News Research Update Cancer loses its sense of time to avoid stress responses New insights into mitotic stopwatch show how cancer escapes cell death and cell division arrest. 10 December 2025 Research Update Free radicals caught in the act with slow spectroscopy New experimental setup detects the faint signals of electrons, shedding new light on the physics of photodegradation and other long-term photoemission processes. 06 December 2025 Research Update Complex life developed earlier than previously thought New evidence-based evolutionary model provides access to the beginning of complex life with unprecedented accuracy. 04 December 2025 Research Update Atomically-tailored single atom platforms hold promise for next-generation catalysis With carefully designed tunable active sites, unique structure of new single atom platforms enables strong gas binding in pioneering step towards more efficient industrially-relevant catalysis. 03 December 2025 Institutional News Okinawa School in Physics returns with a renewed focus on quantum technologies Ten years after its first edition, OIST’s flagship summer school enters a new era of interdisciplinary quantum research 25 November 2025 Research Update The ingenuity of white oval squid camouflage brought to light New study documents the full palette of camouflaging behaviors that white oval squid selects from when hiding from predators. 21 November 2025 Research Update Bacteriophage characterization provides platform for rational design Complete, intricate cryo-EM bacteriophage structures enable future phage engineering and AI design. 14 November 2025 Research Update Peering inside 3D chaotic microcavities with X-ray vision X-ray µCT enables noninvasive study of chaotic light dynamics, opening a new window for exploring 3D wave chaos, nonlinear optics, and quantum photonics. 11 November 2025 Institutional News Where global deep tech dreams meet capital — two days of innovation event in Okinawa OIST-Lifetime Startup Elevate 2025 Event Report 17 November 2025 Research Update Understanding sustainable textiles through climate-adapted traditional crafts Bashofu textiles have kept Okinawans cool and comfortable for more than 500 years. New study catalogues the science behind the craft. 10 November 2025 Institutional News The Bank of the Ryukyus donates to OIST Promoting innovation and strengthening community outreach in Okinawa 10 November 2025 Research Update Hidden catalysis: Abrasion transforms common chemistry equipment into reagents Often assumed unreactive, scientists find stainless steel equipment can catalyze mechanochemical reactions, challenging assumptions on its innocence. 10 November 2025 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 4 Next page ›› Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update Cancer loses its sense of time to avoid stress responses New insights into mitotic stopwatch show how cancer escapes cell death and cell division arrest. 10 December 2025
Research Update Free radicals caught in the act with slow spectroscopy New experimental setup detects the faint signals of electrons, shedding new light on the physics of photodegradation and other long-term photoemission processes. 06 December 2025
Research Update Complex life developed earlier than previously thought New evidence-based evolutionary model provides access to the beginning of complex life with unprecedented accuracy. 04 December 2025
Research Update Atomically-tailored single atom platforms hold promise for next-generation catalysis With carefully designed tunable active sites, unique structure of new single atom platforms enables strong gas binding in pioneering step towards more efficient industrially-relevant catalysis. 03 December 2025
Institutional News Okinawa School in Physics returns with a renewed focus on quantum technologies Ten years after its first edition, OIST’s flagship summer school enters a new era of interdisciplinary quantum research 25 November 2025
Research Update The ingenuity of white oval squid camouflage brought to light New study documents the full palette of camouflaging behaviors that white oval squid selects from when hiding from predators. 21 November 2025
Research Update Bacteriophage characterization provides platform for rational design Complete, intricate cryo-EM bacteriophage structures enable future phage engineering and AI design. 14 November 2025
Research Update Peering inside 3D chaotic microcavities with X-ray vision X-ray µCT enables noninvasive study of chaotic light dynamics, opening a new window for exploring 3D wave chaos, nonlinear optics, and quantum photonics. 11 November 2025
Institutional News Where global deep tech dreams meet capital — two days of innovation event in Okinawa OIST-Lifetime Startup Elevate 2025 Event Report 17 November 2025
Research Update Understanding sustainable textiles through climate-adapted traditional crafts Bashofu textiles have kept Okinawans cool and comfortable for more than 500 years. New study catalogues the science behind the craft. 10 November 2025
Institutional News The Bank of the Ryukyus donates to OIST Promoting innovation and strengthening community outreach in Okinawa 10 November 2025
Research Update Hidden catalysis: Abrasion transforms common chemistry equipment into reagents Often assumed unreactive, scientists find stainless steel equipment can catalyze mechanochemical reactions, challenging assumptions on its innocence. 10 November 2025