SCIEN-SPOT

By Dr. REN from SCIEN-TALK

SCIEN-SPOT is a podcast that shines a spotlight on the latest science news—delivered quickly and clearly in just a few minutes.

I focus mainly on cutting-edge research from Japanese institutions.

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June 12, 2025 To Space Without Fuel!? The Bold Quest for Laser-Powered Rockets
Free-flight and tracking experiments of a multi-parabola laser propulsion vehicle
Masayuki Takahashi*, Yuya Hayadate, Koichi Mori, and Akihiro Hayakawa
Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, 15513 (2025).
DOI：10.1038/s41598-025-00429-0
https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/2025/05/press20250521-04-laser.html
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June 11, 2025 Why Does Obesity Raise Your Uric Acid Levels?
The Journal of Clinical Investigation
Gene-environment interaction modifies the association between hyperinsulinemia and serum urate levels through SLC22A12
Wataru Fujii, Osamu Yamazaki, Daigoro Hirohama, Ken Kaseda, Emiko Kuribayashi-Okuma, Motonori Tsuji, Makoto Hosoyamada, Yuta Kochi, Shigeru Shibata
DOI：10.1172/JCI186633
https://www.isct.ac.jp/ja/news/x2zet5l0szw0

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June 10, 2025 The Origin of Time: What a 2.2-Billion-Year-Old Protein Reveals
Nature Communications
"Evolutionary Origins of Self-Sustained Kai protein Circadian Oscillators in Cyanobacteria"
Atsushi Mukaiyama, Yoshihiko Furuike, Kumiko Ito-Miwa, Yasuhiro Onoue, Kota Horiuchi, Kanta Kondo, Eiki Yamashita, Shuji Akiyama
DOI : 10.1038/s41467-025-59908-7
https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result/2025/05/22.html

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June 09, 2025 Facing the 10-Million Dementia Era: Japan’s New Alzheimer’s Risk Prediction Model
認知症 1,000 万人時代に備える。日本人のアルツハイマー発症リスクが遺伝子情報から予測可能に。-将来の脳内アミロイドβ蓄積リスクを高精度に予測するモデルを開発https://www.keio.ac.jp/ja/press-releases/files/2025/5/27/250527-1.pdf
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June 08, 2025 The “Umbilical Cord” of Plants?! A New Gateway That Could Shape the Future of Rice
First new plant tissue discovered in 160 years boosts crop yields
https://www.nagoya-u.ac.jp/researchinfo/result/2025/04/post-803.html

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June 05, 2025 Observing Earthquakes Without Seismometers! How Fiber Optics are Changing Earthquake Research
Estimating Focal Mechanism of Small Earthquakes Using S/P Amplitude Ratios of Distributed Acoustic Sensing Recordshttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024GL113963https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/ja/research-news/2025-05-13-0
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June 04, 2025 New Sensory Organs Discovered for Cough and Swallowing
Channel synapse mediates neurotransmission of airway protective chemoreflexes
https://www.kpu-m.ac.jp/doc/news/2025/20250402.html
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June 03, 2025 Scientists find the ‘meow-tation’ that gives cats their orange fur
Scientists find the ‘meow-tation’ that gives cats their orange furA small deletion in a gene on the X-chromosome lies behind the fiery coats of ginger tabbies and the splotchy orange patches of calicos and tortoiseshell cats.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/337

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June 02, 2025 Can Transparent Paper Save the Ocean? Eco-Friendly Innovation from Japan
A new type of transparent paperboard may be the answer to one of the ocean’s biggest problems—plastic pollution from packaging. In today’s episode, we dive into a breakthrough by JAMSTEC and Japanese companies: a transparent, biodegradable material that could replace plastic cups and containers in the future.
Fully-circular shapeable transparent paperboard with closed-loop recyclability and marine biodegradability across shallow to deep sea.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads2426

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How many episodes does SCIEN-SPOT have?

The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.