Tokyo Metropolitan University

Researchers have identified a protein that's key to the development of skeletal muscle mass and strength

Body and Mind

Protein linked to muscle development could be new atrophy treatment target

Researchers have identified a protein critical to the development of skeletal muscle mass and strength. They say their findings may lead to treatments for the muscle wasting that can occur in disease and as a result of aging.

Researchers have developed a new carbon capture system that they claim is the world's fastest, and has an efficiency of 99 percent

Environment

World's fastest carbon capture system claims 99% efficiency in ambient air

Carbon capture could be an important tool to fight climate change. Researchers have now developed a new compound that can reportedly remove carbon dioxide from ambient air with 99 percent efficiency and at least twice as fast as existing systems.

"Scolopendra alcyona Tsukamoto & Shimano" lives alongside streams on the islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago, which stretches from Japan into Taiwan

Biology

Newly discovered prawn-eating centipede is the largest in Japan

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.

Scientists have found that keeping fruit flies in the dark for two days can affect the retention of traumatic memories

Learning & Memory

Traumatic memories erased in fruit flies by keeping them in the dark

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.