All three scientific Nobels this year honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago, which some experts see as representing the importance of slow, basic science. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/science-health/nobel-prizes-slow-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nobelprize #awards
Japan’s Susumu Kitagawa became the country's second Nobel winner this year, joining two other scientists to win the chemistry prize Wednesday for their role developing metal-organic frameworks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/world/science-health/nobel-prize-chemistry-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nobelprize
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist who won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, is calling for a diverse investment in basic scientific research with the knowledge that some projects won’t yield results. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/science-health/nobel-laureate-sakaguchi-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #shimonsakaguchi #medicine #nobelprize #universityofosaka
A trio of scientists won the Nobel physics prize "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit,” the Nobel jury said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/science-health/nobel-prize-physics-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nobelprize #awards
Shimon Sakaguchi, who won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday, bucked convention to discover immune-regulating cells — an emerging tool against cancer and other diseases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/japan/science-health/sakaguchi-nobel-medicine/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #medicine #health #nobelprize #shimonsakaguchi #osaka
E-cigarettes are fueling an "alarming" new wave of nicotine addiction, with millions of children now hooked on vaping, the World Health Organization warned Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/07/world/science-health/children-ecigarettes-who/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #ecigarettes #smoking #health #children
Japanese immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday along with two other scientists for their discovery concerning peripheral immune tolerance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/japan/science-health/nobel-prize-medicine-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #medicine #health #nobelprize #shimonsakaguchi
Finally, something to unite President Donald Trump, his Democratic opponents and the Canadians he's threatening to annex: a ferociously hungry carp. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/06/world/science-health/us-canada-carp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #canada #us #donaldtrump #trade #fish #animals
Flu season has kicked off in Japan, the health ministry said, marking the second-earliest start in the past 20 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/science-health/influenza-season-start-early/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #flu #health #mhlw
There has been a spike this year in malaria fatalities in Cameroon that local health officials attribute to foreign aid cuts by the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/world/science-health/babies-deaths-us-malaria-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #us #aid #cameroon #health #malaria #children #africa
More than 100,000 people were sent to hospitals due to heatstroke in Japan between May 1 and Sunday, according to preliminary data from the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/japan/science-health/japan-record-heat-stroke-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #heatstroke #heatwaves #health #surveys
Public hospitals across Japan ran a combined deficit of ¥395.2 billion in fiscal 2024, with 83.3% operating in the red, the internal affairs ministry said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/science-health/japan-hospitals-deficit-2024/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hospitals #doctors #internalaffairsministry
Japan witnessed a 40% rise in cases of the chronic inflammatory bowel diseases ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease in just eight years, according to a government-backed study. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/science-health/japan-bowel-diseases-patients/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mhlw #ulcerativecolitis #crohnsdisease #tohouniversity #kyorinuniversity #osakametropolitanuniversity #health #medicine
The Gates Foundation will give $912 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, philanthropist Bill Gates announced Monday as he urged governments to reverse global cuts to health funding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/world/science-health/bill-gates-global-disease-governments/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #aids #tuberculosis #malaria #billgates
In fast-aging Japan, struggles with dementia are a common story. But researchers hope that future breakthroughs will help them rewrite the ending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/japan/science-health/dementia-research/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #aging #elderly #mentalhealth #alzheimer039s #medicine #pharmaceuticals #dementia #lecanemab #donanemab
The Japanese government is pushing for the development of a new plastic material that naturally decomposes in the sea as marine environmental pollution becomes ever more serious. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/science-health/developing-biodegradable-plastics-to-reduce-marine-plastic-waste/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #oceans #environment #plastic #waste #meti #pollution
Japan’s young people are rethinking their relationship with alcohol — swapping late-night izakaya rounds for mocktails and zero-proof options. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/japan/science-health/nonalcoholic-drinks-youth-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #drinking #beer #alcohol
The parent body of asteroid Ryugu appears to have harbored water in the form of ice for over a billion years, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery that could reshape ideas on how the Earth got its oceans. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/japan/science-health/ryugu-asteroids-water-earth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hayabusa2 #space #astronomy #asteroids #planets #ryugu
Researchers have gotten their best look yet of two black holes merging based on the detection of ripples in space-time called gravitational waves, lending support to hypotheses from Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/world/science-health/black-hole-merger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #space #astronomy
A report released to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day found a sharp rise since 2019 of people in Japan taken to hospital for self-harm and attempted suicide, especially among young people and women. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/science-health/self-harm-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #suicide #mentalhealth #psychology #hospitals