Tag: University of Tokyo

  • Japan’s Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel laureate for poetic fiction, dies

    Japan’s Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel laureate for poetic fiction, dies

    Tokyo – Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe, whose darkly poetic novels were built from his childhood memories during Japan’s post-war occupation and from parenting a disabled son, has died. He was 88. Oe, who was also an outspoken anti-nuclear and peace activist, died on March 3, his publisher, Kodansha Ltd., said in a statement on Monday.…

  • Studies show how Mars lost its ocean

    Studies show how Mars lost its ocean

    Researchers at the University of Tokyo re-created the conditions expected in the core of Mars billions of years ago and found that the behavior of the molten metal present was likely to cause a short magnetic field that was to be lost. Whether it’s from the scientific literature or the fact that we can see…

  • Current anti-COVID pills work well against Omicron, antibodies are less effective: Research

    Current anti-COVID pills work well against Omicron, antibodies are less effective: Research

    However, laboratory tests also showed that the available antibody treatments – typically intravenously in hospitals – are significantly less effective against omicron than against previous variants of the virus. Some antibodies have completely lost their ability to neutralize omicron at realistic doses. If the ability of antiviral drugs to fight omicron is confirmed in human…