one of the most challenging diseases around the world, and the leading cause of death in a graying Japan. But a discovery by a Japanese researcher has led to a completely .. show full overview
2018x31
The Leading Edge: The Forefront of Sleep Research
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Sleep is said to be the greatest mystery in neuroscience. However, scientists are coming to gradually understand the mystery of sleep thanks to the discovery of a substance called .. show full overview
2018x32
Research Institutes in Tsukuba Science City Part 1: Shaping the Future with Robot Technology
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In the first of our 2-part series on Tsukuba Science City and the research institutes in it, we'll focus on robot technology and visit the National Institute of Advanced Industrial .. show full overview
2018x33
The Leading Edge: Will the International Linear Collider Be Built in Japan?
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The International Linear Collider (ILC) is a gigantic new accelerator to study the mysteries of the universe. In 2012, one of the elementary particles known as the Higgs boson was .. show full overview
2018x34
The Leading Edge: Nagasaki - The Origin of Japan's Breakthroughs, Part 1 Linking with the World through Medicine
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2 special episodes of Science View filmed in Nagasaki Prefecture. Part 1 features medicine in Nagasaki. In the Edo period that lasted from the 17th to the 19th century, Japan adopted a .. show full overview
2018x35
The Leading Edge: Nagasaki - The Origin of Japan's Breakthroughs Part 2, Coexistence with Active Volcanoes in Unzen Volcanic Area UNESCO Global Geopark
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2 special episodes of Science View filmed in Nagasaki Prefecture. Part 2 features points of interest in the Shimabara Peninsula located in the southern part of Nagasaki. In 2009, 3 .. show full overview
2018x36
The Leading Edge: Natural Salt Licks - Protecting the Rainforest Mammals of Borneo
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Deep inside the tropical rainforests of Borneo are naturally occurring salt licks that provide crucial nutrition to the rare and unusual animals that make the forest their home. In this .. show full overview
2018x37
The Leading Edge: A New Magnesium Alloy Developed in Japan – Light, Strong, and Flame-Resistant!
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Conventional magnesium alloys have the disadvantages of burning easily and lacking sufficient strength, so their use in practical applications was limited. Yet a new magnesium alloy born .. show full overview
2018x38
The Leading Edge: A New High-Tech Approach to Fighting Large Fires
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About 40,000 fires occur annually in Japan, resulting in more than 1,500 deaths and damage estimated at nearly 1 billion dollars. Yet as research in the field of firefighting progresses, .. show full overview
2018x39
Science View J-Innovators Special 2018: Breakthrough Technologies Supporting Japan's Healthcare
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"J-Innovators" is a popular segment of Science View that introduces Japan's brilliant inventions. This special episode features takumis or innovators that have contributed to medical .. show full overview
2018x40
The Leading Edge: Using Ammonia to Reduce CO2 Emissions
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Ammonia could hold the key to a revolution in how energy is produced around the world. In this episode, we get in to the challenges in making ammonia viable as a fuel, how it can reduce .. show full overview
2018x41
The Leading Edge: High-Tech Inspections Making Japan's Infrastructure Safer
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The pride of a post-war economic boom, Japan's infrastructure is now showing the signs of its age. But high-tech solutions are on the way. This episode looks at how lasers, satellites, .. show full overview
2018x42
The Leading Edge: Paving the Way for Revolutionary Cancer Treatments - 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine -
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The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Dr. Tasuku Honjo, Distinguished Professor at Kyoto University. His research won recognition for the discovery of a substance .. show full overview
2018x43
Special Episode: How Was the Cell Transplant Performed? - Treating Parkinson's Disease with iPS Cells!
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Parkinson's disease is an incurable disorder of the nervous system that has affected millions of patients over many years. Now, a breakthrough treatment for this disease may become a .. show full overview

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