Figure 1: Images showing chromosomes oscillating before they divide. Three RIKEN researchers have uncovered mechanisms that cause errors during chromosome division in ...

A solar cell that is intrinsically stretchable could be used to power wearable devices Figure 1: A photograph showing the flexible solar cell being stretched by two ...

Researchers led by Ryuhei Nakamura at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan and The Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) of Tokyo Institute of Technology have discovered ...

The Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) views the functions of molecules, cells, and organs that support all life stages of organisms as a dynamic system, and aims to elucidate developmental ...

A never-before-seen folding structure may have enabled early molecular evolution and the diversification of proteins Figure 1: A computer illustration showing the structure of a molecule of RNA ...

Interview with President Makoto Gonokami: Creating a Scientific Research Structure to Break New Ground through Collaboration RIKEN is home to outstanding researchers in a broad range of fields of ...

Figure 1: A computed molecular structure showing an intermediate structure formed during the uphill formation of a bond between two neighboring tetrasubstituted carbon atoms (purple dotted line: a ...

RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS), led by Center Director Satoshi Matsuoka, is an international hub for computational science that promotes “science of computing, by computing, and for ...

Researchers at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research (CPR) have developed technology that can alter, within the body, the recognized identity of proteins. The innovation, published in Nature ...

The RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS) promotes interdisciplinary collaborations and the creation of new interdisciplinary fields through interactions among ...

The Research Instruments Group is responsible for the operation, maintenance, management, and enhancement of the core research equipment and related infrastructure at the Radioactive Isotope (RI) Beam ...