Cosmological evolution of supermassive black holes in galactic centers unveiled by hard X-ray observations [0.03%]
硬X射线观测揭示了银河系中心超大质量黑洞的宇宙学演化过程
Yoshihiro Ueda
Yoshihiro Ueda
We review the current understanding of the cosmological evolution of supermassive black holes in galactic centers elucidated by X-ray surveys of active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Hard X-ray observations at energies above 2 keV are the most eff...
Discovery of radioactive silver ((110m)Ag) in spiders and other fauna in the terrestrial environment after the meltdown of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant [0.03%]
福岛第一核电站熔毁后陆地环境中蜘蛛和其他生物中放射性银((110m)Ag)的发现
Hiromi Nakanishi,Atsushi Mori,Kouki Takeda et al.
Hiromi Nakanishi et al.
Six months after the explosion of TEPCO's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, radioactive silver ((110m)Ag), was detected in concentrations of 3754 Bq/kg in Nephila clavata (the orb-web spider; Joro-gumo in Japanese) collected at Nimaib...
Hideo Kimura
Hideo Kimura
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a familiar toxic gas that smells of rotten eggs. After the identification of endogenous H2S in the mammalian brain two decades ago, studies of this molecule uncovered physiological roles in processes such as neurom...
Hisashi Mitsuyasu
Hisashi Mitsuyasu
The wind blowing over sea surface generates tiny wind waves. They develop with time and space absorbing wind energy, and become huge wind waves usually referred to ocean surface waves. The wind waves cause not only serious sea disasters but...
Strahil Iv Pastuhov,Naoki Hisamoto,Kunihiro Matsumoto
Strahil Iv Pastuhov
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascades are activated by diverse stimuli such as growth factors, cytokines, neurotransmitters and various types of cellular stress. Our evolving understanding of these signal cascades has b...
Ca2+ and cAMP regulations of microtubule sliding in hyperactivated motility of bull spermatozoa [0.03%]
钙离子和环核苷酸对公牛精子超活化运动中微管滑动的调节作用研究
Sumio Ishijima
Sumio Ishijima
To reach and fertilize the egg, mammalian spermatozoa change their flagellar movement in the female reproductive tract, named hyperactivation. The biochemical analyses of the hyperactivated movement using demembranated spermatozoa defined t...
Whole-body counter surveys of Miharu-town school children for four consecutive years after the Fukushima NPP accident [0.03%]
福岛核事故后连续四年对Miharu镇学校儿童进行全身计数调查
Ryugo S Hayano,Masaharu Tsubokura,Makoto Miyazaki et al.
Ryugo S Hayano et al.
Comprehensive whole-body counter surveys of Miharu-town school children have been conducted for four consecutive years, in 2011-2014. This represents the only long-term sampling-bias-free study of its type conducted after the Fukushima Dai-...
Intraovarian control of selective follicular growth and induction of oocyte maturation in mammals [0.03%]
哺乳动物卵巢内控制优势卵泡选择性生长和卵母细胞成熟的机制
Eimei Sato
Eimei Sato
In newborn mammals, most of the germ cell population rests in a pool of quiescent small follicles in the ovaries. Regularly throughout adulthood, a small percentage of these oocytes and follicles grows to a certain stage of development and ...
Field observation of morpho-dynamic processes during storms at a Pacific beach, Japan: role of long-period waves in storm-induced berm erosion [0.03%]
日本太平洋沿岸海滩风暴期间的形态动力学过程现场观测：长周期波在风暴引起的海滩内沙坝侵蚀中的作用
Masaru Mizuguchi,Katsumi Seki
Masaru Mizuguchi
Many ultrasonic wave gages were placed with a small spacing across the swash zone to monitor either sand level or water level. Continuous monitoring conducted for a few years enabled the collection of data on the change in wave properties a...
Gene regulatory systems that control gene expression in the Ciona embryo [0.03%]
控制Ciita胚胎基因表达的基因调控系统
Yutaka Satou,Kaoru S Imai
Yutaka Satou
Transcriptional control of gene expression is one of the most important regulatory systems in animal development. Specific gene expression is basically determined by combinatorial regulation mediated by multiple sequence-specific transcript...