Asia Research News

08/10/2025

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi received the in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of “regulatory T cells (Treg)” that suppress immune overreaction. He is currently a Specially Appointed Professor at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC)免疫学フロンティア研究センター, The University of Osaka.

Read his message and find out more about his research and lab: https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/relentless-faith-and-dedication-culminate-nobel-prize

08/10/2025

🔋⚡️ Researchers at Tohoku University have made a magnesium prototype that remains stable at room temperature, showing the potential for a fast-charging battery made from more materials.

🔗 https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/new-magnesium-battery-prototype-achieves-stable-operation-room-temperature

Published in the journal Communications Materials / Nature Portfolio.

Researchers at Tohoku University have made a magnesium battery prototype that represents the potential next stage in energy storage - a fast-charging battery made from sustainable materials.

08/10/2025

Once banned from breweries, women are reclaiming their place in Japan’s 2,000-year-old sake tradition (via Forbes)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/margaritagokunsilver/2025/10/07/how-women-sake-masters-contribute-to-preserving-tradition-amid-decline/

Once banned from breweries, women are reclaiming their place in Japan’s 2,000-year-old sake tradition

07/10/2025

Ancient black holes, how good cholesterol is made, self-healing plastic, dengue’s genetic imprint, Korean mussel power & space clean-up.🔬✨ Read all in the latest Editor's Choice: https://bit.ly/4nKvetQ

Featured research from Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Kyoto University iCeMS, Lingnan University, Duke-NUS Medical School, DGIST and Tohoku University.

02/10/2025

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01/10/2025

Demand-responsive transport (DRT) is promoted as an inclusive solution to first- and last-mile challenges. But an Osaka Metropolitan University study reveals a gap between willingness and actual use among people with poor health, highlighting involvement as a powerful driver of acceptance.

🔗 https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/stronger-together-community-involvement-key-new-transport-adoption

The findings were published in Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

Study reveals a gap between willingness and actual use among people with poor health

01/10/2025

Demand-responsive transport (DRT) is promoted as an inclusive solution to first- and last-mile challenges. But an study reveals a gap between willingness and actual use among people with poor health, highlighting involvement as a powerful driver of acceptance.

The findings were published in Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

📷 Haruka Kato, Osaka Metropolitan University

01/10/2025

Researchers at 國立臺灣大學 National Taiwan University made a major discovery about healthy by studying the brains of fruit flies. They uncovered how disabling a single protein helps boost the ’s ability to clear away harmful proteins, helping protect the brain and extend lifespan.

🔗 https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/tiny-flies-big-discovery-brain-protein-could-hold-key-healthier-aging

Published in the Autophagy journal.

National Taiwan University researchers uncover how silencing a single protein protects the brain and extends lifespan.

30/09/2025

Researchers from DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) have developed a new Physical system for autonomous mobile modelled after how social issues spread and are forgotten.🤖🤝🗣️

It allows the robots to naturally forget unnecessary information while retaining critical details, resulting in increased productivity and less driving time.

🔗 https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/robots-spread-and-forget-humans-dgist-cuts-driving-time-30-physical-ai

Published in the Journal of Industrial Information Integration.

- Professor Kyung-Joon Park’s team at DGIST develops a Physical AI-based multi-robot autonomous navigation system inspired by how social issues spread and are forgotten. - Productivity 18%↑, Travel Time 30%↓ in logistics centers and smart factories – immense potential for industrial use.

30/09/2025

🚗‍😴 Having trouble sleeping? A study from Osaka Metropolitan University revealed the causes of for city workers in Tokyo: Long commutes and cramped living spaces.

🔗 https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/insomnia-trade

Published in the Journal of Transport & Health.

Commuting time and living environment have been found to correlate with poor sleep health

29/09/2025

How the body produces “good ”♥️🩺 A study by Kyoto University iCeMS and Kanazawa University 金沢大学 researchers has revealed, for the first time, how the body produces High-Density Lipoproteins (HDL), which are vital for removing excess cholesterol and preventing .

🔗 https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/how-good-cholesterol-made

Published in Nano Letters / ACS Publications.

A Kyoto University study has revealed, for the first time, how the body produces the “good cholesterol” that can prevent heart disease

26/09/2025

need fast, powerful systems to detect objects accurately for tasks such as response and environmental monitoring.🚁 Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University created SORA-DET, an model that is 88% smaller than other systems but still highly accurate. It opens the door to impactful applications in disaster management, search-and-rescue operations, and beyond.

🔗 https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/lightweight-uav-object-detection-reparameterized-convolutions-and-shallow-fusion-networks

Published in Nature - Scientific Reports.

Lightweight and high-performance framework for remote sensing object detection