Tokyo Metropolitan University

Scientists in Japan have broken new ground when it comes to using sound waves for levitation, by demonstrating for the first time how the technology can be used to lift small polystyrene balls off of a rigid surface.

If something were the largest in its region, you'd think that it would be well-documented. Such has not been the case with a newly discovered centipede, however, which is now the biggest known species in Japan and Taiwan.

In research that could have implications for sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder, scientists have found it is possible to effectively erase memories of a traumatic event in fruit flies by keeping them in the dark for two days.

The Ikei Laboratory of the Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School of System Design is developing what it calls “virtual body technology” that allows a user to virtually walk in someone else's shoes.

The Gocen is a prototype scanning device that can play hand-written sheet music in real time.