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GPS doesn’t work as well inside buildings, underground or underwater. Now engineers in Japan have developed and tested an alternative technology that uses cosmic rays to track movement beneath a building with precision of a few meters.

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have created an RNA molecule that can not just replicate, but “evolve” into a diverse range of more complex molecules. This find could plug a major gap in the puzzle of how life on Earth began.

Researchers in Japan have demonstrated a new antibody treatment for prostate cancer. The drug helps reverse a nasty trick that cancer cells play on the immune system, with promising results shown in experiments in dogs with the cancer.

It was just this May that we heard about Poimo, an experimental inflatable electric scooter developed at Tokyo University. Well, its designers have now unveiled a custom-fit version that would be made for each user, based on photos that they provide.

A new experiment placing bacteria on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) has found that micro-organisms can survive in space for years, or even decades. The study lends weight to the idea that life could travel between planets.

We've seen our share of portable ebikes, but this adorable little cutie takes things to the next level. Poimo (POrtable and Inflatable MObility) is an inflatable short-range ebike that fits in a small backpack when you're not riding it.

Mitochondrial DNA in plants is so complex that scientists haven’t yet been able to edit the genes in there. Now a team of Japanese researchers has managed to do just that, which could help improve the genetic diversity of crops.

Researchers at the Yamanaka Laboratory at University of Tokyo have been investigating robot-human interaction since 2007 by adding different kinds of biological behavior to a series of robotic sculptures. This year almost all of these sculptures were gathered together for the Bio-likeness exhibition

To show off the capabilities of the new Hyper-Suprime Cam (HSC) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, researchers have released high resolution images of the Andromeda galaxy that not only show off incredible detail, but may help shed light on the evolution of the Universe and the distribution of dark matter.

The world's most anatomically accurate robot has been presented by a team at Tokyo University's JSK Lab.

Scientists have created an underwater speaker that could be used to communicate with dolphins.