News Institutional News Research Update Facet News type Algebra Analysis Artificial intelligence Atomic physics Biochemistry Bioinformatics Biology Biophysics Biotechnology Botany Cell biology Chemistry Complex systems Computer sciences Condensed matter physics Cyber Security Data science Deep learning Developmental biology Developmental neuroscience Ecology Engineering and applied sciences Environmental sciences Evolutionary biology Fluid dynamics Genetics Genomics Health sciences Immunology Informatics Machine learning Marine sciences Material science Mathematics Mechanics Medicine Molecular biology Nanoscience Neuroscience Optics Organic chemistry Photonics Physics Physiology Polymer chemistry Psychology Quantum Quantum field theory Robotics Soft matter physics Structural biology Synthetic biology Synthetic organic chemistry Theoretical sciences Topology Virology Facet Specialty 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2005 Facet Date Created Clear filters Institutional News Tasking Science and Technology with Creating a Sustainable Future The phrase “sustainable development” has blurred in definition, said OIST’s keynote speaker, Kiyotaka Akasaka, on January 18. In his talk titled, “Can Sustainable Development Save the World?” he brought the term back in focus. 24 January 2013 Research Update New Unit Profile: From Magic to Quantum Machines “Quantum theory aims to explain phenomena that occur at temperatures and on scales that humans are too big and too hot to experience," says Professor Thomas Busch, head of the new Quantum Systems Unit at OIST. 23 January 2013 Institutional News Minister Yamamoto and Parliamentary Secretary Shimajiri Visit OIST “My visit to OIST has reconfirmed of my belief that this university is unique and unconventional and I have high hopes for it to succeed,” said Minister Ichita Yamamoto. 16 January 2013 Institutional News OIST’s Tedako Preschool Opens its Doors On Monday, January 7, 2013, OIST’s Tedako Preschool program opened its doors to the children of the OIST community. 11 January 2013 Institutional News Swimming Feat The video story about fish hoping to make an uphill trip from the ocean to the Shirin-Gawa stream that passes through the OIST campus. 08 January 2013 Research Update New Unit Profile: Getting to the Heart of the Matter The Collective Interactions unit makes the details behind many theories more palpable by studying phenomena that can be seen with the naked eye. 03 January 2013 Institutional News Winter Arrives at OIST with Concert It shows great talent when a classical ensemble can start together without a composer and last Saturday OIST was graced with five Okinawan musicians who do could do just that. 26 December 2012 Research Update Link Found Between Eddies and Drag In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, Gustavo Gioia, Pinaki Chakraborty and colleagues relate the frictional drag to the eddies in a fluid. 25 December 2012 Research Update Thinking Globally, Acting Locally In an effort to expose local children to the wonders of science, the Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit made a trip to Kunigami to take about 30 children on an ant and termite adventure. 19 December 2012 Institutional News Donation from Saudi Aramco Ahmed Alkhunaini, Representative Director of Aramco Asia Japan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with OIST on Friday 7 December. 10 December 2012 Institutional News Words of Wisdom from a Nature Editor Dr. Magdalena Skipper, a Senior Editor at Nature, gave two talks at OIST recently, both a part of OIST's regular colloquium series. 07 December 2012 Institutional News OIST BOG Member Awarded for Fukushima Nuclear Investigation AAAS announced it will award an OIST Board of Governors member for his investigation into the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe. 05 December 2012 Pagination First page … 84 85 86 … Last page Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Institutional News Tasking Science and Technology with Creating a Sustainable Future The phrase “sustainable development” has blurred in definition, said OIST’s keynote speaker, Kiyotaka Akasaka, on January 18. In his talk titled, “Can Sustainable Development Save the World?” he brought the term back in focus. 24 January 2013
Research Update New Unit Profile: From Magic to Quantum Machines “Quantum theory aims to explain phenomena that occur at temperatures and on scales that humans are too big and too hot to experience," says Professor Thomas Busch, head of the new Quantum Systems Unit at OIST. 23 January 2013
Institutional News Minister Yamamoto and Parliamentary Secretary Shimajiri Visit OIST “My visit to OIST has reconfirmed of my belief that this university is unique and unconventional and I have high hopes for it to succeed,” said Minister Ichita Yamamoto. 16 January 2013
Institutional News OIST’s Tedako Preschool Opens its Doors On Monday, January 7, 2013, OIST’s Tedako Preschool program opened its doors to the children of the OIST community. 11 January 2013
Institutional News Swimming Feat The video story about fish hoping to make an uphill trip from the ocean to the Shirin-Gawa stream that passes through the OIST campus. 08 January 2013
Research Update New Unit Profile: Getting to the Heart of the Matter The Collective Interactions unit makes the details behind many theories more palpable by studying phenomena that can be seen with the naked eye. 03 January 2013
Institutional News Winter Arrives at OIST with Concert It shows great talent when a classical ensemble can start together without a composer and last Saturday OIST was graced with five Okinawan musicians who do could do just that. 26 December 2012
Research Update Link Found Between Eddies and Drag In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, Gustavo Gioia, Pinaki Chakraborty and colleagues relate the frictional drag to the eddies in a fluid. 25 December 2012
Research Update Thinking Globally, Acting Locally In an effort to expose local children to the wonders of science, the Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit made a trip to Kunigami to take about 30 children on an ant and termite adventure. 19 December 2012
Institutional News Donation from Saudi Aramco Ahmed Alkhunaini, Representative Director of Aramco Asia Japan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with OIST on Friday 7 December. 10 December 2012
Institutional News Words of Wisdom from a Nature Editor Dr. Magdalena Skipper, a Senior Editor at Nature, gave two talks at OIST recently, both a part of OIST's regular colloquium series. 07 December 2012
Institutional News OIST BOG Member Awarded for Fukushima Nuclear Investigation AAAS announced it will award an OIST Board of Governors member for his investigation into the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe. 05 December 2012
