Page 16 - Research Faculty News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Date Time Spotlight on Research: Get to know your plants through ionomics Living beings need elements to develop properly. The study of ionomics measures and analyses the element accumulations in living organisms to determine which mineral nutrients are required and not required for growth. Associate Professor Toshihiro Watanabe from Hokkaido University’s Research Faculty of Agriculture applies this approach to learn about mineral accumulation in both plants and soil, in addition to inter-element interactions. Associate Professor Toshihiro Watanabe. “In general, plants require 17 elements...

Japan Focus: Asahi low-alcohol brand Beery, sustainable robots, GM updates and more feature in our round-up Asahi low-alcohol brand Beery, sustainable robots, GM updates and more feature in this edition of Japan Focus. Asahi Breweries is to launch a new carbonated low alcoholic drink called Beery as part of its drive to see sales of products at 3.5% ABV or lower increase from 6% to 20% by 2025. To kickstart this, the company is launching Beery, a 0.5% alcoholic beer-tasting drink in March 2021 in Tokyo and several other prefectures, followed by a nationwide launch ...

Grape idea: Hokkaido University’s sustainable robots offer respite for wine and pumpkin farmers in Japan Robots developed by researchers at Hokkaido University are being trialled at a Japanese vineyard, Hokkaido Wine, for pesticide spraying and weed control. As one of the oldest wineries in Hokkaido founded in 1974, the firm produces 2,000 kL annually, with just 81 employees. “ There is a shortage of people on our farm and we cannot do enough weeding and pesticide application​,” said Kimihiro Shimamura, president of Hokkaido Wine, and second-generation farm...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Venatorx Pharmaceuticals Names New Head of Regulatory Affairs January 28, 2021 GMT Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Ph.D. -- Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Photo: Business Wire) MALVERN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 28, 2021-- Venatorx Pharmaceuticals today announced that Chitrananda Abeygunawardana, Ph.D. has been named Vice President, Regulatory Affairs. With nearly 25 years’ experience in pharmaceutical research, regulatory affairs and compliance, Dr. Abey will be...

Coronal heating & solar wind, returns from solar missions shed light on Sun’s mysteries January 21, 2021 It’s one of the greatest mysteries in solar physics.  Dubbed the coronal heating problem, the issue arises from the fact that the solar corona, or Sun’s atmosphere, is millions of degrees hotter than the layers directly below it. This goes against modeling that suggests the corona should be far cooler than the layers below it. Numerous theories have been proposed to explain the problem, but a persistent issue in exploring this solar dynamic has been a lack of technological ability t...